by FRED PAWLE – THE Australian Defence Force is so feeble it can’t even hit its own recruitment targets. It has fallen short every year since 2012, and now sits at a total of 59k personnel, a massive 21k short of its…
by FRED PAWLE – THE unchecked rape of hundreds of thousands of girls by monstrous men would, in normal circumstances, be enough for feminists to go into collective meltdown. Add to this one of the worst fires in modern history and those…
by FRED PAWLE – WHEN the 21st Century began 25 years ago, the world waited with bated breath for the Armageddon some elites had warned was imminent. It was the natural consequence, they had said, of computers being confused about which century…
by FRED PAWLE – DESPITE the bleakness of our current outlook, it’s crucial to remember that the best way to defeat tyrants is to not take them too seriously. For all his literary brilliance, George Orwell wasn’t great at irony. His use…
by FRED PAWLE – THEY might disagree about the dangers of coal, but federal ministers Penny Wong and Tanya Plibersek share an enthusiasm for idiotic social media posts. Environment Minister Tania Plibersek says Australia is saving the planet by banning coal. Meanwhile,…
by FRED PAWLE – THE tenth anniversary of the deadly “siege” in Sydney’s Martin Place valiantly avoids using the M-word. There was a touching ceremony in the centre of Sydney this week as some of the most senior politicians in the nation…
by FRED PAWLE – THE Albanese Government has given up pretending that parliament bears any influence on its policies. Crucial decisions are being made even before MPs have had a chance to debate them. Anthony Albanese’s contempt for parliament goes beyond treating…
by FRED PAWLE – POLITICIANS and legacy-media proprietors have good reasons to support restrictions on social media, which have nothing to do with children’s safety. Orwell’s dictum that “some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them” was spectacularly superseded not…
by FRED PAWLE – TODAY’S decision to restrict access to social media is a collusion between illegitimate politicians and media companies that can’t accept their hegemony is over. If you think the government is restricting access to social media to protect children,…
by FRED PAWLE – THE Australian mainstream media marked the death of the government’s Censorship Bill today by censoring debate about it. As hundreds of thousands of ordinary citizens celebrated the announcement on Friday evening that the government’s Bill will fail to…
