POLITICOM contributor Kevin Donnelly’s latest book will launch in Sydney this month shining a spotlight on the danger of prioritising emotions over morals. Dr Donnelly’s The Dictionary Of Woke examines how far things can go wrong when politeness and sensitivity replace hard-learned…
by KEVIN DONNELLY – GEORGE Orwell argued that “some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them”. The recent floods and overflowing dams around Sydney prove the Australian climate activist Tim Flannery must have been in la-la land when arguing that…
by BETTINA ARNDT – LIZ Truss, who may well become the next UK Prime Minister, has pledged to slash 350 woke jobs from the civil service, claiming such jobs “distract from delivering on the British people’s priorities”. It would take a lot…
by PAUL COLLITS – THERE are many, alas, still unpunished, crimes perpetrated by the Australian COVID class. The list is almost endless, and, sadly, familiar. Lost education. Lost careers. Recession. Endless deficits. Crushed small businesses. Suicides. Mental health collapse. Dying loved ones,…
by BETTINA ARNDT – IN A recent judgement about a sexual misconduct case at Cornell University in New York, the judge compared the campus disciplinary committees to the infamous English Star Chambers. He warned that “these threats to due process and academic…
by DAVID FLINT – AFTER three decades, why are taxpayers still forced to underwrite something they clearly don’t want, a politicians’ republic? The reaction to any referendum should always be, as Alan Jones famously said in 1999, “If you don’t know, vote…
by PAUL COLLITS – THE old National Party warhorse (in the days when the Nationals had warhorses), Ian Sinclair, used to say “never apologise”. This was someone who once compared Bob Hawke to Charles Manson! There is no longer a semblance of…
GREENS Leader Adam Bandt’s shallow symbolism has been described as both “racist” and “childish” by Aboriginal leaders. Mr Bandt’s insincere efforts to endear himself to so-called “Indigenous victims” by removing the national flag from his press conferences has backfired even among those…
by PAUL COLLITS – THE NSW Premier, while on a roll with all sorts of fancy “reforms” of not the slightest interest to punters whose jobs and lives he damaged by COVID mandates, has embarked on some virtue signalling to keep inner-city elites…
by MORGAN BEGG – VOICE. Treaty. Truth. These are the words used to describe Labor’s main policy for Indigenous Australians. Now that the ALP has claimed power in Canberra after nine years in opposition, it is time to consider what these words…
