by FRED PAWLE – DESPITE the bleakness of our current outlook, it’s crucial to remember that the best way to defeat tyrants is to not take them too seriously. For all his literary brilliance, George Orwell wasn’t great at irony. His use…
by FRED PAWLE – THE Albanese Government has given up pretending that parliament bears any influence on its policies. Crucial decisions are being made even before MPs have had a chance to debate them. Anthony Albanese’s contempt for parliament goes beyond treating…
by FRED PAWLE – POLITICIANS and legacy-media proprietors have good reasons to support restrictions on social media, which have nothing to do with children’s safety. Orwell’s dictum that “some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them” was spectacularly superseded not…
by PAUL COLLITS – ALL this looks and feels very familiar. Déjà vu in caps. By now, everyone will know that Alan Jones, former school teacher, Wallabies coach, Malcolm Fraser speechwriter, 2GB radio star, one-time Sky News presenter (until Murdoch’s people shafted…
by MONICA O’SHEA – AUSTRALIA’S eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant has confirmed her agency will enforce the Parliament’s impending ban on under 16s accessing social media. Social media corporations could face fines of $49.5m for failing to take reasonable steps to prevent…
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 PAUL COLLITS – WE ARE in a new world. Anything we used to take for granted about politics no longer applies. The American magazine, First Things, under the leadership of RR Reno, is not just “America’s most influential journal of religion…
by PAUL COLLITS – HAVING twice faced the serious possibility of losing my daughter this year, I can only imagine the anguish of those who have actually participated in the death their own child – only later to be remorseful. TV’s Father…
by PAUL COLLITS – WHEN Donald Trump said “fight” in Butler Pennsylvania late July, everyone cheered. Being the target of an assassination attempt (twice, now) certainly galvanises the troops. They will fight by voting for the Republican candidate on November 5, ensuring…
by JOHN MIKKELSEN – WITH new issues confronting Australia and the world each day, many would sooner forget the early COVID years and the massive political over-reach. This includes vaccine mandates, lockdowns, mental health problems, suicides and business closures which continue today. …
