by ROGER CROOK – US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has decided that many nations who trade with his country, do not trade fairly; he uses his definition of fairness. This statement and the threats of 25 per cent tariffs on Australian steel and…
by CRYSTAL-ROSE JONES – LIBERAL Leader Peter Dutton has vowed to approve a gas plant extension, set to operate until 2070, within 30 days if elected in this year’s federal election. At the heart of the election promise is Woodside’s North West…
by VIV FORBES – A SPIRIT of madness exists in today’s Labor-led bureaucracy – the bureaucratic instinct is to kill every animal in any threatened herd to ensure all sick ones die. There’s a fatal flaw in the scorched earth disease control…
by JOHN MIKKELSEN – EVERYONE is probably fed up to their eye teeth with cyclone talk after ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred stopped pirouetting and finally took a final bow. After exiting stage left – and leaving a trail of damage in its wake…
by VIV FORBES – WHY are we always putting green energy assets in all the wrong places? The main electricity demand comes from big cities and their industries, so the electricity generators should be nearby – thus reducing capital costs and transmission…
by FRED PAWLE – HAS anybody seen Energy Minister Chris Bowen lately? The man who was central to Labor winning the 2022 election has suddenly gone uncharacteristically quiet. After single-handedly losing the election for Bill Shorten in 2019, Bowen was one of…
by ROGER CROOK – AUSTRALIAN farmers and miners are battling to survive the Albanese Government’s obsession with a net-zero emissions target. The value and strategic importance of agriculture and mining to Australia has been neglected by both sides of politics for too…
by JOHN MIKKELSEN – THE speed at which Chris Bowen and Anthony Albanese’s green dominoes are falling is truly breathtaking. When Queen front man Freddie Mercury belted out the chorus to Another One Bites the Dust back in 1980, he would never…
by FRED PAWLE – INDUSTRY Minister Ed Husic has set the tone for the forthcoming federal election by singing from Labor’s tired Kumbaya song book. But there are signs that the fans have stopped listening. The vibe is shifting around the world….
by JOHN MIKKELSEN – A FEW short years ago, Australia was known as The Lucky Country; now in the eyes of the developed world, we are rapidly becoming the dumb country. Much of that is down to the fact that our Federal…
