Flat White
Post Assad: Kurdish autonomy needed in the New Syria
Terror in the Middle East continues where the ouster of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, along with the two non-Arab entities…
The misdeeds of AHPRA: high time to reform or repeal
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) was established on July 01, 2010, as part of the National Registration and Accreditation…
AHPRA and the Medical Board’s reign of terror
How regulatory capture endangers public health
Nuclear cannot match coal as a competitive electricity supply
The debate between the Coalition and the Labor Party has long had an ethereal dimension. They are in furious contention,…
Kevin Andrews: a quiet reformer
I first met Kevin Andrews in his ministerial office shortly after the 2004 election, where he interviewed me for the…
A very Arabian Christmas
What the hell was I thinking?
Why are nuclear opponents in Australia so reluctant to embrace change?
As the Coalition unveiled its plan to integrate nuclear energy into Australia’s energy mix, backed by Frontier Economics’ detailed modelling,…
Can Australia get lucky?
A few short years ago, Australia was known as The Lucky Country; now in the eyes of the developed world,…
Reflections on 2024
The year started off in the worst way imaginable. I had to make the painful decision to end my beloved…
Australia’s never-ending recession
Albanese should be nervous
Hate speech laws are part of the problem, not the solution
The abhorrent arson attack on the Adass Israel synagogue in Melbourne, as well as repeated antisemitic attacks in Sydney, have…
Is Clare O’Neil right? Why Australia needs sustainable house price growth
Housing Minister Clare O’Neil made the ‘controversial’ comment that property prices will, and should, rise over the long term. I…
Social media bans and the control of centralised information
Much remains unclear following the rushed passage of the legislation banning under 16s from social media. Yet one thing is…
Climate chains – rise of the normies
Listen up deniers and right-wing nut-jobs! Our critical energy systems have been under attack for a couple of decades but…
Even climate fanatics are having doubts
Time for another review of the electricity market…? Commonwealth and state ministers have established a new four-person commission, the NEM…
Where are our leaders?
As I watch with dismay and some trepidation the shenanigans going on in our national capital, I cannot but ask,…
Science is settled by politicians
Real climate science held back fifty years by manic focus on CO2
The manosphere vs the ABC
The ‘manosphere’, as popularised by US conservative podcasters, has made masculinity cool again – and Donald Trump’s election victory legitimised…
Queensland Parliament sets worrying precedent
A most authoritarian gesture
Guillotine orders: a constitutional aberration?
It has been widely reported that the Senate, on November 29, ramrodded 32 bills through the Senate without any meaningful…
Terror on the rise
Last Friday, a prominent Jewish synagogue in Melbourne’s southeast was set on fire in what is now agreed to be…
The return of politics
The new centre and the Liberals’ National-Conservative shift
Striking a blow for men – and against media bias
Mainstream media often blithely dismisses viewpoints or ideas from what it considers unfashionable or undesirable sources. I experienced another example…
Opening the Overton window
Liberal leader Peter Dutton is winning in the polls as he continues to take his cues from the United Australia…
The turning point that shattered the climate change narrative
For the climate change zealots and their profiteering masters, October 2024 may go down as one of the most damaging…
