Every now and again, an advertising slogan becomes part of the popular lexicon. “Not happy, Jan!” “You’re soaking in it.” “Always a bridesmaid, never a bride” (believe it or not, this was never a saying until a 1950s ad campaign). From a 1980s bank ad, Australians adopted the phrase,
One outcome of the ACT dropping the rape trial against Bruce Lehrmann is that, it not being sub judice any more, a great deal of material that was legally kept from the Australian public is suddenly allowed to be published. Brittany Higgins’ accusations and her actions in the lead-up to
“Paging Dr Death! Stat!” Australia’s enthusiasts for state-sanctioned suicide have run into a bit of a problem: they just can’t rustle up enough doctors willing to kill people. It’s the biggest roadblock for governmental killing enthusiasts since before IG Faben came up with a handy little product
How long before we are legally required to stop and applaud, every time a man in a dress walks by? Totalitarian ideologies, after all, demand not just acquiescence, but loud and fervent public affirmations of loyalty. Within a year of the Brownshirts seizing power, it was illegal in Germany not
No wonder Anthony Albanese doesn’t want to give any details of his planned Constitutional changes. Because, the more Australians learn about it, the less they like what they see. The more Albanese is forced to let on, the harder voters reject it. That’s the inescapable conclusion from the
Judge people by what they do, not what they say. The Labor government can blither all they want that they’re not about to repeat their disastrous borders mistakes, but their actions are clearly telling us otherwise. When the navy is being scrambled to the northern waters, we know that
Jennie George is hardly a raving, right-wing nut job. In fact, she’s a former Labor government minister and trade union leader, married to a former Communist Party activist. But, back then, Labor actually stood for working-class people. Working-class people who built things. Things that made the nation run. Today’
I find it hard to imagine a Jewish school hiring a radical jihadi as a teacher, or indeed, an Islamic school hiring a militant atheist or transgender activist. Or a Catholic school hiring an outspoken pro-abortionist. Faith-based schools are, well, faith-based. Like it or not, their religious faith is at
Richard Kelly brownstone.org 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
Nothing says “I’m an out-of-touch leftist” quite like a politician spruiking a vehicle that costs as much as a Mercedes or BMW, is made by a brutal communist dictatorship, and uses materials mined by child labour in Africa. Materials mined and refined in environmental disaster areas. If you can
Touch wood, the “Voice” referendum is dead in the water — and they know it. That’s the obvious conclusion from both recent polling and a slew of policy announcements by Labor state governments. I’m almost afraid to believe it, but the evidence is all pointing one way. First, the
Now that Anthony Albanese has the prime ministership, “Let us enjoy it” seems to be his sole guiding compass. This is, after all, the prime minister who spent almost the entirety of his first months in office overseas or on holiday in Australia. When real problems, like the anarchic lawlessness
Gee, what a surprise: a Labor government gets in and the illegal boat arrivals start up again. Who couldn’t have seen this coming? The only surprise is that it’s seemed to take so long — but blame that on a combination of government-media secrecy and the simple realities of
What hope is there for freedom of speech, when even members of a party supposedly founded on the ideals of classical liberalism are jumping on the censorship bandwagon? Because, strip away the attempts at emotional blackmail, that’s precisely what former Liberal MP Nicolle Flint is proposing. To an extent,
Kurt Mahlburg mercatornet.com Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary and a young
If you think “Aotearoa” is fast descending into a hell-hole of juvenile crime… well, you’re not wrong. I’m not talking about the infantile antics of the gang of criminals infesting the Beehive, of course. As you all know, Auckland especially has been subject to a veritable reign of
