Almost as often as we’re bludgeoned with the insulting virtue-signalling of “Welcome to Country”, Australians are also plastered with fatuous platitudes about the supposed “world’s oldest living culture”. This is a load of patronising bollocks, of course. If the claim is that it’s a continuation of a
“Truth telling” is supposedly at the core of the “Uluru statement”, the foundational document of the “Indigenous Voice” referendum. There’s precious little truth to be had from its proponents, though. And the mendacity goes far, far beyond PM Anthony Albanese’s and Minister Linda Burney’s constant prevarifications and
It’s the same old cycle that’s been going on for almost as long as Australia’s been a nation: catastrophic bushfires result in an official inquiry. That inquiry invariably recommends that state authorities engage in vigorous fuel-reduction activity (i.e. controlled burning) during the winter months, to stop
As Midnight Oil’s Peter Garrett so woefully demonstrated, it’s one thing to shout right-on slogans in catchy pop songs, quite another to deliver effective policy-making in the real world. The same could be said for Yothu Yindi’s 1991 hit, Treaty. Infectious dance-floor fodder, certainly. But as a
In an ominous sign for premier Dan Andrews, Victorian cross-benchers have unanimously backed a parliamentary inquiry into his government’s scrapping of the 2026 Commonwealth Games. These are the same cross-benchers who were rusted solidly onto “Dictator Dan” right through the pandemic. Now they’ve joined the opposition in demanded
The current parlous state of the Liberal-National coalition parties in Australia has the mainstream media and the green-left (a tautology: I apologise) cock-a-whoop. “This is the end of the Tories!”, they crow. Certainly, it may seem that way — at least, if you ignore 100 years of Australian election results — and
Never have an inquiry, as the saying goes, unless you know in advance what it will find. But when a government commissions an inquiry and then keeps its findings secret for months, you can be certain that it found something they may or may not have expected, but don’t
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The “Indigenous Voice” referendum campaign is collapsing around the ears of the “Yes” side — and they’re shrieking blame at everyone but themselves. For months — ever since PM Anthony Albanese unveiled the referendum question — the poll momentum has been steadily downward. The last polls indicated Victoria as the lone Mainland
Once again, the difference between a conspiracy theory and reality turns out to be just a matter of waiting. From vaccine passports to 15-minute cities, every time the media-political class labels something a “conspiracy theory”, you can bet good money that it’ll take a couple of months, tops, before
In the previous post, I looked at how Australian history, in the popular imagination and in academic circles, is dominated by narratives that are too often spun out of little but outraged assertion and fanciful interpretation. On the other hand, careful examination of primary sources, many of which are only
Kate Fitz-Gibbon Kate is Professor and Director of the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre. Her research is in the area of family violence, legal responses to lethal violence, youth justice and the effects of homicide law and sentencing reform in Australian and international jurisdiction. Marie Segrave Marie is
As I asked recently, Can NZ join a military pact without having a military to speak of? I was referring, of course, to current talks between the Chris Hipkins and Anthony Albanese, and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, with a view to New Zealand
Academic historians are an odd bunch. Especially in Australia. They’re all too ready to write up fairy-stories and garbled oral legends as “history”, but not much interested, it seems, in actual, documented, primary sources. For instance, peer-reviewed Australian journals cite the “memories” of an Aboriginal stockman in the Northern
