by BETTINA ARNDT – THERE’S much to admire about JK Rowling. Her Harry Potter series inspired generations of children, particularly boys, to read big, fat books and that’s a miraculous achievement. More recently she’s been in the news for bravely taking on…
by DAVID FLINT – IF THE Voice were constitutionally enshrined, not only would we risk making the country ungovernable, but we would also fail to “close the gap”. On past experience, as previously argued here, we would only make matters worse. The…
by DANIEL Y TENG – COMIC legend Barry Humphries would have been shouted down and cancelled in the modern entertainment scene says Australian TV host Kerri-Anne Kennerley. Last week’s death of the Australian entertainer and household name at the age of 89…
by SEAN BURKE – ROGUE Federal Senator Lidia Thorpe doesn’t have mental health issues – she’s just “racist” and “cruel”, according to her father. The MP’s estranged parent, Roy Illingworth, said Senator Thorpe wanted for nothing as a child, but lost the…
by DAVID FLINT – IN THE event that the Voice referendum is successful, one thing is certain. It will not, indeed cannot, close the gap. The fundamental requirement for referendum success is the government come with clean hands, as John Howard’s did…
by BETTINA ARNDT – WHILE our country recovers from the lockdown years, across Australia there are thousands of families who look back to 2021 as the start of a very different nightmare – the year their sons were accused of sexual assault. …
by PAUL COLLITS – IN LIGHT of the events of the past week in Macquarie Street, one might ask if it’s acceptable for a heterosexual, religious or not, to believe that homosexual acts are morally or physically repugnant? And, if so believing,…
by BETTINA ARNDT – TALK about a meltdown. The explosive reaction from Liberal troops seeking votes for NSW Attorney General Mark Speakman at the voting centre in his local electorate was not unexpected. The cause of their wrath was a group of…
by PAUL COLLITS – SO, NOW we have rushed legislation to cancel the Nazi salute, with Daniel Andrews and Albo seizing the moment to virtue signal – and poodle Dutton waddling along behind in agreement. The hilarious irony of Dictator Dan, the…
by PAUL COLLITS – CONTRAST the now celebrated queer comedian Reuben Kaye with the now disendorsed Liberal candidate for Wyong Matthew Squires. Reuben’s 76,000 or so Instagram followers were, no doubt, delighted by his recent rehashing of an old, blasphemous joke on…
