by FRED PAWLE – OUR accents notwithstanding, it used to be difficult to tell the difference between Australians and Americans. We watched the same TV shows, listened to the same music and shared both a natural optimism about life and a scepticism…
by FRED PAWLE – THERE are many lessons the Australian government could have taken from the US presidential election. Don’t be authoritarian, don’t lie to the people, don’t expect a lame incumbent to win and don’t take an abysmal record in office…
by GRAHAM YOUNG – AUSTRALIA is a trailblazer in online safety, after all, we were first in the world in 2015 to establish an eSafety Commission – right? Well, maybe, but so what? Having a Commission is one thing, being “eSafe” is…
by PAUL COLLITS – GOVERNMENTS and corporates want to destroy the internet. They consider it the most dangerous tool in support of grass roots democracy ever invented. The estimable US author Jeffrey Tucker writes at The Brownstone Institute that the censorship machine…
by PAUL COLLITS – AUSTRALIANS are being told they should only ever get their information from government. According to our political elites, it’s only “the people” who lie. Hence, government agencies and universities (!) will be exempt from Australia’s coming misinformation legislation. …
by DAVID FLINT – ELON Musk is performing an outstanding service for all Australians. He reminds us not only of our heritage as free people, but also of our duty to fight to preserve it. Not long after Captain Cook meticulously mapped…
by BETTINA ARNDT – THE last time I spoke at Sydney University, the riot squad had to be called in to protect my audience from a baying mob of feminist activists trying to close the speech down. They didn’t like the fact…
by PAUL COLLITS – FOR many, there are good guys and bad guys dotted across Big Tech, Big Banking and the “controligarchy”. The bad guys, we know well. The names Soros, Zuckerberg, Gates, Schwab, Bezos, Fink, Dimon and friends are familiar to…
by JIM HOFT – JEREMY Godfrey has been appointed executive chairperson of the Media Commission, a body responsible for social media censorship and policing free speech in Ireland. This appointment comes as part of Ireland’s efforts to enforce the Orwellian EU’s Digital…
by DAVID DAINTREE – THE words “disinformation” and “misinformation” have been around for many years. But recently, they have risen to prominence as the Australian Parliament debates a bill that would ban false or misleading information in the media. The loudest demands…
