Left demands ‘everyone gets a prize’
On : --by ROGER CROOK – IN LIFE, cream rises to the top – the clever people do the jobs which clever people do, while the rest of us get on, as best we can, with whatever our calling happens to be. Fresh milk…
Author: Roger Crook
Albanese clings to ‘champagne socialist’ dream
On : --by ROGER CROOK – BEN Chifley was no ordinary Prime Minister; he had come through the Labor ranks the hard way. A train driver by profession and driven (no pun intended), like his predecessor John Curtin, he had experienced a world war,…
Do-nothing PM must step-up for homeless
On : --by ROGER CROOK – THERE are at least two people in Australia today who have the power and, I think, the fundamental ability to cause change – all they have to do is use it. Should they rise to the challenge they…
In the name of God, go!
On : --by ROGER CROOK – DO THE latest opinion polls indicate that more than a few Australians are suffering from voter remorse? Most of us have experienced buyer remorse. The heart overrules the head for a moment; a rash act is often followed…
Danger ahead while Labor remains clueless
On : --by ROGER CROOK – GOD help us if communist China becomes more restless. How on earth did Australia, a nation with a proud military history, finish up with a modern version of Dad’s Army? We are being told we are closer to…
Albanese the ‘white trash’ of Asia
On : --by ROGER CROOK – ANTHONY Albanese’s plan to decarbonise Australia by 2050 is an experiment that has never been done before anywhere in the world. Converting to 100 per cent renewable energy entails significant changes to the fabric of our society and…
‘Handsome boy’ giggles as China plots
On : --by ROGER CROOK – THERE is no doubt we are back in a federal election cycle – it’s all very depressing. The Prime Minister, however, is in his element, he has been in election mode since the day he won government. “Fighting…
Am I still an Australian?
On : --by ROGER CROOK – AUSTRALIA’S character and national spirit – forged and honed, damaged and repaired through two world wars and a great depression – is now hard to find in this 21st Century multi-racial, multicultural nation. Life in Australia today is…
Albo’s $10b housing plan fails to build – anything!
On : --by ROGER CROOK – ANTHONY Albanese’s agency tasked with delivering a $10b affordable housing fund for low-income families paid more than $24m to external consultants and $6m in annual executive salaries last year, despite not having yet delivered a single completed house. …
Defenceless & poor is Labor’s only legacy
On : --by ROGER CROOK – OVER the past 40 or 50 years successive Australian governments have abandoned defence planning and have been lured away from national security and self-sufficiency. Free trade agreements on trinkets, beads and bargains made by others, including the Middle…