Carla Foster needs compassion, not punishment for her abortion

14 June 2023 7:43 pm

In May 2020, two months into the pandemic, Carla Foster, a 44-year-old mother-of-three took pills at home to trigger an…

GDP grows by 0.2% as the economy continues to stagnate

14 June 2023 7:16 pm

The economy grew by 0.2 per cent in April, following on from a confirmed 0.3 per cent contraction in March. This fits…

Everything we know about the Nottingham attack so far

14 June 2023 6:35 pm

Three people have died and three were injured in an attack in the centre of Nottingham yesterday. In the early…

Donald Trump’s arraignment was a circus

14 June 2023 5:15 pm

The scene in Miami was somewhat less than promised today. The predicted tens of thousands of protesters were replaced instead…

mRNA vaccines fast-tracked for Australian agriculture

14 June 2023 1:36 pm

After the spectacular failure of mRNA vaccines in human trials, the agricultural industry is pushing ahead with mRNA vaccines for…

There’s malarkey aplenty in the Bidens’ shell game

14 June 2023 9:29 am

“Because that’s where the money is.” That was the answer that Willie Sutton, an expert in his chosen field, gave when…

The un-United Nations

14 June 2023 6:00 am

The role of the United Nations in the modern world has fallen into disrepute; the recent elevation of Russia as…

Labor’s Voice for bureaucrats

14 June 2023 5:30 am

If the Voice to Parliament is the wondrous advance that the crazy-eyed morality police want us to believe, then why…

To back Trump or to steer clear?

14 June 2023 5:05 am

Republican politicians face a conundrum in Donald Trump’s indictment that reminds me of a scene from Pride and Prejudice. Confronted…

To gig or not to gig. Is that the question?

14 June 2023 5:00 am

If you’ve ever been to a pub gig, you’ll have taken part in what the Albanese government wants to (effectively)…

It’s amazing how tolerant home borrowers have become

14 June 2023 4:00 am

It seems like the Aston by-election was not just a disaster for the Liberal Party, losing a once-safe seat from…

Carla Foster’s case isn’t a miscarriage of justice

14 June 2023 3:57 am

What’s the difference between infanticide and an abortion at eight months’ gestation? This is one of the difficult questions thrown…

Topless trans guests reveal systemic inequality at the White House

14 June 2023 2:59 am

The White House lawn became the latest battleground in the “Free the Nipple” fight this weekend. A shocking display of…

Carla Foster’s fate shows the need to reform Britain’s abortion laws

14 June 2023 2:45 am

Carla Foster spent last night in a prison cell. In 2020, after having obtained abortion pills under false pretences, the…

Don’t get too excited about deglobalisation

14 June 2023 2:23 am

One difference between the rivalry with China and the cold war is that the Soviet Union was completely economically segregated…

What good will locking up Carla Foster do?

13 June 2023 11:18 pm

During the Covid-19 pandemic, a 44-year-old woman, Carla Foster, unlawfully aborted her unborn baby. She procured the necessary drugs from…

Boris Johnson: ‘I’ll be back’

13 June 2023 10:23 pm

Boris Johnson formally resigned as an MP yesterday – but don’t expect the former PM to throw in the towel…

Putin’s anti-western oil alliance is coming unstuck

13 June 2023 9:31 pm

As Russia frantically attempts to hold on to its territorial gains in the face of the much-anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive, there…

Berlusconi was the first leader to glimpse the looming migrant crisis

13 June 2023 8:38 pm

Silvio Berlusconi should be remembered for more than just his passion for football and sex. He was the first European…

Full text: Carla Foster’s sentencing remarks

13 June 2023 8:30 pm

On 12 June, Carla Foster, 44, was sentenced to 28 months’ imprisonment at Stoke on Trent crown court for aborting…

Record pay deals will worry the Bank of England

13 June 2023 7:24 pm

Wages are slowly closing the gap with inflation, up 7.2 per cent in the year to April versus inflation of…

Why do we never talk about Islamic slavery?

13 June 2023 7:15 pm

The beautiful Siwa Oasis in the far western deserts of Egypt is a remarkable place, for multiple reasons. It’s probably been inhabited, continuously,…

We are far stranger than aliens

13 June 2023 4:00 pm

You may have missed it amid all the other news of the last few days, but the aliens have apparently…

The GOP is sprinting away from criminal justice reform

13 June 2023 12:34 pm

When President Donald Trump signed the First Step Act in 2018, it was heralded by leaders of both political parties…

Silvio Berlusconi: the man who wanted to make Italy great again

13 June 2023 9:44 am

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has died, aged 86, from complications arising from leukaemia. With him passes also a…