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Multiculturalism in Australia, RIP?
‘Australia’s culture is multiculturalism.’ This was the answer my high school teacher gave when my class was discussing what Australian…
The Church is not meant to be a Holy hookup app
The Pope’s declaration that he will admit gay men into the priesthood – provided they pinkie swear to remain celibate…
The post-Christian world is not pretty
Historian Niall Ferguson, one of the world’s most influential public intellectuals, is the latest high-profile academic to convert to Christianity…
Trump’s threats reawaken Canadian nationalism
Canadians are living through interesting times. There are a few days left before Donald Trump officially returns to the White…
Whatever happened to the Ice Age?
We are in the middle of another (supposedly) ‘unprecedented’ summer, so it is no surprise that sensationalising social media is…
Labor’s $3 billion NBN gamble
Value for money or desperate election pitch?
Farms for food: fossils for fuel
A cover story in The Economist, entitled, The coming food catastrophe, compiled sobering facts regarding worldwide food production and distribution.…
Slash the tax
Unburden overtime from what has been
Why it is vital the Victorian Liberals get it right this time
Australians in other states have long taken a quizzical view of Victorian politics. Many are rightfully baffled by the Victorian…
Housing catastrophe?
Beware the government with a vision for the people
Australia’s success, girt by sea and golden sands
Is the story of Australia a horn of plenty or a cornucopia which we systematically fail to celebrate each year…
Reckless renewables: what’s the real cost to Australians?
In 2024, I finally checked off a major bucket list item: travelling west across the continent by train and returning…
The Six Triple Eight is nonsense
What comes to mind when you hear the word brave? Possibly it’s a vision of Allied soldiers storming the beaches…
The decline of the West: a lament from above
In the voice of Winston Spencer Churchill, published from On High. As I gaze down from the eternal battlements of…
The Trump effect
Musk invested $44bn to end censorship – now Meta does it willingly
Bad faith peer review in medicine
The hidden threat that impacts everyone
Zuckerberg must ensure free speech worldwide
As the world prepares for the inauguration of Donald Trump later this month, Mark Zuckerberg has announced Meta will axe…
Could AI do weather forecasts better than the BOM?
As we head into 2025, with Australia living up to its reputation of a land of huge weather contrasts, our…
Disinformation and the tyranny of officialdom
Should the AEC be policing opinion on social media?
The Monkey in the Mirror: Lessons from Robbie Williams’ Better Man
Robbie Williams kicked off 2025 with a headline performance at ABC’s New Year’s Eve Party outside the Sydney Opera House.…
Renewable energy finally sails off into the past
Being a Scottish sailor in the 1960s and 70s, I had more than a passing interest in fine looking ships,…
Defending families from the arrogance of government
Australia has long prided itself as a free spirit. A nation of people in control of our destiny with a…
Nuclear or poverty
Yes, when it comes to energy, it is that simple
Happy Epiphany! Wokeism is not post-modern Marxism, but heretical Christianity
Each year I try and put the season into a Christian perspective because, as plenty of scholars, from Tom Holland…
Albanese is in a league of his own
Australia’s $600 million gift to PNG for an NRL team
