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The unions are back in town
Following the 2022 election, there are already signs of an increase in union influence, with Labor’s planned closure of the…
Girls' schools are for girls
When I was at University, I took old-fashioned Women’s Studies. We used to study things like the ways women become…
Christianity told to bow to Woke
There’s an old definition of news that goes like this: ‘If a dog bites a man, that’s not news. But…
Fighting back
Every day, men are mown down by petty bureaucrats revelling in their feminist-bestowed power to crush ordinary blokes. With my…
Burning forests to ‘go green!’
When Michael Moore’s documentary Planet of the Humans exposed the renewables industry as a hypocritical, money-making joke – an embarrassed murder…
The Harbour Bridge is rusting
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is rusting. The corrosion reveals how we are failing to preserve what has been handed down…
Welcome to Country: have we worn out our welcome?
Now that the Labor-Green alliance has formed a government, Prime Minister Albanese has informed us a referendum is needed to…
The bastards of Australia’s pandemic tyranny
The behaviour demonstrated by political leaders and public health officials within Western democracies will linger to their eternal shame. There…
Chairman Dan's antipodean Venezuela
In her media realise dated August 17 and headed ‘Applications Open for Premier’s Spirit of Democracy Tour’, Minister Natalie Hutchins…
Salman Rushdie: a history of violence
In the classic Hitchcock film The Birds, there is an early scene where the protagonist notices a raven standing on the…
Paying for the pandemic welfare state
We need to stop looking to the government to resolve all of our problems – especially since many of our…
The ‘progressive’ Holy Trinity is far from divine
The Manly Sea Eagles rainbow jersey saga represents the new ‘progressive’ Holy Trinity of diversity, inclusion, and equality with a…
A republican Liberal is oxymoronic
I didn’t think this was possible, but even more indictments were levelled against Scott Morrison last week – something about him…
We reap what we sow
You reap what you sow, as St Paul once said. Thanks to Israel Folau, we know that St Paul said…
Ron DeSantis will save conservatism
There is an inevitability to Ron DeSantis’ rise to power that terrifies Democrat leaders. He is not an unstable political…
McGowan’s bid for total control
It is to the 19th century British historian, politician, and moralist Lord Acton that we owe the phrase: ‘Power tends…
The leadership qualities of a long-dead parrot
‘Be careful what you say,’ said my friend, ‘this guy is fanatical about the local colony of parrots and if…
Suing child gender clinics may be harder in Australia
It would probably be illegal for Victorian families to do what their British counterparts are doing, and sue LGBTQ+ child gender…
Howard still prefers Bush to Trump
If you have read The Australian recently, you would have discovered that ex-Prime Minister John Howard does not like Donald Trump. Reading…
We need to talk about Sam Harris
Stunned silence was my immediate reaction to author and philosopher Sam Harris’ comments on a recent Triggernometry podcast. ‘At that…
AIMS reef monitoring the most extensive in the world
I write to firmly contest the claims of last week’s opinion article regarding the annual survey of the Great Barrier…
Sir David Smith's final bow
With the impeccable timing only senior vice-regal staff truly understand, former official secretary to various Australian Governors-General, Sir David Smith,…
Do we fill job vacancies with pensioners or migrants?
The Albanese government is demonstrating a truism in Australian politics: no matter what party you vote for, you’ll get rapid…
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