by FRED PAWLE – WELCOME to the world of Leftist commentators, where everything today is totally amazing and nothing bad could ever happen. It takes tenacity, wisdom, a broad knowledge of history and a dazzling literary style to become a highly paid…
by FRED PAWLE – AUSTRALIA has dodged the bullet of fake conservatism and it’s now incumbent on those who can survive Labor’s treacherous incompetence to ensure a decent alternative is offered in 2028. Had Peter Dutton’s Coalition won this election, we would…
by FRED PAWLE – THE Diggers who died defending Australia wouldn’t recognise the place now. There isn’t much about the mainstream media that is impressive these days, but it does deserve credit for seizing opportunities to promote an agenda with co-ordinated speed…
by FRED PAWLE – IF THIS election is to be a test for who can hold the most contradictory opinions at once about religion, immigration and what’s left of our culture – Albo will win in a canter. If PM Anthony Albanese…
by FRED PAWLE – THERE is nothing so ridiculous as the leader of a government telling us what he’d do if he were leading the government. Few people these days are naive enough to believe that Australian elections are direct and untainted…
by FRED PAWLE – AS SHARK attacks become more frequent, the world’s leading boffins have convened on a tropical island to reassure us that a happy compromise can one day be found. Yet, there are not many consolations to being attacked by…
by FRED PAWLE – FOREIGN Minister Penny Wong is clinging to a USAID model of sending billions of taxpayer dollars to opaque woke projects in poor countries. One of the intangible benefits of Donald Trump slashing tens of billions of dollars from…
by FRED PAWLE – THE orgy of nostalgia for the glory days of COVID – five years ago this month – confirms that most journalists and their “expert” friends still don’t understand life outside their own bubble. Whenever the mainstream media marks…
by FRED PAWLE – OF ALL Australia’s vulnerabilities at the moment, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s woefully inadequate understanding of high-stakes gambling is the most dangerous. As a gambler, PM Albanese is more like the bloke who hits the pokies after a couple…
by FRED PAWLE – IS THERE no problem in the world that European leaders – and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese – can’t make worse? The European Commissioners – who two months ago were building a new renewable energy grid to save…
