by BETTINA ARNDT – WOMEN work harder than men. That was the sexist headline for an article earlier this year on The Conversation. Hardly unusual, given that the overburdened woman is a favoured theme with our media intent on singing women’s praises…
by PAUL COLLITS – IT IS clear the radical elite class that now rules over the rest of us are formidable chess players. Great chess players think five moves ahead, or more. We often hear of the long march through the institutions,…
by GRAHAM YOUNG – THERE is more care than productivity in this budget. Literally, “care” is one of the most frequently used words. In last week’s budget, the word received 20 mentions, while “productivity” had just four. PM Anthony Albanese told ABC’s…
by PAUL COLLITS – TO LOSE one Liberal MP by your own hand might be regarded as misfortune. Two looks like carelessness. But what about three? The ABC reports: “Two Tasmanian Liberal MPs have quit the party to sit as independents, pushing…
by SEAN BURKE – LIBERAL Leader Peter Dutton has blasted PM Anthony Albanese’s “emotional and costly” energy plan and has demanded nuclear be put into the mix. In his Budget Reply speech this week the Opposition Leader said any sensible government “must…
by DAVID FLINT – “THE Coronation of the King and the Queen Consort signifies the unerring obligation of their Majesties to the Commonwealth, dedicating their lives to serve the nation,” declared His Majesty’s Australian Deputy Prime Minister, the Hon. Richard Marles. AS…
by PAUL COLLITS – AMERICAN intellectual, statesman and Founding Father Benjamin Franklin never got to be President. His Macquarie Street namesake, no intellectual and certainly no statesman, has. Today. President of the NSW Legislative Council. I had thought that propriety in government…
by AUGUSTO ZIMMERMAN – ON SATURDAY, King Charles III was solemnly crowned in Westminster Abbey in a ceremony whose roots date to the coronation of King Edgar the Peaceful in 973. The central act of this is when the king accepts his…
by SEAN BURKE – NSW Coalition MP Ben Franklin has been warned he’d be referred to the Corruption Commissioner if he strikes a deal with Premier Chris Minns to hand Labor the balance of power in the Upper House. The Young Liberal…
by PAUL COLLITS – IT’S now considered to be defamatory to say the thought of male homosexual sex disgusts you. Not just socially unacceptable. But actually leaving you open to legal threats. This is according to NSW MP Alex Greenwich MP –…
