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Subdued women quietly forfeit their sexuality

On : 01/03/202127/05/2021- by The Epoch Times- 2 Comments.

A MELBOURNE academic believes women are not standing up for their rights to have female-only spaces – like single-gender changing rooms – for fear they will be targeted as transphobic. Alongside this, she believes that the increasing encroachment of gender-neutral language, such as “chest-feeding” and “gestational carrier,” is impacting the rights of women; who are allowing it for the sake of being “progressive,” without pausing to consider whether it is in the interests of women.

Kean’s emotional rant at departing colleague

On : 26/02/202118/02/2022- by Sean Burke- 13 Comments.

NSW Energy Minister Matt Kean has responded callously to the resignation of Liberal Party colleague Craig Kelly telling him “good riddance”. Mr Kelly is the latest of a string of conservatives who have departed an increasingly radicalised Liberal Party.

Renewables can’t handle ‘climate change’

On : 25/02/202127/05/2021- by Juris Laucis- 2 Comments.

WITH nearly 24 per cent of power from the wind and more to come, the Texas power grid was humming along nicely, a shining example of renewables at work saving the planet. Then along came this month’s week long snow storm. The wind turbines froze up.

University chief attacks free speech code

On : 25/02/202127/05/2021- by Sean Burke- 2 Comments.

FORMER Melbourne University vice-chancellor Glyn Davis has called the government a “threat” to academic freedoms over its insistence on freedom of speech on campus. In a heated exchange with former education minister Dan Tehan, Prof Davis wrote “there is an irony in governments deciding to investigate academic freedoms as government frequently emerges as the largest threat to such freedoms”.

Lying media pushes Leftist agenda – shuns truth

On : 23/02/202112/03/2021- by The Epoch Times- 3 Comments.

A SURVEY has revealed high levels of scepticism at how objective Australian media outlets are, as more people begin placing trust in their own research and other institutions. Research from Edelman’s 2021 Trust Barometer found 68 per cent of Australians believed local news organisations were more concerned with supporting an ideology or political position than they were with informing the public.

Elites silence all who speak the truth

On : 22/02/202127/05/2021- by David Flint- 3 Comments.

PILATE’S contemptuous dismissal of truth echoes down the ages. Those who, like Pilate, wash their hands while authoritarians try to gag anyone they insist must not speak, ignore what distinguishes civilisation from the evil alternatives. The search for truth is dependent on freedom of speech. As Robert Menzies warned: “Today’s truth is frequently tomorrow’s error…. If truth is to emerge and in the long run be triumphant, the process of free debate – the untrammelled clash of opinion – must go on”.

Woke green Libs face total annihilation

On : 21/02/202127/05/2021- by Sean Burke- 6 Comments.

THE Liberal Party leader who promised to achieve net zero carbon emissions a staggering 20 years earlier than Labor and The Greens now faces political oblivion. Western Australian opposition leader Zak Kirkup is tipped to lose all but two seats in the…

Uni zealots: Breastfeeding out, chest-feeding in

On : 18/02/202127/05/2021- by Sean Burke- 3 Comments.

THE Australian National University in Canberra has gone gender-woke replacing the words mum and dad with “birthing parent” and “non-gestational parent”. All references to mothers and fathers have been banned, with the university’s Gender Institute handbook ordering staff to use “gender inclusive” titles instead.

Jacinda’s hissy fit over criminal deportation

On : 17/02/202123/03/2021- by Sean Burke- 1 Comment

NEW Zealand Labour Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern continues to tantrum over Australia’s deportation of her criminal countrymen. Her latest fuss comes after Australia booted out a New Zealand born ex-pat who travelled to Syria to support terrorist group ISIS.

Impeachment train wreck stupefyingly obvious

On : 16/02/202103/03/2021- by Juris Laucis- 1 Comment

AFTER four years of relentless campaigning by a Democratic Party that could not accept loss in the 2016 election, their impeachment train wreck was wholly expected. Former US President Donald Trump was last week acquitted at his impeachment trial before the United States’ Senate.