by DAVID FLINT ~ HAVING the honour of addressing a citizenship ceremony a few years ago, I told the new citizens that the country whose citizenship they had just received was one of the world’s oldest continuing democracies. Given that we have…
IN HIS effort to rename Ben Boyd National Park, NSW Treasurer Matt Kean has been accused of resorting to “shoddy” history. The NSW Liberal’s Left faction co-leader has described 1800s entrepreneur Ben Boyd as a “slave trader” and vowed to work with…
WITH his third farewell in less than three years to his large audience, Alan Jones’ enemies are as premature in their rejoicing as they have been in the past. The voice of this tribune of the people will not be silenced. Alan…
SCOTT Morrison requires Labor to support his net-zero ambitions after his own Party members threatened to block his Greens-inspired policy direction. The prime minister appears to have gone all in with the Left’s climate project, ignoring protests from centre-Right Party colleagues. “That’s…
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…
