Is the West preparing to sell out the Afghan people again?
While the Taliban continues to double down against women in Afghanistan, the UN appears to be wanting to normalise relations…
Can Labour’s ‘no money’ note still work magic for the Tories?
It’s back! The scrap of paper left in 2010 by Labour’s outgoing chief secretary to the Treasury Liam Byrne for…
The troubling truth about ‘gender affirming’ mastectomies
When Sinead Watson had a double mastectomy in June 2017 at the age of 26, she was initially ‘quite euphoric.’…
China’s Mafia capitalism – the Marxist challenge
Here’s a challenge for Australian Marxists. It can be assessed that the ‘success’ of the Chinese Communist Party is, in…
A conservative contrarian
Sensibly, the late Barry Humphries allowed the political leanings of himself and his alter-egos to remain camouflaged within their biting…
Brown study
Anthony Albanese and his acolytes have been cock-a hoop over the Solicitor-General’s opinion on the Voice. They are ecstatic that…
The Adventures of Barry Humphries
Part One. The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1971) The first Barry McKenzie film was, as everyone knows, based on a…
The preternatural nature of his genius
Is it being a dominion country, a well-heeled colony, that makes this country good at comedy? The death of Barry…
Aussie life
One of the few survivors of Gough Whitlam’s Camelot, that legendary cultural icon and eminent Australian diplomat, Sir Les Patterson,…
Language
The word ‘mulligan’ is new to me – but golfers everywhere will find it familiar. In golf a ‘mulligan’ is…
Australian notes
Major problems with the Voice referendum are plain to see: even some of its prominent supporters question its chances of…
Portrait of a friend
It is true to say that memories of the departed become much more vivid when they are gone – more…
Anti-Semitism will never go away
One of the best ways to work out that somebody has not thought deeply about anti-Semitism is if they say…
The delicious doublethink of Diane Abbott
I thought I had forgotten about Diane Abbott, but in fact there has been a Diane-sized hole in my life…
Eclipses and revolutions
The fiasco in Khartoum is being widely interpreted as a tragic failure of intelligence. James Cleverly, the Foreign Secretary, is…
Is Trump America’s Le Pen?
‘Democracy,’ said H.L. Mencken, ‘is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.’ As we approach 2024, America…
