by PAUL COLLITS – A LONG time ago, there was a cartoon, probably done by Alan Moir, of the dour looking 1980s NSW Premier Barrie Unsworth that showed his various faces. Barrie excited, Barrie sad, Barrie angry, Barrie determined, and so on….
by CRYSTAL-ROSE JONES – FEDERAL Islamic Senator Fatima Payman has accused the West of propaganda, saying Iran is an incredible and democratic place. An Australian academic who spent 804 days imprisoned in Iran has condemned the WA-based senator after she said that…
by FRED PAWLE – OUR civilisational decline is now fuelled by unrestrained hatred and the hypocrisy of disinterested elites. One doesn’t hear the Ernest Hemingway Law of Motion mentioned very often these days. About a quarter of Australians are now either on…
by ROGER CROOK – AUSTRALIA needs a leader that can rattle the cage of complacency in which Australia is trapped. One who can shout “wake up! wake up Australia”. Wake up before you become the “white trash” of Asia, which was forecast…
by PAUL COLLITS – ONE of the great questions of international relations and of history is what “causes” war. Many tomes have been written about both individual wars and about war in general. One is by our own Geoffrey Blainey. The literature…
by JOHN MIKKELSEN – THE RBA’s decision to cut interest rates by 0.25 per cent this week should have come as no surprise in the current political climate. With an election looming, the Albanese Labor Government is desperate to claw back some…
by FRED PAWLE – HAS anybody seen Energy Minister Chris Bowen lately? The man who was central to Labor winning the 2022 election has suddenly gone uncharacteristically quiet. After single-handedly losing the election for Bill Shorten in 2019, Bowen was one of…
by PAUL COLLITS – AUSTRALIANS will have to get used to a different Australia. The old one has gone. Free speech is gone – and the only consolation is that our grandchildren will know no difference. Two depressing stories have emerged suggesting…
by FRED PAWLE – IT TAKES political cunning to deal with State-funded medical staff boasting about killing patients. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and NSW Premier Chris Minns rise to the challenge. “You’ve got to jail people. Not just anybody who breaks the…
by ALEXANDRA MARSHALL – THE claim that “Australia is the most successful multicultural nation in the world” appears to be the dream that never was. That is not to say that multi-ethnicity doesn’t work. Australia has been an immensely successful multi-ethnic nation…
