by IAN PLIMER – ACCORDING to green activists, climate change policies don’t need to be costed because they’re a moral issue. Do green activists have a household budget? Whether it’s their own money or that of taxpayers, there has to be fiscal…
AFTER the sad demise of the previous NSW premier, I thought, well, one eastern State’s unspellable spinster-premier is gone, one to go. The then State of Origin contest over who could be the more ghastly premier came to an end after ICAC’s…
JUST as the ancients stood in awe of the then Seven Wonders of the World, so one can but marvel at the mindset of the Left when seeking to re-introduce death duties. Over time, these duties cost public revenue much more than…
AUSTRALIA’s elites are now engaged in a travesty of public policy, so-called net-zero emissions. Yet once Australians realise what it will cost, they are next to unanimous in their opposition. Meanwhile, the media have finally realised that most of the elites, especially…
THE now daily revelations at NSW ICAC are providing satisfying sport for those who wish to see Gladys’s downfall made permanent, or, perhaps, simply wish to see alleged petty corruption exposed. It must make painful viewing and reading for those who see…
MONARCHISTS are seething following Prince Charles’ COP26 speech where he described “climate change” as a life-threatening and existential threat requiring a military-style response. The doomsday prince told his Glasgow audience this month that time had already run out and a “military-style” campaign…
IT IS fashionable to have an informal law named after someone relevant to the circumstances giving rise to the “law”. Often, sadly, they emerge from tragedy. Chloe’s Law in NSW relates to the implementation of protections for the victims of physical and…
A VICTORIAN State MP has said that the rights and freedoms of Australians have been incrementally chipped away during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the unprecedented newly proposed pandemic laws giving politicians “unfettered power” over people’s lives. The Liberal Party member for Forest…
by IAN PLIMER – GREEN Left activists have successfully prevented the farming of golden rice, genetically modified rice with vitamin A precursor traits introduced from maize. There are 200,000 to 700,000 children who die prematurely each year because of vitamin A deficiency. …
THEY could land in gaol and pay massive fines and damages if the elites dared use those shyster claims about “net-zero” to pump up a share prospectus. The law has long sought to protect investors from confidence men. It is surely time…
