by FRED PAWLE – DONALD Trump’s message to the mullahs in Iran should be heeded by the millions of migrants who are struggling to assimilate in the West. It’s okay to go home now. While the world speculates about what the Middle…
by FRED PAWLE – AUSTRALIA’S political class is deliberately creating the conditions for the current riots in Los Angeles to be replicated here should they ever deem it necessary. This is the modern equivalent of the American “cultural colonialism” that used to…
by FRED PAWLE – THE most ridiculous taxation proposal in recent memory might finally trigger the beginning of the end for compulsory superannuation in Australia. Maybe Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ plan to tax unrealised capital gains on some superannuation accounts isn’t such a…
by ROGER CROOK – THE analysis of last month’s Federal Election result has reached the absurd – and at times has been factually feeble. The prediction that Australia could well suffer another six years or more under Labor – based purely on…
by PAUL COLLITS – WITH the recent passing of the philosopher of moral virtue, Alasdair MacIntyre, thoughts have turned to other thinkers who viewed the world in similar fashion, back in MacIntyre’s day. I didn’t have to look far along the bookshelf…
by CINDI LI – ANTHONY Albanese has attempted to explain why he didn’t use the Bible during his official swearing-in ceremony at Government House. Most MPs use the Bible during the process, however, Mr Albanese – who self-identifies as Catholic – refused…
by ROGER CROOK – “The morning after the night before.” For as long as I can remember, those few words have been the catalyst for many jokes and more than a few cold and clammy feelings of remorse. There can be few…
by FRED PAWLE – LABOR’S top strategist will deliver a speech on Wednesday explaining how his team won the recent election. What he won’t say is that it was a charade that will end in catastrophe. The takeaway is that, to Labor,…
by FRED PAWLE – SO THAT’S that then. The two Coalition Parties can’t agree on much these days but at least they agree on one thing: nothing must stop Anthony Albanese from winning a third term. Both Coalition Parties — the Liberals…
by PAUL COLLITS – Labor people, a tribal lot, don’t like people who rat on them. This goes back to the bitter days of the anti-communist split of the 1950s and the formation of the Democratic Labor Party. The legendary, former Labor…
