IT MUST be nearly time to resurrect that 1980s comedic vehicle for Judi Dench and her late (real life) husband. It was called A Fine Romance. In these openly gay times, perhaps the updated title should be “A Fine Bromance”. We live…
by PAUL COLLITS – SO HOW is the two-tiered society going in the sunny State of NSW? Is it measuring up to the expectations and preferences of the then NSW Treasurer, now Premier, who stated so vigorously last year that he didn’t…
by PAUL COLLITS – JUST a few months ago, there passed one of the giants of American economics and public policy scholarship. Anthony Downs was 90 and his death was, surprisingly, largely unremarked, even inside the academy, and certainly outside his native…
by PAUL COLLITS – THE recent, unnerving revelations by Politicom’s Sean Burke about unvaccinated Environment Protection Authority staff being forced out of their jobs were jolting to many in NSW. It begs the question, just how widespread are employment-related vaccine mandates in…
FORMER NSW Family Minister Gareth Ward has been told he doesn’t belong in the Liberal Party and that he should quit parliament immediately. These demands from NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet follow Mr Ward being charged earlier this week with multiple counts of…
ANOTHER Left-embracing State Liberal Party has been hammered at the polls, with South Australian Liberal leader Steven Marshall struggling to hold his own seat. In a replay of WA’s 2021 election disaster, South Australians carried baseball bats to yesterday’s general election to…
by PAUL COLLITS – OUR Lord was once asked by a Jewish lawyer, “who is my neighbour?” The context of the question was a disquisition on the two great commandments, and the answer was in the form of a parable, perhaps the…
by PAUL COLLITS – THE recent, unnerving revelations by Politicom’s Sean Burke about unvaccinated Environment Protection Authority staff being forced out of their jobs were jolting for many in NSW. It begs the question, just how widespread are employment-related vaccine mandates in…
by DAVID FLINT – AS OUR captured two-Party system embeds robotic politicians in the parliaments, their language is drying up and becoming highly formulaic. This is associated with another Orwellian phenomenon, rewriting history, even for opinion polls. Why does medical advice never,…
UNVACCINATED public servants have until the end of the month to comply with a NSW government vaccine mandate, or face being sacked. In a heavy-handed warning letter, staff at the State’s Environment Protection Authority have been told to either comply or risk…
