by PAUL COLLITS – IT IS a great joy for a climate realist to live in a coal town. One of the few joys available to those of us with the climate smarts these days. The once mighty industrial city of Lithgow…
by ROGER CROOK – THERE is no such thing as “safe” socialism. If it’s safe, it’s not socialism. And if it’s socialism, it’s not safe. These are the haunting words of former UK Prime Minister the late Margaret Thatcher. Prime Minister Albanese…
by PETER RIDD – THE latest 2025 statistics on the amount of coral on the Great Barrier Reef show the reef is still doing fine despite having six allegedly cataclysmic coral bleaching events in the past decade. There should be no coral…
IF I WAS advising Andrew Hastie, I’d say, when the decision comes down and the Liberals bed-wet on net-zero and every other policy – I’d say, Andrew, don’t become leader of the Liberal Party. This was the advice given by former Liberal…
by PAUL COLLITS – IT IS probably wise to wait until public figures are long dead before conferring greatness on them. Doing it “in real time” is asking for trouble. Talk of the “right side of history” amidst contentious debates suggests complete…
by PAUL COLLITS – IF ANYONE thought that Charlie Kirk’s tragic mowing down and its electric aftermath was a transformative moment, well, we only had to wait a week or so for another; easily its match. When Donald J trump this week…
by SEAN BURKE – CLIMATE Minister Chris Bowen remains a rusted-on disciple of Greta Thunberg, despite the Swedish truant moving on from net-zero to support Islamic terrorists instead. Considered Australia’s dumbest politician, Mr Bowen has firmly attached the nation’s economic future to…
by JEAN CURTHOYS – COMMENTATORS from Right-wing media routinely make the claim that the Left has taken over our ruling institutions. This is the thesis of the Left’s “long march” through the institutions, from student revolts of the late 60s and 70s…
by PAUL COLLITS – THE NSW Liberals are again in crisis with Leader Mark Speakman on shaky ground – and he can ultimately thank James Griffin for the mess. Speakman has recently sought to turn his social media image into Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Griffin tricked…
by MICHAEL DE PERCY – IN THE annals of political irony, few names fit the bill quite like NSW Liberal Leader Mark Speakman. Here we have a man whose very surname evokes the act of articulation, of speaking out boldly in defence…
