by FRED PAWLE – THE current fuel crisis – and the government’s response – proves that Australia just isn’t a serious country any more. Motorists queueing to fill their cars should be consoled that, for all the expense and inconvenience they’re experiencing,…
by DAVID FLINT – IN 2012, during a heated Labor caucus meeting, then-Foreign Minister Bob Carr reportedly issued a challenge to his colleagues. This has since become a chilling piece of political folklore. By refusing to oppose the Iranian regime, Labor has…
by DAVID FLINT – AS ONE Nation rises in the polls, the overwhelming criticism from Liberal MPs – and a vast phalanx of the commentariat – is that “Pauline’s Party is without policy”. For years, the Canberra establishment has dismissed Senator Hanson’s…
by PAUL COLLITS – THE only people who enjoy real free speech in Australia are the retired and those who don’t depend on government for their income. If you are an employee, forget it. No free speech for you. The process is familiar….
by FRED PAWLE – WESTERNERS who oppose the widespread use of fossil fuels have been conspicuously quiet since Iran choked off a major source of the world’s oil. Their hypocrisy is more obvious than ever. By virtually closing the Straits of Hormuz,…
by DAVID FLINT – SINCE the issue arose, the Albanese Government has maintained a chillingly bureaucratic silence regarding the fate of the Iranian women’s football team. While these athletes faced the very real threat of execution for their silent protest against the…
by FRED PAWLE – DECADES of fighting bogus threats have made Australians psychologically unready for what might soon lie ahead. The ABC recently published a headline warning that the cost of energy in Australia “could” go up as a result of the…
by PAUL COLLITS – I SPENT several years writing over fifty thousand words defending the late George Pell against his accusers. My argument assumed that we shouldn’t automatically believe the actual accuser, Witness JJ. Go on, you all want me to say…
by ROGER CROOK – I DON’T have much to say about the change in leadership of the Liberal Party, except that where there is life, there is hope. I do wonder if there was – or even is – anyone in the…
by DAVID FLINT – AS A boy, my father occasionally took me to a place where free speech wasn’t just a constitutional abstraction, but a vigorous living exercise. This was Sydney’s Domain – another “Speakers’ Corner” in one of the world’s oldest…
