Elon Musk – the superhero to Silicon Valley’s villainy
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is living the Marvel super-hero dream of a tech billionaire who flies around in space fighting…
A pledge to stop using ‘Woke’
‘It was intended that when Newspeak had been adopted once and for all and Oldspeak forgotten, a heretical thought ……
Renewables subsidies: $22 billion by 2030
Energy Minister Angus Taylor noted that the Commonwealth Budget added $1.3 billion to assist uneconomic renewable energy, bringing the total…
Too late to stop Xi’s militarisation of the Solomon Islands?
News that the Chinese Communist Party will be allowed to station warships and troops in the Solomon Islands as part…
The West is powerless in the face of Russian war crimes
‘Our home is our heart,’ a video posted by a couple from the Kyiv suburb of Hostomel begins, showing them…
Why Hungary’s opposition failed
Viktor Orbán has now spent a total of 16 years as Hungary’s Prime Minister but he has not lost his hunger…
Can Elon Musk save Twitter?
Teslas will be permanently trending. So perhaps will space rockets. Petrol cars will be quietly forgotten about. And if you…
Carrie Lam’s disastrous legacy in Hong Kong
When Carrie Lam became Hong Kong’s chief executive in 2017, she positioned herself as a candidate for unity. Five years on,…
Are sanctions working?
When allied military operations go well or badly, we very quickly hear about them. But what about sanctions? It is…
Viktor Orbán’s victory has dashed hopes in Brussels
The scale of Viktor Orbán’s victory in the Hungarian election overnight has taken even his supporters by surprise. Against many predictions,…
Russian cruelty has been laid bare
It was 2 a.m. when Russian gunmen broke in and took away 21-year-old Milana Ozdoyeva. When Sara, her three-year-old daughter,…
No. 10 prepares decades-long energy plan
The government’s delayed energy strategy is finally due to be released this week. The Prime Minister is due to unveil…
Six Biden-Harris howlers on Ukraine
It’s 15 months since President Biden swept into the White House, where, judging by his current poll ratings, his tenure…
Why Viktor Orbán keeps winning
Viktor Orbán took the stage for a victory speech in Budapest last night with supporters chanting his name. Not long…
Climate Change lessons from King Canute
It is claimed that the legendary King Canute had his chair placed at the low water mark and proclaimed, ‘Not…
Modi’s modus operandi – can Australia predict India?
If things go wrong in the Pacific, which is possible given Beijing’s plan to station military personnel in the Solomon…
Renewables: the pandemic of wishful thinking
There is a transition underway in our electricity sector. Fundamentally, the people financing, regulating, designing, and operating these systems, are…
Should Morrison propose compulsory military service to win the election?
She also put her phone into flight mode to shield herself from the inevitable frantic phone calls. When she returned…
From the ground in Ukraine: aid and terror
It is a strange thing to travel toward a war zone. As one drives in the direction of Ukraine, all…
Rebuild our cities
For an ancient city with an illustrious industrial history, Derby doesn’t get much attention. But it does boast at least…
After invasion, famine
Geopolitical pundits fool themselves by thinking that President Putin wants simply to return to challenge Nato or return to the…
Macron is the Messiah for French millennials
Emmanuel Macron welcomed the faithful to Paris on Saturday at a rally in the west of the capital. I know…
Finland’s Bible tweet trial should trouble us all
Is it a criminal offence to quote from the Bible? Finland’s former home secretary Päivi Räsänen found herself in hot…
Trust us! We’re from the ABC…
ABC management and their high-paid editorial gurus would like taxpayers to believe the national broadcaster is the ‘most trusted’ source…
Of partisan razors and Byzantine bakers
Last week, conservative media company the Daily Wire announced it would begin selling shaving supplies under the brand name Jeremy’s…
