by FRED PAWLE – IN THIS new era of State-enforced brainwashing masquerading as “childcare” and “education”, not even the children of government ministers are exempt. There is a timeless moment when a parent locks eyes with a child for the first time,…
by BETTINA ARNDT – FEMOCRATS are doing a remarkable job suppressing evidence of boys’ ongoing education crisis whilst continuing to promote measures to enhance girls’ performance. Across Australia our education departments publish annual reports which list achievement gaps – by indigenous status,…
by PAUL COLLITS – EVERY so often an arresting statistic grabs your attention and shocks you to the core. It also succinctly summarises a whole new world order. An old boss of mine at the NSW Department of State & Regional Development…
by FRED PAWLE – WHY would a politician bother trying to improve a nation when it’s easier to ruin it instead? If you are a politician who, for whatever reason, wants to destroy the nation you govern, follow these four simple but…
by FRED PAWLE – WIDESPREAD pessimism is causing an increasing number of Australians to move overseas. Curiously, Israel, where the future is even bleaker, doesn’t have the same problem. Last Thursday I commented on X that there seemed to be a lot…
by MELANIE SUN – SCIENCE professor Ian Plimer has blasted Australia’s education system for “pounding” children with climate indoctrination and teaching them that they could soon be dead. While well known for rejecting the Left’s consensus on climate change, the professor emeritus…
by PAUL COLLITS – SELDOM has so much been written on a man of such little consequence as former Labor leader Bill Shorten. He has been the story of the week. Alas, I am about to add to it. One who will…
by PAUL COLLITS – IN 1979, I commenced a Masters degree – by thesis, when Masters degrees actually meant something – in the Political Science Department of the Australian National University’s School of General Studies. A once great institution. Here, I had…
A POPULAR Australian preschool animated TV series has introduced its first same-sex couple. Bluey was launched in 2018 and was added to Disney+ in 2019, reaching an international audience. The series features seven-year-old sibling puppies Bluey and Bingo, who focus on life lessons…
by GABRIËL MOENS – THE perennial discussion about the reading ability of Australia’s primary and high school children reached yet another milestone with the publication of a report by the Grattan Institute. The report, The Reading Guarantee: How to give every child…
