Sage memo makes the case for lockdown
On Monday, Covid restrictions were rejected after the cabinet debated the issue robustly for the first time since the pandemic…
Thinly veiled corporate wokery erodes business confidence
A federal parliamentary report tabled last week highlights an issue which has been quietly eroding business confidence for many operators…
It’s too late to save comedy from ‘cancel culture’
Will comedy become the latest victim of ‘cancel culture’? Dame Maureen Lipman fears as much. ‘Cancel culture, this cancelling, this…
One man’s campaign to protect free speech
Almost three years ago, I spoke on the phone to a man called Harry Miller. A Lincolnshire businessman, he’d just…
Are we living in the Matrix?
With the release of the fourth Matrix film this Christmas, the idea behind the original movie is once again being…
The end of the green revolution
The announced closure of Incitec Pivot’s Gibson Island fertilizer plant is a sobering reminder that there is a global trend…
What’s in a name? How Covid is changing our language
I have had most vaccinations available in Australia because I have travelled extensively and have always wanted to do so…
Mean Girls of the White House
President Joe Biden’s message to the unvaccinated is clear: you can’t sit with us! Biden claimed he was ushering in…
Bad boy: Bidens dump dog week before Christmas
They say a dog is for life, not just for Christmas. Clearly that’s another old adage Joe Biden no longer…
A pandemic of the under-dieted and under-exercised
‘Your refusal has cost all of us,’ President Biden said to the unvaccinated in September, announcing a new Covid vaccine…
What happened to China’s missing tennis star?
Did a senior Chinese politician rape one of the country’s leading tennis stars? That certainly seemed to be the allegation…
SPI-M modellers: a response to our critics
In late November, scientists in South Africa and Botswana identified a new variant of the virus that causes Covid. This…
Should businesses receive more Covid support?
As government considers whether to lock us down once again, should it put economic support for businesses affected back on…
It’s time to end the era of forced lockdown restrictions
Monday’s Cabinet meeting held over Zoom was a fraught affair by the sounds of it. Michael Gove and Sajid Javid…
Foreign honours for Hunt and May
Not many people here in Westminster have a good word to say about the Theresa May years. But down in tiny…
Boris Johnson’s betrayal of conservative values
Two years ago this week I wrote a piece for Coffee House entitled ‘Corbyn may be a goner but his…
Australia’s national identity deserves to be preserved
Nation-states not only have a distinct way of life, they typically do all they can to preserve it. Without it,…
Correction and apology to Leigh Sales
In an article headlined ‘Travelling interstate? Prepare for holiday hell’ by Joel Agius published online on December 20 regarding onerous…
Christian Kerr’s funeral – livestream
Christian Kerr’s funeral is being livestreamed today. Service at 11 am. Click on the link below to watch: https://livestream.com/accounts/8710393/events/10002428 Got…
Boris Johnson holds off on new restrictions – for now
When Boris Johnson held a Cabinet call this afternoon, the expectation was that an announcement on new restrictions would be…
Harry Miller’s ‘transphobic tweets’ victory is a win for free speech
Court decisions don’t often call for three cheers, but today’s Court of Appeal determination in the Harry Miller case is…
Is Omicron now falling in South Africa?
Man makes Covid predictionsand God laughs. Yet with the stakes this high in Britain, every bit of real-world data is…
Is Frydenberg’s post-Covid economic optimism justified?
Josh Frydenberg was pleased with last week’s midyear economic review issued by Treasury. He preened himself, opining that the Covid…
Welby, Israel and the meaning of persecution
I arrived in Colombo the morning after the attack and went straight to the morgue to identify some of the…
