LABOR’S former king maker Graham Richardson has declared climate change politics dead and buried as the Australian economy faces more important challenges. He said a shift away from renewable energy was a post-COVID “fact” — regardless of the ructions it would cause within his own political Party.
FEWER than a thousand of Labor’s 50,000 illegal boat arrivals between 2008-13 were legitimate refugees, according to an ALP-appointed immigration expert. Former Refugee Review Tribunal member Simon Jeans said the cost of processing these false claims was already upwards of $16b and would continue to clog up Australia’s appeals courts at least until 2026.
PANDERING universities that have shut down freedom of speech and academic inquiry face tough new legislation if they continue to reject the basics of Western educational standards.
Under pressure to appease the Chinese Communist Party and high-value corporate sponsors, a number of Australian universities have systematically suspended students, removed staff and deleted social media posts over comments that they’ve judged to be offensive.
PRIME Minister Scott Morrison has outmanoeuvred China’s trade threats by securing alternate markets for discretionary items – strengthening Australia’s hand dealing with Beijing’s “structural” trade needs. In a move described as “smart”, the Prime Minister has made Australia a harder target for Beijing according to defence and security expert Michael Shoebridge.
FORMER Prime Minister Tony Abbott has raised concerns about Australia’s deteriorating strategic situation saying the nation’s economy is not as strong as it should be nor its citizens as united as they need to be. In his third and final interview with the Institute of Public Affairs on Thursday, Mr Abbott spoke about his current unease and outlined what needed to be addressed as Australia faced uncertain times.
AUSTRALIANS are twice as concerned about the health of the nation’s economy as they are for their own well-being as the Coronavirus pandemic picks up a new head of steam.
With an uncontrolled second wave in Victoria and isolated outbreaks in NSW and Queensland, all Australians whether male or female, young or old have ranked the economic impact as their primary concern, by far.
SHADOW Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong has again questioned Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s leadership as a major factor in Australia’s deteriorating China relationship.
In an ABC TV interview this week the Labor senator said Australia needed “better leadership, true leadership” in order to restore a productive relationship with China.
LABOR is tearing itself apart as its extreme climate agenda continues to sideline working families.
Party leader Anthony Albanese, who only last month attempted to extract himself from a decade of climate wars, backflipped again this week and publicly rebuked ALP MPs representing mining communities.
FORMER Prime Minister Tony Abbott has refused to backtrack from one of his lightning rod positions – boldly repeating that climate science was far from settled.
“How can it be settled when the scientists are still arguing about it,” Mr Abbott said.
HOWARD-appointed statesman Michael Baume has warned of Australia’s national decline – saying the country was being ruined from within.
The former federal MP, senator and New York-based Consul-General, who recently turned 90, said the best years of Australia appeared to be largely behind it.
