Does anyone still seriously believe in the meritocratic claims of politicians and their pet ‘expert’ class? I mean, who seriously could, after the last five years? We’ve all seen for ourselves just how hopelessly, utterly, disastrously wrong the ‘experts’ and politicians were. So, why would anyone believe them again?
I’ve asked it before, and now I have to ask it again: is it time to spit on teachers? Of course not: like all rhetorical questions, I ask merely for effect. To make a point. And the point is this: the churches have been (rightly) held to account for
mercatornet.com Australia’s former Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson is not convinced that the Voice will close the gap with non-indigenous Australians. In fact, he suggests the Voice will foster division and cynicism rather than unity. Its politics will distract from the very practical challenges of closing the gaps
With the Voice referendum campaign officially underway, the “Yes” shills are doubling down on what’s already failed them: emotional blackmail, and lies. Of all the cheap, emotional tactics tried on by the Yes camp, “But what will the neighbours think?” is one of the most laughable. In recent days,
Back when I did my journalism degree, I was obliged to study several compulsory Media Studies and Communications units, when I’d much rather have directed my time and energy to more Philosophy, History and Science units. But they weren’t a complete waste of time, as it happens. For
So, it’s locked in stone: having set October 14 as the date for the “Indigenous Voice” referendum, there’s no going back for PM Anthony Albanese. By law, the referendum must now go ahead. With polls indicating that the referendum is struggling, it’s no exaggeration to say that
Is the Covid magic wearing off in Queensland, too? Little good came of the Covid pandemic — or, more correctly, the disaster of Covid policies, which some have dubbed the worst collective policy failure since WWII — unless you were a political leader, of course. In almost directly inverse proportion, the worse
The “Yes” campaign for the “Indigenous Voice” referendum just can’t seem to get their stories straight. Time and again, they’ll say one thing in parliament or to the media, only to be directly contradicted. Quite often, it’s the same person contradicting their own words. Which is all
Michael Mansell has come straight out and said the quiet part out loud: it’s all about an Aboriginal ethnostate. I’ve been warning for months that the “Uluru Statement”, the foundational document of the “Voice” referendum, is a tacit call for a racially separatist, Aboriginal ethnostate, encompassing part or
Ah, the Race Card: is there anything it can’t do? Why take responsibility, when you can just blame it on “colonialism”? BFD readers will be grimly familiar with the routine: Bro goes the bash on his missus and kids. “Oh, but, yer Honour, it’s the ongoing impact of
How about it, BFDers? Fancy becoming the seventh state of Australia? No, I don’t think so, either. But that hasn’t stopped the yammering idiot chorus we call our “leaders” from bringing it up again, like a particularly cretinous mongrel dog bringing up its lunch so it can have
As I keep warning you: Always assume that “fact-checkers” are trying to bullshit you. This isn’t a paranoid delusion, it’s a fundamental principle of science and logic. Take no-one’s word for it. Least of all mainstream media entities whose clear mission is to reinforce narratives rather than
Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard was put on the spot while giving a talk at Government House in Adelaide, South Australia when asked to give the definition of a woman. “What is a woman?” audience member and women’s rights activist Biddy O’Loughlin asked the former Labor Party leader
You know you live in an authoritarian regime when you’re not only forbidden from uttering a word of criticism about designated groups, but ordered to celebrate them. If a regime decks public spaces with its banners and flags, and punishes any who desist, that’s authoritarianism. If even the
