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ScoMo and Daniel Andrews: guess who’s put politicking ahead of national unity?
There was an interesting, albeit brief, window between education minister Dan Tehan’s comments about Victorian premier Daniel Andrews and their…
Susan’s story: the tale of a coronavirus suicide
At the age of 32, Susan had everything going for her. Growing up in a major regional hub in country…
Because what we need right now is more pointless intergenerational conflict, hey folks?
We’re going to let you into a little secret. Are you ready? We here at the SpecOz have been wondering…
EXCLUSIVE: Charming Clementine scores a government grant
Remember back in January when Yassmin Abdel-Magied scored that cushy $20,000 in cash and six-month residency in Paris? Remember how…
Why the Guardian Australia is wrong about green tape
In an article last Friday, the Guardian Australia outline a flawed critique of the Institute of Public Affairs’ latest research…
Covid-19: Sorting the wheat from the chaff since January 2020
Just yesterday a university degree in gender studies was valuable. Today a job at the supermarket is valuable. Yesterday a…
The Wuhan Flu gives us a greater sense of proportion of the real risk of death from climate change
Number three in Craig Kelly’s series 20 reasons why the Wuhan Flu is the final nail in the climate alarmists’…
Sayonara, Albo
You may imagine that opposition can’t go too far wrong during this coronavirus pandemic. The government, under pressure, is having…
Coronavirus won’t kill globalisation
Our highly sophisticated global system of exchange now faces its single biggest existential threat. Globalisation has made us richer, freer,…
Labor’s right. We need to cut immigration
After well over a decade of engaging in a quiet bipartisan endorsement of Australia’s high immigration intake, Labor has finally…
School closures: light at the end of the tunnel – except in Danandrewstan
There is light at the end of the tunnel. Parents and policymakers have generally had enough, and schools are now…
Western lockdowns are killing people in the developing world
There are a million reasons why the economy vs lives meme in relation to relaxing COVID-19 restrictions is a false…
Slowly but surely, Australia is returning to normalcy. Normal leftist idiocy, that is
Twelve Victorians still lie in hospital with coronavirus, including seven in intensive care, yet even the Pravda of Danandrewstan, The…
We’re over over-hearty healthcare workers
Over the past couple of months, the world has seen some heartbreaking scenes from hospitals hit hard by the COVID-19…
If Labor loses Eden-Monaro, stand by for civil war
Despite the Morrison governments various missteps and scandals since the election in May last year, opposition leader Anthony Albanese has…
Annaliese Van Diemen shows covidiocy is contagious
If you saw my reflection yesterday on the “shame industry’s” degrading of the James Cook 250th anniversary from a celebration…
Nothing like exposing the Twits of Danandrewstan
As I write this, coronavirus isolation measures are being eased in almost every state and territory in Australia. But in…
Coronavirus: wet markets or the lab – or both?
The most credible version of how the coronavirus was let loose on the world glues together the two apparently contradictory…
Our cultural divide will complicate lockdown exit strategy
Exit from the COVID-19 emergency measures is getting closer. Exit will be fractious. Some of us will want the disease…
The coronavirus can’t stop the windpower blowhards, let alone economic reality
For Australian energy, 2020 started precariously. The bushfires showed the vulnerability of the nation to its subsidy-induced reliance on renewable…
How dare we ignore our celebrities at a time like this?
In the latest example of how the cult of celebrity trivialises everything it touches, actress Hilarie Burton has announced that…
Hey, Beijing. Min yi shi wei tian
Did we really need to get into a diplomatic spat with China while battling the restrictions placed on us by…
Eden-Monaro? Don’t risk it, Jim. The Senate needs you
A by-election is on in one of the nation’s most fascinating seats, Eden-Monaro, the electorate that surrounds the Australian Capital…
Why Lockdown Stage 3 was never needed
Predictions of the development of Covid-19 in Australia have not held up to even short-term scrutiny. For example, the Health…
Cook 250 has been destroyed by the shame industry – and that’s something we should be ashamed of
The 250th anniversary of the landing of James Cook on the rocky shore of Kurnell 250 years ago yesterday passed…
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