AUSTRALIA’S farming families are being steamrolled by governments to meet the net-zero demands of inner-city elites and the political class. “There has never been a more important time to hear their stories,” according to Deputy Executive Director of the Institute of Public…
by SCOTT JOHNSON – HISTORICALLY, political participation in Australia by the common folk was somewhat “verboten”. The laid-back “No worries, mate – she’ll be right” attitude of the Aussie larrikin at a barbie skulling beers is a caricature but was also normalised…
by FRED PAWLE – WHILE the West wallows in disenchantment, Asians embrace our technology and consumerism with conspicuous glee. When Australians started travelling overseas en masse in the 1980s, returning home was an essential and reassuring part of the experience. Australians are…
by FRED PAWLE – THE orgy of nostalgia for the glory days of COVID – five years ago this month – confirms that most journalists and their “expert” friends still don’t understand life outside their own bubble. Whenever the mainstream media marks…
by VIV FORBES – A SPIRIT of madness exists in today’s Labor-led bureaucracy – the bureaucratic instinct is to kill every animal in any threatened herd to ensure all sick ones die. There’s a fatal flaw in the scorched earth disease control…
by PAUL COLLITS – A LONG time ago, there was a cartoon, probably done by Alan Moir, of the dour looking 1980s NSW Premier Barrie Unsworth that showed his various faces. Barrie excited, Barrie sad, Barrie angry, Barrie determined, and so on….
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 Orwell’s dictum that “some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them” was spectacularly superseded not…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…
