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It’s been quite the fortnight for Australia. The economy has been all but shut down, thousands have lost their jobs,…
The George Pell travesty is over. Now journalists, politicians and courts all stand condemned
Today’s High Court decision which unanimously—seven to zero—upheld the appeal of Cardinal George Pell against the Victorian Court of Appeal’s…
Help workers, not fund managers. Abolish compulsory super
With coronavirus and the government responses to it ravaging the country, there has never been a better time to abolish…
Coronavirus can’t be a cover for elder abuse
The situation in Spain due to coronavirus is dire. But what is particularly horrifying, is how many of the nation’s…
George Pell remains a guilty man
Today, legal justice has been thankfully, belatedly, served. Cardinal George Pell’s conviction on all counts was quashed unanimously by the…
George Pell: Dan Andrews spits in the face of the justice system
So this is where Dodgy Dan’s mates in the CFMEU get their respect for the courts and law and order…
Pell case moves to higher court in Rome
The fate of George, Cardinal Pell will now be decided in this building in Rome following the unanimous decision by…
Coronavirus and the double danger to sex workers
‘Coronavirus Fears Are Decimating The Sex Industry’, ‘Sex Workers Bracing For Income Loss During Coronavirus Pandemic’, ‘Sex Workers Are Facing…
Stop this pig-headed pandemic management
If this latest case of over-the-top moonbattery from Danandrewstan does not alarm you, I am not sure what will: A 17-year-old learner…
EXCLUSIVE: Extinction Rebellion – “stay sane”? Please. Define sane.
Beauty, they say, is in the eye of the beholder – as must be sanity, if the latest bulletin from…
Stimulus: where’s the money coming from?
In a week we have shifted from a globalised liberal economy and free society to a command economy with closed…
Quaranteens: will the ‘Boomer Remover’ instead melt the snowflakes of Generation Z
Gen Z has come face to face with our first crisis, and it isn’t the climate emergency. Coronavirus is sweeping…
One ego plus one PC-type
Barrie Cassidy hosted the(ir) ABC’s Insider’s programme for 18 years. An accidentally leaked 2013 document revealed he earned $243,478. Some…
Will we be paying to keep GetUp! going?
Here’s a little something that the Prime Minister should be urgently seeking advice on – or backbenchers with any steel…
Coronavirus: a threat to lives. The government response? A threat to fundamental liberties
One of the few positive aspects of this present crisis is that some politicians are finally revealing their true authoritarian…
Will we survive coronavirus financial fever?
It is truly staggering how quickly fortunes can change. At the beginning of this year, the economy was ticking along…
Beijing Bob’s job application?
Heaven knows why a respectable family newspaper such as The Australian continues to publish the pronouncements of the thinking man’s…
Globalism is dead, long live the new nation state
We all know the supposed ancient Chinese curse “may you live in interesting times”. As the first quarter of 2020…
Panic, parochialism, pissantery and pigheadedness: pandemics in Australian history
An incurable disease … highly contagious… those struck down by it shunned by neighbours and friends… its cause unknown ……
Dodgy Dan’s short sainthoood
Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has been getting a lot of brownie points, first for his role in coordinating responses to…
A note under the door to hotel quarantine whingers
We are seeing a tale of two types of human right now. On the one hand, we have “influencers”, social…
Who’s woke this pandemic?
I have one nagging question in the midst of this pandemic: Who died and made the(ir) ABC’s ‘medical expert’ Dr…
Are you happy now, Greta?
Apparently, the current coronavirus pandemic is not linked to the exotic eating habits of the Chinese, but instead is due to “the…
Welcome to the new health system autocracy
Under the guise of the ‘precautionary principle’, Australia’s health system has overnight transformed from a bureaucracy into an autocracy. This is no surprise…
ScoMo’s gone as crazy as Kev, but we can still save the economy
When the Prime Minister and Treasurer appointed Stephen Kennedy as the Treasury Secretary, they opted for a bureaucrat who had…
