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What happened to conviction politics for Queensland’s pro-life candidates?
In 2019, before she was pre-selected to represent the Liberal National Party in the seat of Rockhampton, Donna Kirkland posted…
100 days of chaos
Just before the election, Rishi Sunak warned that Labour would cause irreversible damage to the UK within their first 100…
Keir Starmer: Labour’s Cordyceps Fungus
In the once vibrant landscape of British politics, the Labour Party stood as a defiant force of opposition – loud,…
Solar farms ‘good’ for desert environments?
Solar farms are good for desert environments… That is what we are being asked to believe in a new study…
Thousands of insects sacrificed by trans activists
This is a bizarre story. Apparently – allegedly – or perhaps we should say, ‘as far as the internet is…
Past and present in Prague
The American author William Faulkner said, ‘The past is never dead. It’s not even past.’ A recent visit to Prague…
A call to expel the students involved in the trespassing at The University of Melbourne
The students involved in the trespassing of Professor Steven Prawer’s office should be expelled from the University and charged with…
Albanese, Wong and the hollow statements of blancmange support
Yom Kippur is the Day of Atonement for the Jewish people. As opposed to common thought, it is not a…
Worth the hype
On Monday, Canada’s current and next Prime Ministers, Justin Trudeau and Pierre Poilievre, gave consecutive speeches at a Jewish community…
First, do no harm: the unstoppable machine of gender affirmation
From an extremely rare condition to a suspected social contagion – there are fears growing for the wellbeing of thousands…
Albo the Appeaser talks out of both sides of his mouth
Reflecting on the Conservative Political Action Conference 2024 in Brisbane last weekend, I realised something the left can never comprehend.…
Israel must prevail against Iran and its proxies
The escalating conflict between Israel, Iran, and Iranian-backed militant groups like Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis is not just another…
Deep inside the Sydney protest
I’m not sure why I felt an obligation – perhaps because I’m now residing within easy walking distance of Hyde…
Airline fake rape crisis
Imagine what will happen if the government’s Misinformation and Disinformation Bill is passed. It will put the onus on social…
Reflections one year on
Today, on the first day of Term 4, my children will take part in the commemoration of the October 7…
The new Dreyfus
The antisemitism unleashed after October 7 can be linked to previous eruptions against Jews and Jewish communities throughout the world,…
Bali’s tough deportation rules could be a lesson for Australia
If Bali can have a robust immigration policy, why can’t Australia? Having scoured the internet following the announcement, the digital…
‘Real Zero’ is the new ‘Net Zero’
A moment of hope flickered into existence when the headline Time to walk away from the ‘proven fantasy’ of Net…
What would Thomas Paine make of our government?
In 1776, Thomas Paine wrote: Some writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction…
Ned Kelly should not be depicted on Hezbollah-lite flags
What happened to the Left’s ‘politically correct’ mantra of not causing cultural offense because ‘words are literally violence’? It is…
Labor’s assumption is a miscalculation
‘It’s worrying…’ is how Prime Minister Anthony Albanese expressed his concern at terrorist sympathisers marching in Melbourne and Sydney streets,…
John Pesutto should not go – yet
It’s being reported in the Melbourne newspapers that the state Liberal leadership of embattled incumbent, John Pesutto, is likely to…
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Trump punctures India’s hype
But risks significant harm to their strategic partnership as an Indo-Pacific counterweight to China
