Parliament hit by food shortages
What with an energy crisis, a fuel crisis and a food crisis, you would think MPs have enough on their plates.…
Dave Chappelle braves the TERF wars
Dave Chappelle has us arguing again over his last Netflix special “The Closer”. Chappelle has controversially declared himself “team TERF.”…
Why cry over Covid yet back state-sanctioned killing?
The newly appointed New South Wales Premier, Dominic Perrottet is being criticised for expediting the process of bringing his out of its…
The president’s health is a national interest
Delaware used to be Cale Boggs country, almost as much as Massachusetts belonged to the Kennedys. Boggs served as governor,…
Come fly the gender neutral skies
The gender-neutral brigade are getting a bit much. Last week I wrote an article for SpecOz about how women are…
As COP26 looms, Glasgow is facing a waste crisis
In early November, Glasgow will be the focus of the world’s attention for COP26, the UN’s Climate Change Conference. For…
The IBAC sensation: ‘ICAC, hold my beer’
State corruption and integrity commissions are well and truly du jour at the moment. Less than a fortnight ago, ICAC felled its…
Evergrande illusions
At the height of the 2008 financial crisis I was invited to an off-the-record media lunch with a famous investor.…
Look over there! Look over there!
If it wasn’t so serious you’d fall off your chair laughing. A major sleaze scandal is threatening the Andrews Government…
The mystery of Vladimir Putin’s mistresses
There’s an odd thing about 18-year old Luiza Rozova’s instagram feed. You can see photos of her breakfasts (sliced exotic…
Why liberals must stand with Kathleen Stock
I know what it feels like to be bullied and vilified for expressing views with which, eventually, many right-minded people…
Freedom Day? You have a barcode on your forehead
You wouldn’t let a premier tattoo a barcode on your forehead, so why do we submit to QR check-ins? “Those…
The EU was the big winner in the Czech election
Eurosceptics in central Europe suffered a blow this weekend, as pro-EU coalitions won a slender majority in the Czech parliament.…
Nick Clegg’s Facebook nightmare
There have been many ironic fates for the lead actors in the Coalition government. For David Cameron, the premier who…
It’s not Freedom Day until we’re all free
Welcome to Freedom Day! Oh, hang on, this isn’t Freedom Day. If it were, everyone would be free with no…
America’s governors and the vagueness doctrine
If we have learned anything over the last few months it is that emergencies, like beauty, are in the eye…
The Business Council of Australia’s green schizophrenia
The Business Council of Australia is a pale imitation of the body that pioneered economic reform and deregulation 30-40 years…
There’s no way back for Prince Andrew
The blindingly obvious continues to evade Prince Andrew. There is no way back to public life for the son of…
The rule of medical law continues in Danadrewstan
Victoria has invented a new type of law: medical law. Medical law is enshrined in Victorian law by emergency orders made under the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 (Vic). Medical…
No, the term ‘white privilege’ is not extremist
A Tory MP last week raised the delightful possibility that the big family of what we might call the terrorism…
What is wrong with Kamala Harris?
The concerns about Joe Biden’s age and cognitive faculties are well established. And if Biden has to step down, we…
When will South Australia tackle the Covid crunch?
No premier will be watching how events unfold in New South Wales with the relaxation of coronavirus restriction than South…
A matter of Truss: the unlikely rise of Lizmania
If Boris Johnson were to vanish tomorrow, who should replace him? The American pollster Frank Luntz asked this of about 200…
We need to talk about transhumanism
This weekend, hundreds of people from across the globe will gather in Madrid to discuss how to turn themselves into…
Freedom beckons for Sydney. Meanwhile, in Victoria…
Freedom beckons for New South Wales. As of tomorrow, residents of that state will enjoy exotic delights such as having…
