Luke Beck Luke is a leading constitutional law scholar in the field of separation of religion and government and religious freedom under the Australian Constitution. The principal focus of his research is on developing a deeper and more sophisticated understanding of section 116 of the Australian Constitution in terms of
There’s no imported idea so bad or demonstrably so that the Albanese government isn’t prepared to fail at it, too. From nonsensically parroting the American “First Nations”, to “Net Zero”, there’s nothing that’s proved so disastrous that Albo and crew aren’t eagerly shouting, “We want
How long before Australians start booing the tedious, fatuous, insulting, endless “Welcome to Country” nonsense? So far, a great many of us have so far settled for quietly rolling our eyes as we are browbeaten with this fabricated nonsense at weddings, school assemblies, sports matches and even every day plane
Make no mistake: Dan Andrews absolutely will survive the debacle of the Commonwealth Games cancellation. This is Victoria, after all: the Stockholm Syndrome State. The state where a premier mired in multiple scandals and corruption investigations, who unleashed the world’s longest lockdowns and the worst Covid figures in the
It’s been quite the couple of days for the IStandWithDan crowd. If you thought the sight of thousands of North Koreans ecstatically singing, His brilliant ideals represent our goals, the Brilliant Commander’s will is the people’s victory, was the most robotic display of mass indoctrination you’ve
It’s funny, how choosey the left can be when it comes to statistics. When it suits them, they’ll bellow and shriek about a disproportionate statistic relating to their chosen victim groups. Especially when it suits their narrative about supposed “racism”. Other statistics that show the same groups in
Will losing the Commonwealth Games be Dictator Dan’s last hurrah? In a recent chat on Reality Check Radio, Cam raised the future prospects of Victorian premier, Dan Andrew. I pointed out that his last election victory was far from as emphatic as most think. Much of the heavy swing
As I repeatedly warn BFD readers, “Always assume a ‘fact-checker’ is trying to bullshit you”. That’s because “fact-checkers” are in reality almost always Confirmation Bias Machines whose purpose is to mislead and to reinforce biased narratives. The ABC and its partnership with RMIT FactLab is a case in point.
As I’ve asked several times: are these people barking mad? Or just colossally stupid? I’m talking, of course, of the zealots of the green-left and their one, big idea: “Net Zero”. People like Australia’s Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen. No wonder Anthony Albanese wants
A couple of interesting things happened in Australian politics over the weekend. One drew a lot of attention, the other passed almost without mention. Yet, both signal trouble ahead for the Albanese government. The first was the Fadden by-election, which delivered a thumping win to the Coalition. Of course, as
Richard Kelly Richard Kelly, a retired 60 yo, born and bred in Melbourne. He spent a couple of years as a mathematics teacher before moving into Insurance and Superannuation/Investments first as a trainee actuary and then as a business analyst with some of the largest institutions in Australia and
With wall-to-wall Labor governments on Mainland Australia, the chattering classes have taken to growling about the supposed end of the conservative coalition. Just as they did when the same state of affairs ruled in the 1990s – right before John Howard cemented the longest continuous Australian prime ministership. The basic error
As readers will be more than aware, I’m resolutely not a fan of the Albanese government. That said, to damn them with faint praise, they are at least doing – or trying to do – one thing right. Ironically, that one thing is trying to fix decades of bad policy inflicted
As I wrote recently, even Big Brother himself, Mark Zuckerberg, is raising an eyebrow at Anthony Albanese’s Orwellian “online misinformation” bill. The bill would allow the government to arbitrarily declare anything online as “harmful misinformation”, while exempting themselves from the same scrutiny. The bill would also outlaw speech that
