AN EMINENT man has been judged guilty without the benefit of that crucial attainment of our civilisation, a fair trial.
The High Court has thus compromised not only any appeal, but any civil action and however unlikely, any criminal action.
VIRTUE signalling and confected moral outrage have been confused with empathy and the ability to set aside personal beliefs and feelings in order to understand the experiences of others. It’s time for the confusion to stop…
AUSTRALIA’s military build-up has placed the nation on a trajectory towards nuclear weapons according to respected security analyst Dr Euan Graham.
The Singapore-based Asia-Pacific defence expert said this month’s announcement by Prime Minister Scott Morrison had “nudged Canberra into a more serious exploration of an independent nuclear capacity”.
AS BEIJING manoeuvres to turn the South Pacific into a “Chinese lake”, New Zealand’s response has so far been to hide behind Australia.
With Prime Minister Scott Morrison this month scrambling to lift Australia’s military capabilities to Cold War levels, New Zealand remains one of the world’s lowest defence spenders.
HAVING triumphantly knifed two Labor prime ministers so far, Bill Shorten appears to have mistimed his latest attempt to knock off another ALP leader.
Seemingly convinced his Party would lose last weekend’s Eden-Monaro by-election, Shorten struck early by releasing his own “vision” for Australia – presumably believing struggling ALP leader Anthony Albanese would be mortally wounded on Saturday.
THE ABC has been accused of supporting Marxist ideology – aimed at turning Australians against each other – as it sides with extremists’ demands to topple national statues. In a lopsided piece appearing on its public-funded on-line service, the ABC this week argued the case for removing statues of prime ministers, monarchs and white settlers.
EVERY day but Sunday, my farmer mate Ferdie walks into his paddocks for his 10-11 hours of hard work. And every day he thanks God that he’s not a cynic, or a politician.
Even though he lost one year’s crop to drought, one to bush fire smoke and was locked down for months, these are times, says Ferdie, to stay positive and know you’re safe because Australia’s leaders will be focussed 100 per cent on our best interests, on what’s important for Australia.
THE extraordinary plans afoot in Canberra for Malcolm Turnbull, Paul Keating, Kevin Rudd, or someone of their ilk, to succeed Queen Elizabeth in her capacity as Queen of Australia were noted in my comment in The Spectator Australia earlier this year. Under a plan concocted by Victorian federal Labor MP Julian Hill, this is to be achieved without a referendum.
AUSTRALIA’S military build-up is on track to dwarf Germany, France and Britain as it responds to Chinese hostility in the Indo-Pacific region.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week announced a massive war chest taking annual military spending from this year’s US$35b up to US$61.2b by 2030.
This is approaching Russia’s current defence budget of US$61.6b a year.
NSW Government Whip Natasha Maclaren-Jones has torn strips off the Human Rights Commission – accusing it of “weaponising” against Australians who hold differing views.
In a scathing parliamentary speech, she blamed a serious lack of oversight for allowing the HR Commission, among other government agencies, to punish “wrong-thinking” citizens.
