Latham’s law
If only all Australians had the same intellectual luxury available to them as the Victorian Labor Premier, Dan Andrews. Earlier…
Political correctness eats at the soul of the West
I first wrote about political correctness in 1993 after buying a copy of The Official Politically Correct Dictionary & Handbook…
Boris’s second D-Day
The chances of the UK freeing itself from EU control improved no end last week. In his first statement to…
End of the world, again
Is it just me, or does the Apocalypse seem to roll around earlier and earlier each year? We’re supposed to…
Canadian notes
I’m a virtue-signaller and I’m OK We have left Britain behind on this year-long sabbatical and are now in my…
Quigley has a duty to quibble
Community safety requires competent law-making by parliament, robust law enforcement by government and wise decision-making from the judiciary. If one…
Eat the chefs
The offenderati have been baying for blood ever since it was revealed that MasterChef Australia judge George Calombaris had been…
Certify the political class?
‘Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.’ The truth of this ancient proverb has been demonstrated by the…
Dominic Smith
He’s an Australian-born international best-selling author. Dominic Smith was born in Brisbane in 1971 to an Australian mother and an…
Flat White & the NSW Libs
When a political party ignores its base, it will turn elsewhere. The base, that usually is. But, innovators always, the…
Dear Mary: What can I do about the vexatious racket of windchimes?
Q. I took an old friend to Bellamy’s for lunch. We were just settling in for a proper gossip when…
Australian letters
Hearing voices Sir: I imagine that John Stone (“Dis-con notes”, July 27) would, like me, have no objections to an…
A life apart: an interview with Frank Field
Frank Field has announced today that he is forming the ‘Birkenhead Social Justice Party’ to stand at the next election.…
The Brecon by-election result raises difficult questions for the Tories
As expected, the Liberal Democrats have won the Brecon and Radnorshire by-election – thereby reducing Boris Johnson’s majority to one. The…
Stop talking about the future of work and rebuild the basics
Ernst and Young’s recent report Stop Talking about the Future of Work implored radical action on education ‘ecosystems’ (they mean…
Why women will be the losers from Victoria’s latest gender stunts
The State of Victoria wishes to be at the vanguard of the sexual devolution. Sadly, Victoria is already becoming an…
European Research Group divisions over Boris Johnson’s Brexit tactics
With Boris Johnson currently refusing to meet with any EU leaders for Brexit talks unless they agree to abolish the…
Google’s eco-warriors forget to check their privilege
It’s well known that all good Silicon Valley billionaires these days have one issue that is firmly at the top…
What to do if your parents are committing thought crime
If you are a woke Millennial, chances are at least some of your older relatives – parents, grandparents, uncles –…
Why do powerful men back abortion?
It’s a little known fact that the prolific and revolutionary pornographer Hugh Hefner helped fund the litigation leading to the…
No type of Brexit is worse than no Brexit at all
It’s a strange beast, the internet. On Monday night, I was slightly reluctantly dragged onto Newsnight to discuss Brexit. Attentive…
Bernie monsters the moderates
Did someone give Bernie Sanders a hit of speed or was he just especially animated? Last night’s debate performance was…
From the archives: Boris Johnson – ‘My appeal to the masses may be very limited’
Boris Johnson’s senior adviser Dominic Cummings has found himself in the news today after a video clip emerged of him…
Warren and Sanders were the big winners of the latest Democratic debate
Beto O’Rourke needed a wing and a prayer. The second Democratic presidential debate was an opportunity for the 46-year old…
A soirée with the Steggalls
Australia is the Big Country. Yet, in some ways, in some Sydney circles, it’s very small. Members of the Australian…
