You’re really going to vote for euthanasia, Dr Phelps?
Dear Dr Phelps It is reported in The Australian today that you intend to vote for legislation which will take us, as…
It’s ok to say ‘no’ – and that won’t stop tomorrow
No matter the outcome of tomorrow’s same-sex marriage postal vote, conservatives should not accept the outcome. In the parlance of…
You couldn’t make it up…
Not just their ABC, but the Uniting Church AND their ABC. An unbeatable combo: Belief in the Christian God is…
Brisbane’s new Green ghetto?
The Queensland Greens have announced what they euphemistically call a ‘Housing Policy’, called ‘A home for all’. This will cost…
When ‘yes’ means ‘no’
I woke up this morning elated. And then shocked. What on earth did I feel so pleased about only 24…
Claims the Paterson bill will licence homophobic hate are hype
The bill unveiled yesterday by Liberal Senator James Paterson to include comprehensive religious protections in the legalisation legalising same-sex marriage…
You may soon be paying more of Waleed’s salary
You, me, our fellow taxpayers everywhere already help pay Waleed Aly’s salary for his important work tackling terrorism at Monash…
Citizenship questions or entitlement mentality?
Section 44(i) of the Australian constitution states: Any person who … is a subject or citizen … of a foreign…
SSM: Please prepare for a ‘no’ vote
As if it wasn’t proving knotty enough to find anyone in politics that is solely an Australian citizen, the goal…
Time for the Terminator
Returning this morning after three weeks in the Old Dart and the USA, I was greeted by yet another lousy…
Queensland’s undemocratic electoral processes
Libertarians, classical liberals and small government conservatives will likely be disappointed with their options when they come to vote in…
Failure atop failure: Turnbull’s NEG
The government’s National Energy Guarantee is not the knockout blow in Australia’s energy wars. Rather, it marks a continuation of…
Tony Abbott is a dual citizen
Tony Abbott is a dual citizen. At least that’s what the ABC appears to be desperate to suggest. Not overtly.…
Lest we forget…
Lest we forget Yassmin Abdel-Magied, that is. Because it’s so often “out of sight, out of mind”, she’s tried to remind…
Rotten Greens
Watching a riot when a crowd turns into a mindless, maddened beast screaming for blood is a frightening experience. To…
Does Theresa May’s zombie government even want to survive?
Dealing with a hung parliament was never going to be easy, but no one quite foresaw the decay which now…
Sexual misconduct claims leave government in crisis
Home An air of crisis hung over the government. Priti Patel, the International Development Secretary, was told to fly back…
Between Trump and Harvey Weinstein, America is fast approaching outrage overload
It’s remarkable how fast the unthinkable becomes the expected. It felt almost routine to pick up the New York Post…
The wily courtesans who won more respect than modern-day feminists
Some MPs have been exploiting their power by their sexual fumblings with the lower ranks. The result is that when…
Where was the very first tax haven?
Pennies from haven Last week’s huge leak of the ‘Paradise Papers’ has put the Channel Islands and the Isle of…
Letters: Looking for love? Just follow these three simple rules
Rules for romance Sir: Lara Prendergast describes a floundering generation desperate for reliable love but with no real idea how…
If the Duchy of Lancaster has been so bad, why didn’t Labour notice before?
Let us assume — which we shouldn’t — that it is automatically wrong for the Queen to benefit financially from…
Why can’t Theresa May get a grip on Westminster scandals?
How much longer can things go on like this? That is the question on the lips of Tory ministers and…
The Westminster sex scandal is what psychologists call ‘displacement activity’
There are three reasons why Britain’s political and media world finds itself in the present ludicrous uproar over sexual misbehaviour…
When the liberal media omit a crucial fact, it’s always worth dwelling on
News programmes are as interesting, these days, for what they don’t tell you as for what they do. So, the…
