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Authoritarian bans on AI won’t work
Artificial intelligence is evolving at an unprecedented pace, raising urgent questions about its impact on society. One of the latest…
Freedom of speech vs freedom of flags
One unintended consequence of the distant conflict in Gaza and Lebanon has been a sharper examination in Australia of the…
Trump’s Australian revolution
The new US President, Donald J. Trump, has begun his term with a bang not a whimper, issuing a record…
Yes, Elon Musk deserves the Nobel Peace Prize
Celebrity nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize usually sit somewhere between embarrassing and insulting, but this year’s nomination of billionaire…
Muddying the waters on interest rates
‘Muddying the waters’ is a common strategy in politics. It entails finding a key fact or piece of information that…
Today’s pain is Israel’s, tomorrow it belongs to us
As Israel begins to receive hostages in the fragile Israel-Hamas truce, there is both relief and agony. The October 7…
Abandon net zero, rescue the economy
‘To rescue our economy,’ Trump signed day-one orders ‘to end all Biden restrictions on energy production, terminate his insane electric…
Curtains for UNRWA, and they deserve it
Israel has had enough of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, otherwise known as UNRWA. Israel…
Remember when parties believed in first principles?
George Orwell’s exploration of language manipulation and newspeak finds a disturbing parallel in Australian politics. Orwell wrote extensively about the…
The more things change, the more they stay the same
Our nation stands at a crucial juncture as we approach the coming election. Later this year we will vote to…
Enough is enough: Australian history must be protected
If a piece of Indigenous artwork or a sacred place is vandalised by an individual motivated by race, no one…
Not so Tame
It beggars belief and demonstrates an appalling lack of judgment that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is happy to entertain Grace…
Woke is trapped in political limbo
La Rochefoucauld was one of the great satirists in literature. His Maximes, written in the 17th Century, secured his place…
Bowen’s sabotage
A bloke called Arthur from Camp Mountain, a community of less that 1,500 people some 20kms northwest of Brisbane, has…
What has the WHO contributed to global health?
Along with many other Woke organisations, the World Health Organisation will have its swamp drained by the new US President,…
The disaster of South Africa’s land grabs
The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, who leads the African National Congress Party, has approved a law that will…
Patriotism is back from the dead – and young Australians revived it
Youth. The innocence yet fearlessness of youth. We’ve all been there. Being completely humbled by a plain-speaking toddler, or squirming…
Australia is a shared history, not a conflict
Was Australia ‘invaded’ by the British? I previously answered this question in detail in a previous article here. However, the…
Mateship is nothing to cringe about
They say if you’re stopped on the side of the Birdsville Track, you’ll know when a car coming past is…
Trump unshackles Australia Day
Great things happened this week. Donald Trump multitasked his way into office as the liberator of Western culture, and The…
Javier Milei’s fellowship of freedom
President of Argentina, Javier Milei, is having a ball at Davos. ‘The mental virus of Woke ideology is an epidemic…
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