The defeat of the “Indigenous Voice” referendum, if nothing else, showed just what a grassroots, low-budget campaign can achieve against the assembled might of the elite. The Yes campaign had the backing of the government, most of the minor parties, and even prominent members of the opposition. Every single
With the referendum done and dusted, the activist groups behind it have dropped their masks of “unity” and “love”, and revealed their true, ugly face. Australians can heave a sigh of relief that we dodged the bullet of this lot. After spending a week throwing an epic sulking fit, an
As Lewis Carroll’s Humpty-Dumpty famously said, “When, it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less”. The whole point, he elaborated, is “which is to be master”. As history has regularly shown, authoritarian ideologies regularly twist the plain meanings of words in order to
The Australian revolt against the politics of racial division was so overwhelming that the “Voice” referendum result was called in just 90 minutes of polls closing. The excuses and tantrums from the left started even earlier. One of the common themes of the refusal to accept the result is that
They couldn’t do it. They just couldn’t control themselves. Despite vowing to maintain a “week of silence” after last Saturday’s referendum, the troughers of the Aboriginal Industry are right back at it, screeching, howling and tantrum-throwing. What set them off? A call for a royal commission
The legacy media may have clutched their pearls and shrieked when Donald Trump called them “the enemy of the people”, but a great many of the people agreed with him. And why wouldn’t they? Time and again, especially in recent years, the media have taken the side of the
Like the political toddlers that they are, the left never takes a firm “No” and a smack on the bum for an answer. They just scream louder, stamp their feet harder, and throw their toys further, trying to get their way. This is exactly what Anthony Albanese and the rest
As should surprise no one, the left and the troughers of the Aboriginal Industry are throwing an epic tanty at losing the “Voice” referendum. “Indigenous leaders” meaning the tiny clique of city-based activists, academics and assorted troughers who’ve made whole careers out of milking the $30 billion annually
No wonder the Australian left are having such a massive sooking fit after last weekend’s referendum. They didn’t just lose the “Voice” referendum, they’ve lost some of their most treasured causes for at least a generation. One of the most consequential outcomes of the sheer scale of
One of the clearest results from last Saturday’s referendum in Australia is just how stark is the divide between the elite and the masses. The elites — the wealthiest suburbs of the inner capital cities, and the entire ACT — were the only areas to vote Yes. Everywhere else — everywhere — the
Is it just a coincidence that the Hamas flag is green? Was it a coincidence that the Nazis were the first environmental party? Forget the brown shirts and black boots, the West’s most hateful anti-Semites today are far too likely to be wearing Green. Either the poisonous green
As I wrote for Insight yesterday, the weekend’s referendum result might not be immediately fatal to Anthony Albanese’s leadership and indeed government, but it’s a wound that will continue to bleed out over the coming months. Albanese is the lamest of ducks. Elected on just 32% of
The only thing really surprising about Australian voters’ rejection of the “Indigenous Voice to Parliament” referendum was its scale and brutal swiftness. Within less than an hour of polls closing, it was clear that the referendum had been emphatically rejected in every state. There was no need to even bother
Michelle Grattan Professorial Fellow University of Canberra Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged to continue to battle Indigenous disadvantage and promote reconciliation, in the wake of the sweeping defeat of his referendum to put a Voice in the Constitution. “We intend as a government to continue to do what we
As I wrote, long ago, Australia was, and still is, as he remains in parliament, plagued with two Scott Morrisons. There was Scott Morrison the global statesman, justly recognised around the world for his government’s brave and resolute stance against unprecedented trade and diplomatic bullying from China. For helping
