The race rhetoric that causes more harm than harmony
George Floyd’s cruel murder is sparking much-needed discussion about justice and racial harmony in America and beyond. The ripple effect…
Is Black Lives Matter a religion for woke white people?
The most memorable footage of the Black Lives Matter protests, and perhaps the creepiest, doesn’t capture any acts of violence,…
The creeping nihilism of the American left
The twin temptations of American liberalism are to radical excess and conservative stasis. Because liberalism is a practical philosophy of…
What’s the truth about coronavirus and North Korea?
South Korea is one of the world’s success stories for tackling coronavirus and president Moon Jae-in’s approval ratings have soared…
Where is the left on the Drew Pavlou outrage?
The West was built on doubt. When it fails us, when we slip into the blinkered certainty of ideology and…
The NHS has quietly changed its trans guidance to reflect reality
Imagine you have a child who says they believe they were born in the wrong body, describing what amounts to…
Cut red tape, green tape and taxes – as only the private sector can get us out of recession
All eyes were on the headline economic growth figure in the national accounts released on Wednesday, which shows the first…
Lady Luck has deserted Trump
‘The crime and violence that today afflicts our nation will soon come to an end,’ said Donald Trump on July…
Are protesters now essential workers?
One minute the media are telling us coronavirus is so lethal that we dare not leave our homes. The next…
Which black lives matter?
There is practically universal agreement that George Floyd was unjustly killed by police officer Derek Chauvin and that his life…
Bill de Blasio unites cops and protesters — in disgust
New York City is crumbling into shambolic lawlessness and its citizens are growing more afraid and frustrated by the day.…
Welcome to recession – with a ticking personal debt bomb
My family migrated to Australia in the 1950s with barely enough cash to bless themselves. Such is the story of…
The protests have not ended COVID-19
Remember when peaceful protesters of the economic lockdown were smeared for apparently putting lives at risk by utilizing their First…
Why is Ben & Jerry’s lecturing us about ‘white supremacy’?
When this chapter in America’s history of its struggle against racism is written, two names will stand out among all…
Twitter’s fact-check reignites calls for big tech regulation
Twitter began ‘fact-checking’ President Trump’s tweets for the first time last week, raising questions about the role that social media…
How to destroy civilization
Yogi Berra was right: it’s déjà vu all over again. Just turn on the evening news. If you are old…
Inside the final act of the Brexit drama
The fourth round of official Brexit negotiations resumed on Tuesday, screen-to-screen. They will determine whether the stalemate can be broken…
America or Australia: #AllLivesMatter
To anyone who thinks that the recent race riots in the US is about racial justice and not police brutality…
Boris Johnson’s backbench problem
After spending Tuesday afternoon queuing in a socially distanced conga line across the parliamentary estate, many MPs found themselves in…
Contact tracing may be more of a placebo than a cure
We have been told by the Government that an effective test, track and trace programme is the key to ‘controlling’…
Anti-police protesters don’t have a clue
Recently I returned to the coast after spending almost a year reporting the news in Mount Isa. The Aboriginal and…
ScoMo’s renovation rescue needs a rethink
When the Morrison Government’s home renovation cash grants were announced on Monday, one couldn’t help but think about the wealthy…
This is not America, so don’t play at riots here
Australian eyes are turned across the Pacific, gazing in dismay as the United States once again engages in destructive domestic…
A night in an American riot
Race riots have gripped the nation over the past week, eclipsing the peaceful protesters demanding justice for the death of…
Dear dictators: don’t lecture the US on how to treat its people
If you’ve been watching the news, you would think the United States is a third world nation on the verge…
