Move over, Dictator Dan: Marshal Mark is the new laughable Lord of the Lockdown
In his famous political discourse, The Republic, the great philosopher Plato deemed tyranny the “fourth and worst disorder of a state.”…
Please don’t eat me!
This just in. Scientists have taught spinach how to send emails. Idiots at MIT, who never watched enough sci-fi horror…
Vic Libs in a right muddle over Daniel Andrews’s conversion bill
It seems the Victorian Liberal-National Opposition is taking strategic advice from the same people who are advising embattled Collingwood Football…
Sprung! Meet our very own celebrity climate hypocrite
A fortnight ago it was Matt Damon. Now say hello to our very own celebrity climate hypocrite, Chris Hemsworth. Egregious…
Putin’s poisonous prisoner
Alexei Navalny, the man Putin tried to poison, has been sent to prison for two years and eight months — conveniently…
An Indigenous Voice to Parliament: not as simple as some would have you believe
Advocates for an Indigenous Voice to parliament see the proposal for a legislated option merely as a stepping stone to radical constitutional…
Central Europe’s vaccine scepticism problem
Countries around the world are in a race against time to vaccinate their populations against Covid-19. But there is one…
Kamala Harris’s Orwellian future
Do you suppose that Kamala Harris is a student of Jane Austen? The contingency, as Jeeves was wont to observe,…
When will Pakistan take a stand against terror?
Last week, Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered the release of UK born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh who was accused of kidnapping…
Can ‘surge testing’ get new variants under control?
A year on, in one sense we’re pretty well back to where we started — with the government attempting to…
AOC’s body politics
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is no stranger to attention. The second-term congresswoman was the second most talked-about politician in 2019, just…
Mothers of Sons fights for fair treatment of men and boys
Two years ago, a Canberra woman Sarah Jane Parkinson was sent to prison for making over 30 false rape and violence accusations against…
Daniel Andrews’ conversion laws: swimming against the tide
As the Victorian government stands poised to pass new laws based on LGBTI ideology, our global community is telling us…
Eddie McGuire tried to smoke an exploding cigar. Why is he surprised at what happened?
The Collingwood Football Club is like the man who ordered an exploding cigar and then smoked the exploding cigar only…
WA’s corona clampdown: all bluff – and blunder
If 2020 illustrated anything, it’s that there are far worse places than Western Australia to be trapped in. Sure, WA isn’t as fancy pants as places in the east but our beaches, food and weather are magnificent and you can…
The Greenhouse Effect vs. The Ultimo Effect
One of the most intelligent and insightful humans to have ever walked the face of the earth is American economist…
America doesn’t need a ‘patriot party’
Many Trump supporters are rightly upset over the Republican establishment’s abandonment of the 45th president. But those calling for the…
Concern grows over South African variant
Although there’s plenty of positive vaccine news to go around, the latest government press conference offered a sobering reminder of…
Will Myanmar’s military get away with their coup?
In 1962 the Myanmar military staged a coup d’etat. Their iron-fisted rule lasted 49 years. On Monday, after a nine-year…
Whatever happened to the free speech party?
The communication revolution birthed by Big Tech began with the best of intentions – to provide anyone, even the most…
Why vaccine nationalism won’t end in 2021
After the EU’s behaviour last week, no one can be under any illusion about how nationalistic the pandemic has now…
Kevin Andrews deserved better
Kevin Andrews didn’t deserve the vilification he received after losing yesterday’s Menzies preselection, especially from journalists who appear to have…
Surprise, surprise: chief health officer calls to keep QR codes after covid crisis fades
It had to happen somewhere, sooner or later. Hilariously, it’s occurred in South Australia, home of the notorious pizza box…
Twelve months is enough: we need a clear lead from the PM on freedom of movement
In 2019, the last full year before the pandemic, there were almost 22 million international arrivals into Australia. That’s Australians…
Trust the union movement to guarantee a sleazy start to the political year
Analysing and critiquing the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic is one thing. It’s quite another insinuating that Prime Minister…
