Flat White
EV hype hits the wall
In the expensive march towards a Net Zero utopia, governments and green advocates have long touted electric vehicles (EVs) as…
Woke, broke, and can’t take a joke
When Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle ad boasted she has ‘great jeans’ liberals didn’t just hear a pun – they heard…
From Alaska with love: Trump, Putin, and the new Great Game
If you were hoping August would be a quiet month in geopolitics – just you, the footy finals, and maybe…
Speakman silent while renewables wreck regions
In the annals of political irony, few names fit the bill quite like Mark Speakman. Here we have a man…
Hiring Gen Z? I’m not quite over the shock
I think I’m getting old. I don’t feel old; in my mind I’m about 19. I have, though, started saying…
Islamic Nato and the dangers of ideological military alliances
According to a report published by the official news agency of the Islamic Republic (IRNA), the purpose of the recent…
The ongoing choice facing UK conservatives
Tribalism or an alliance to an unparalleled opportunity?
Forced marriage, multiculturalism, and a rise in human trafficking
The Australian Labor Party’s failure to see the failings of multiculturalism might be behind a record rise in human trafficking…
When research becomes a smokescreen for real pain
Abortion is often defended as psychologically safe – and the Turnaway Study is the banner under which that claim marches.…
Drive it like you stole it
The insane taxes pushing cars out of reach for Australians
Dangerous diagnoses
Book review: Suzanne O’Sullivan (2025). The age of diagnosis: Sickness, health and why medicine has gone too far. Hodder. Most…
Less spending, lower taxes, greater prosperity
It’s time for political leaders to be honest with the Australian people. Hard-working Australians are doing it tough. Living standards…
Prosperity, not emissions reduction, is the best climate policy
Climate anxiety has long weighed on the national conscience. Moulded by ominous depictions of boiling oceans, sinking continents, and mass…
My café racer removed the stink of propaganda
This bike is a quiet act of defiance against political correctness and risk aversion
‘Child safety’ or deliberate political censorship?
Life will never guarantee safety. That is not an excuse to legislate danger.
His Majesty’s loyal opposition in a bitter Canberra winter
The Albanese government is in a strong position in Parliament, and perhaps the community, in the middle of bitter winter.…
Where’s the global warming when you need it?
The title of this piece is the refrain I use when bumping into Woke acquaintances in my country town when…
Australia’s energy grid is in reverse
The Productivity Commission is not what it used to be. Most governments decide what they want to hear and pick…
Forget Westminster, welcome to Trumpminster!
Britain’s on strike again, it’s raining still, and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has just been called ‘a nasty guy’ again –…
Victoria’s treaty is weaponising ancestry
Victimhood is assumed, intermediaries are rewarded
Australia’s social media ban is a slippery slope
The road to a surveillance state is paved with good intentions
The dangerous delusion behind recognising a Palestinian State
The phrase ‘having a screw loose’ has perhaps never been more appropriate than when describing the scramble by some Western…
The rot of antisemitism has gone mainstream
I love this country. I always have. But after the events of the past 48 hours, I’m no longer sure…
From Munich to Australia
For more than three years, Iranians living in Australia have held protests across various cities in solidarity with the Iranian…
Victorian Labor promises to legislate idiocy
The debased socialist Allan government in Victoria has effectively said to employers – leave the state and don’t bother coming…
