Eat what we tell you
Carbon ratings, meat taxes, and lump sums to allow the poor to 'buy animal products'...
The dangerous zealotry of trigger warnings
The toddlers who attend our sandstone creches to earn their arts degrees – all the while feigning hurt from micro-aggressions…
The political quad that rules Australia
Australia is being run by a political quad who, despite appearances of difference, believe the same things. From New South…
Australia needs a vibe shift
America’s new right gives hope – and blueprints – to Australian conservatives
New Zealand’s Three Waters coup
New Zealand’s mainstream media has finally named the elephant in the room. Late last month, the nation’s biggest newspaper, the New…
Iran can’t shirk the blame for the attack on Salman Rushdie
So according to Iran it is Salman Rushdie’s own fault that he got stabbed. It had nothing to do with…
Partition wasn’t inevitable
‘Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge,…
Is the West’s Ukraine response about to fracture?
Wars aren’t always decided on the battlefield. As bravely as Ukrainian soldiers defend their homeland from Russian invasion, their heroics…
Will Sri Lanka win its struggle for peace?
The late great Sunil Perera, popular Sri Lankan singer and satirist, lamented that people should be clamouring to come to…
The two faces of Vladimir Putin
‘Putin’s Philosopher’ Aleksandr Dugin, self-styled deep thinker and ideological architect of current Russian expansionism, has claimed there are two distinct…
America is forgetting how to make stuff
Articles about the future and “progress” have been popping up a lot lately, with conversations revolving around the inevitable advancements…
The shine comes off Saint Jacinda’s halo
Cast your mind back to 2020. Back then, in the dark days of Covid, a ray of light was apparently…
Salman Rushdie and the incitement of violence
When I met Salman Rushdie in New York a couple of years ago, he told me that the days in…
Climate virtuoso Europe destroys Oder river
Fifty years ago, environmentally conscious Westerners were worried about the pollution that often accompanies the trappings of civilisation. Rubbish is…
Sovereignty is a colonising concept
Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe entered the Parliament’s Senate chamber with a black power salute and proceeded to disrespect the oath…
Has Pelosi helped square Xi’s Chinese puzzle?
Napoleon was supposed to have said, ‘Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.’ China is…
Neutered ‘Voice’ a bureaucratic mess?
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s proposed Voice to Parliament is something that a lot of right-wing commentators want to hate, but…
Carbon squeeze: Australia’s dark future
Australian energy policy is rapidly evolving from expensive virtue signalling to actual disaster. After narrowly scraping through the federal election…
Oxfordshire County Council’s climate crusade
Something funny is in the water in Oxfordshire. In recent months councillors there have embarked on a spree of unorthodox…
#IStandWithJKRowling
‘Horrifying news [regarding Salman Rushdie]. Feeling very sick right now. Let him be okay.’ Author JK Rowling tweeted her concern…
Afghanistan, one year on
Afghan women’s meetings on Zoom with their supporters outside the country often now end in tears as the stories of…
France’s support of Rushdie puts Britain to shame
If any further evidence was needed of the moral cowardice of the British political class it has been provided in…
Britain is a vetocracy
England is in the grip of its most widespread drought in 20 years. Water companies are implementing hosepipe bans. Half…
Is Elon Musk next after Trump?
Whatever your thoughts are about Donald Trump, the man, it’s the apparent weaponisation of law enforcement against Donald Trump, the…
The Right side of politics
The Coalition’s nine-year period in federal power represents a missed opportunity to address conservative issues. Instead, the inner-city wets increased…
