by PAUL COLLITS – ELECTIONS are suddenly in the air, now competing for column and screen space with war, floods and a (fading) megastar virus. Whether you are a genuine, probably disgruntled, conservative, an outsider or merely a jaded and befuddled swinging…
by DAVID FLINT – PUTIN’s criminal aggression demonstrates that all net-zero emissions can ever achieve is to advance the interests of the Beijing-Moscow-Tehran Axis. The war has exposed the foolishness of American, EU and British politicians in making their countries dependent on…
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 DAVID FLINT – WITH the launch of a war of aggression in the Ukraine by Russian dictator Putin, it is time now to make a serious reassessment of the British prime minister, Neville Chamberlain. Who would have thought that this much-maligned…
THERE’S nothing like a war and a flood to ease pretend problems like exaggerated viral outbreaks off the front pages. Suddenly Australians have heard of Lismore and Kyiv. (With apologies to Jerry Seinfeld, it will always be Kiev to me). Perhaps the…
by PAUL COLLITS – A LARGELY undistinguished, former politician who briefly led an extremely minor (territorial) jurisdiction in the outback of Australia a long time ago wants the city of Lismore moved. To higher ground. Where it will cost taxpayers less. You…
by PAUL COLLITS – TALK about chickens coming home to roost. Back in the dim, distant 1980s, thinkers and associated cheer squadders on the Right and their political representatives were all hot for privatisation. They adopted as their guru a Brit called…
STRUGGLING British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been accused of running a “bedroom cabinet”, with his young Left-leaning wife interfering in government affairs. The accusations come as Mr Johnson’s prime ministership is imploding with as many as 50 Conservative backbenchers withdrawing support. …
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,…
THE recent announcement by Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt that he is retiring at the forthcoming election is noteworthy. His explanation for his exit from politics was the usual cover-all – “to spend more time with family”. This might be true, but…
