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…
NSW’s Perrottet/Kean government has declared its second renewable energy hub as it continues plans to quickly phase out coal-fired power stations. The new hub will be located in New England in the State’s north-east, with the NSW government banking on $10.7b from…
AUSTRALIA’s Bureau of Meteorology has quietly altered historical temperatures in an effort to ensure official records align with its “global warming” narrative. The unannounced changes were posted on the bureau’s website last month, effectively cooling the past and warming the present. This…
by DAVID FLINT – DOES Scott Morrison plan to lose this year’s federal election? Alienating Coalition rank-and-file by his surrender on net-zero emissions will result in many parking their first preferences with newer Parties supporting older values, just as Menzies did. The…
SCOTT Morrison’s awkward embrace of the Left’s policy agenda underpins the Coalition’s extended popularity slump. And while the radical Left, both inside and outside his government, attempts to blame this slide on the PM not going far enough, the opposite is provably…
IN A play for disaffected centre-Right votes, the Liberal Democrat’s 2022 federal election manifesto is an attempt to reverse Australia’s slide into socialism. Pitching a swag of centre-Right policies long discarded by Australia’s major Parties, the manifesto promises small government, personal freedom…
