by KEVIN DONNELLY – AFTER reading The Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Guide in the early 1990s, I never realised how infectious, dangerous and widespread political correctness would become. Most of the examples back then were humorous and appeared far-fetched with constructs…
by BETTINA ARNDT – LIZ Truss, who may well become the next UK Prime Minister, has pledged to slash 350 woke jobs from the civil service, claiming such jobs “distract from delivering on the British people’s priorities”. It would take a lot…
by BETTINA ARNDT – THERE’S an intriguing photograph of the four people who head up Australia’s Digital Platforms Regulators Forum. A row of smiling women. The control of our county’s high tech online world is firmly in female hands, with not a…
by ALEXANDER VOLTZ – WHEN we consider which eminent citizen amongst us we might place our trust in if Australia were ever to become a republic, I can think of no better candidate for the office of President than Senator Lidia Alma…
by GABRIEL MOENS – PM ANTHONY Albanese used an address at an Indigenous Festival in the Northern Territory last month to reveal the referendum question to be put to the Australian people to enshrine the Voice in the Constitution. Although it is…
by BETTINA ARNDT – IN A recent judgement about a sexual misconduct case at Cornell University in New York, the judge compared the campus disciplinary committees to the infamous English Star Chambers. He warned that “these threats to due process and academic…
by PAUL COLLITS – THE late John O’Neill, South Sydney tough man and legend, is reputed to have said, upon leaving Souths and joining Manly in 1972, “no wonder this bunch … has never won a premiership”. The implication was that perhaps…
HALF the Manly Sea Eagles’ NRL team has refused to take the field after the club enforced gay pride attire for its must-win Round 20 match against the Sydney Roosters this week. Seven footballers, including six run-on players and one off the bench,…
A MAINSTREAM news organisation has reported that up to 55 men gave birth in Australia in 2014-15. Sourcing Medicare records, The Australian newspaper said men were now regular users of maternity ward services. Complaint about removal of term ‘mother’ sparks immediate action…
by KEVIN DONNELLY – NORMALLY it’s conservative Christians such as Australia’s rugby union player Israel Folau and the tennis great Margaret Court who are attacked for being transphobic. Traditionally, it has been these people threatened with legal action when they argue that…
