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If that was the audition, I’d hate to see the show
Steven Miles calls his time as Premier an audition
The Coalition will deliver a misinformation and disinformation policy prior to the election
We were right to be sceptical of the Liberal Party’s denouncement of Labor’s Misinformation and Disinformation Bill. Having gained the…
Why didn’t Victorian Police arrest Hezbollah sympathisers?
It was completely unacceptable, says Peter Dutton
Quad: Biden’s hot mic and Albanese’s cringe Moon landing comments
There is no news on whether Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ‘put the hard word’ on the Prime Minister of India,…
Ireland ditches hate speech legislation – for now
Ireland has ditched its controversial hate speech legislation for the second time in five years. The news has been confirmed…
Is Thierry Breton’s resignation a win for Elon Musk?
Described as ‘France’s powerful European Commissioner’, the EU bureaucrat who lectured Elon Musk about online censorship has resigned suddenly. Thierry…
Bureaucratic hypocrisy on the International Day of Democracy
Yesterday was the International Day of Democracy. Perhaps conscious of democracy’s decline under their watch, all the usual suspects have…
Pope Francis and the ‘lesser evil’: abortion over borders?
At least the cat-eating memes made sense. Over the weekend, American politics has taken a bizarre turn with Pope Francis…
The great green wall
Is China’s offer of assistance regarding the ‘Great Green Wall’ in Africa a genuine attempt to save the world from…
Gone to the dogs (and cats)
Months from now, the only trace of the debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will be the lingering bad…
Victorian Greens cooking over gas backflip
It was always a gamble to see how long Victoria’s proposed ban on gas cooktops would last. After all, beautiful,…
Crime dominates Northern Territory election
‘Speckles’, the Adelaide River crocodile, got it wrong; Labor did not win the election. Instead, Australia is wondering if they…
Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrested in France
Pavel Durov, the 39-year-old CEO and founder of the encrypted social media app Telegram, has been detained in France. He…
Biology bows to gender identity
It’s a bad day for biology. Sall Grover, founder of The Giggle for Girls app, has been ordered to pay…
Gene-splicing our way to success?
Having only recently re-watched the superb Jurassic Park Spielberg film based on Michael Crichton’s book (of the same name), I…
UK puts misogyny and Islamic terrorism on an equal footing
UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has announced Labour’s plan to expand the Terrorism Act of 2000 to incorporate acts of…
Brazil first to fall in the free speech wars
Elon Musk has announced that X (formally Twitter) has decided to close its office in Brazil to protect the safety…
The Church of England and the neo-Marxist war on language
News that the Church of England has ditched the ‘church’ bit for the sake of appearing more ‘modern’ is both…
The tech giant and the president: an affair of common sense
Donald Trump’s conversation with tech billionaire and besieged free speech warrior Elon Musk was full of surprises. While debates between…
Wind energy enters its mid-life crisis
When I first heard that China was installing a two-headed wind turbine, I thought the Babylon Bee was having a…
Perrottet’s Covid apology is not good enough
Former New South Wales Premier, Dominic Perrottet, came out yesterday and declared that Covid vaccine mandates enforced by his government…
The Gold Coast’s unAustralian ‘view tax’
Labor’s cost of living crisis and expanding black hole in the Treasury has led many to believe that they’ll soon…
The Olympics have gone to s**t
There was a time, not so long ago, when poodles shitting on the streets of Paris were considered to be…
Presidential puppets: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are finished
‘Inevitability’ – it should be the word for the week. It was inevitable that a tech crash would cripple our…
Democracy under fire: Donald Trump shot at rally
We are watching breaking news unfold after the former President of the United States – and current Republican Presidential nominee…