WHEN the Nazis invaded Poland in 1939, the much-maligned Neville Chamberlain would not have thought of calling on both sides to lay down their arms, unlike the recent call from the US Secretary of State and the Australian Foreign Minister on both Israel and the Hamas terrorists concerning the Iranian surrogate’s unprovoked rocket attacks on Israel.
MEN in the Mirror, Sky News Australia’s excellent documentary by Chris Kenny on the awful similarities between those two prime ministerial disasters, Rudd and Turnbull, should be followed by one on the media’s role supporting their ascension and, in particular, the commentariat’s role in downing John Howard and Tony Abbott.
THE drums of war are indeed beating. And it may well be that Australia will again be sending her warriors overseas. These are “brutal truths”, notwithstanding Canberra’s denigration of our soldiers’ ancient “warrior culture”. After all, is it still not the aim of the army to kill the enemy, and to accept for themselves, as Pericles said “joyfully”, the risk of death?
HOW long will Australians tolerate politicians abusing their powers, while under-performing in so many areas under their responsibility, such as education? We live under a constitution based on the eternal rule that power tends to corrupt. An increasing number of Australians suspect the Wuhan virus is being used to create fear and thus an acceptance of draconian solutions used to win elections and even to maintain opinion polling ratings.
DOES the Australian political class despise young Australians as much as they despise self-funded retirees, mum-and-dad farmers, coal miners and those who have so valiantly risked their lives for their country, our veterans (and not only on Anzac Day)?
WE OWE them, our dear Queen Elizabeth and the late Prince Philip, a debt greater than they would ever claim and we shall ever know. With the departure of that great and heroic Prince, Philip, we are reminded of how our ancient monarchy is now dedicated, as the Queen indicated when she attained her 21st year, to our service and the service of the great family to which we all belong, the Commonwealth.
THE High Court will soon have the opportunity of demonstrating that traditional academic freedom and freedom of expression are still alive in Australia. The decision they hand down in Peter Ridd v James Cook University will rank in importance with the Court’s unanimous decision concerning Cardinal Pell, reaffirming the presumption of innocence and that guilt be proved beyond reasonable doubt.
THE Prime Minister resembles a mindless fish which swallows any bait dangled in front of it. Most are from ABC fiefdoms which realise that any sexual assault allegation, even unprovable, is his Achilles heel.
IF CONFIRMATION were needed of a determination to ensure US elections are conducted in egregious breach of the Constitution and as fraudulently as many believe the recent presidential election was, ramming the For the People Act of 2021, HR1, through the House of Representatives fits the bill.
DESPERATE for that silver bullet which will drop some politicians’ republic into their laps, Australia’s official republicans rushed to capitalise on Soap Oprah, as the Daily Telegraph headlined what threatens to be serialised into “Les pensées sublimes de la duchesse souffrante”. Much of what was claimed is fiction.
