In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Vaping: public health’s unhealthy obsession
The Australian public health industry is overpopulated with intellectual egotists – activists, academics, and bureaucrats who insist they know best…
Defying Wokism at Cardinal Pell’s funeral
As the funeral of Cardinal George Pell commenced with a procession of clergy and the singing of the great Wesleyan…
The Canberra ‘Voice’
You have probably read that the Indigenous Voice to Parliament is expected to provide an opportunity for an elected assembly…
Sea life: cruising after Covid
The former Premier of New South Wales, Gladys Berejiklian, probably never wanted to see the Ruby Princess again. Three years…
I support Australia Day: the NSW Police moved me along
On the morning of Australia Day last week, I made my way to the Invasion Day Sydney protest with an I Support Australia…
#ChineseSpyBalloon
Communists make really poor neighbours. This week, in the spirit of raising international tensions for no good reason, the Chinese…
Passion makes you smarter
During my primary schooling in Iran in the early 1970s, I worked at my dad’s workshop every morning and attended…
Game, set and match on Australia’s Covid response
Twelve months ago, Novak Djokovic was deported from Australia for allegedly (and essentially, by way of description from the minister)…
‘Australian Capitalism’: Jim’s philosophising swells rivers of sorrow
Jim Chalmers, Treasurer of Australia, has used his summer to produce a paean to statism. Chalmers’ essay, Capitalism after the…
Where have all the blue bottles gone?
It used to be common on some hot summer days at Sydney beaches for surfers to mysteriously wear full-length wetsuits…
Just a bit of creative accounting!
I can just imagine it. Anthony Albanese, brow furrowed, his poisonous tongue flittering in concentration, grasps a mauve crayon. Scribbled…
There’s a hole in the bucket
Do you know the song, There’s a hole in the bucket dear Liza, dear Liza? ‘Song’ might be too strong…
Controversial idea: should we end mandatory schooling?
Forced schooling has had over a century to prove its worth and has been an utter failure to the wellbeing…
Women must defend their single-sex spaces
A woman who works for the Australian Defence Force (ADF), has been asked by the Sexual Misconduct Prevention and Response…
Pell’s silent support
The funeral of Cardinal George Pell takes place today at Saint Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney, the mother church from where…
The Australian socialist experiment: the labour market revolution
This is the second of three articles examining the Australian socialist experiment now well underway. This first article provided an…
The Voice to Parliament: problematic, expensive, and unnecessary
The last few weeks have shown that Australia is once again running around in useless circles in an attempt to…
Cardinal Pell laid to rest
The world, and not just the Christian world, will be a lesser place after the loss of Cardinal George Pell…
Corporate Australia’s crocodile tears
Having sat on their hands while liberalism was annihilated in Australia, our corporate leaders are reportedly in shock at the…
Jordan Peterson vs Klaus Schwab: who will ‘rule ze vrold’?
The best James Bond film plot in town was released yesterday when Canadian clinical psychologist Dr Jordan Peterson announced on Joe Rogan’s…
Hydrocarbons: the miracle of modernity
Hydrocarbons are ‘part of the miracle of modernity’ and replacing them is an enormous challenge. But this challenge has to…
Resisting the Left’s ideological war on Australia
We can’t go on like this. Alice Springs is burning and the radical Left is waging war on our legitimacy.…
Vaccinating the internet
It’s that time of year again! Our globalist wannabe overlords have emerged fresh from their meeting in Davos, Switzerland, to…
Carbon taxes are useless without a technological breakthrough
Raising the cost of using a particular fuel will shift consumption to another fuel, but only if all other things…
Feminism was never about equality
Man hating feminism? The question is whether there is any other kind. I used to think so. I started calling myself…
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