Setting up a Carnival of Politics
With just over a month to go, I feel like film director Mike Leigh trying to justify his improvisational technique. There’s a basic idea, a few actors, a location and the outline of a script. That’s it.
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The Road to Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions
The next time our leaders unveil a grand plan to fix this or ban that ‘for our own good’, let’s not be swept away by the warm and fuzzy intentions. Let’s ask the cold, hard questions: What will this really do? What’s the track record of such ideas? And above all, what new mess might this create?
And It Is Adiós Maduro
Now Maduro is gone and there is hope for the nation. Let us also hope that Iran and Cuba, who very much have survived (barely) with supplies of cheap Venezuelan oil, are next on the chopping block.
This Is Not a ‘Disability’
The 'UN Convention On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities' (UNCRPD) will NOT include SOGI, but New Zealand voted to include it.
What Is Happening and What Has Caused the Unrest?
Iran on the brink: economic collapse, protest, and international reaction.
A New Year: The Cancer Data
Continuing to assert that Covid-19 vaccine harm is unproven whilst encouraging booster uptake and refusing to study comparative data has long since become an untenable position. In 2026 we aim to bring the unequivocal data to the attention of all those taking public health decisions.
Inside Scoop: The 2,500-Year History Of Ice Cream
The highest per capita consumption in the world is in New Zealand, followed by the US and Australia. The next four countries are famous for being cold: Finland, Sweden, Canada and Denmark.
The Marvellous Miseries of Multiculturalism in Australia
It’s time for change. We need a massive cut in immigration. We need to stop propping up a Ponzi scheme university sector. We need assimilation. But Lord knows it would be miracle to expect this from the coalition.
This Must Be the Year of Accountability
At what point do the people in charge get to find out that no one is above the law?
Installations of EV Chargers Are Slowing
Meanwhile, the government remains committed to ending the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030, and with hybrids to follow in 2035.
UK Study Undermines CO2 Claims
The authors argue that these patterns raise questions about the assumption that human-produced CO2 is the dominant driver of global temperature change.