Here’s a not-so-difficult question: if you were a copper, would you risk going into one of the most notoriously violent places in Australia without a gun? We’re talking about a place where nearly the entire town was recently evacuated, due to roving bands of men armed with axes
One of the most rewarding pleasures in life is plunging into a beautiful stream or waterhole after hours, if not days, of tramping. Not any more, if “Dictator Dan” has his way. Those walking off a trail, swimming in a waterway or conducting research in a park could face hefty
It would take a heart of stone not to have been moved by Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. Even my son, who recently shrugged at the fuss over the monarch’s death, because “it’s such an outdated system”, sat glued to the ceremony for hours. From the touching personal
Few issues illustrate the yawning divide in the West between the elite and we common folk than immigration. Specifically, mass immigration and, too often, illegal immigration, from what we used to call the Third World to the West. The elite just love immigration, legal or not. After all, they get
The action isn’t letting up in the race to be Australia’s most revolting opportunist following the Queen’s death. The Greens leadership team were out of the gate with lightning speed, with Adam Bandt and Pakistani ingrate Mehreen Faruqi tweeting their bilious little hearts out within hours. Indeed,
If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Today is a FREE taste of an Insight Politics article by writer Lushington D. Brady Why Brag about Things You Never Did? Identity politics is strictly for losers Australian Aboriginal academic
You know, I’m not even mad about this: A protest for Indigenous people will be held on the National Day of Mourning for Queen Elizabeth II. Sure, some people will be outraged, but my only response is: Please, please, PLEASE… do it! Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance, which has
On Friday, straight-talking Australian broadcaster Alan Jones hosted Winston Peters and covered Three Waters, co-governance and democracy in New Zealand. Love him or hate him, Winston speaks his mind and says Labour is leading New Zealand down a regressive path towards apartheid, separatism and asset ownership based on race. Discuss
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
It looks like Marama Davidson is getting jealous of all the attention the Australian Greens have been gobbling up. Or is there just a pool running at the Greens HQ to see who can make the biggest dickhead of themselves, following the death of the Queen? Sorry, Marama — nice try,
In my recent Insight column, I outlined the case for Australia remaining a constitutional monarchy. The same arguments, by extension, apply to New Zealand. As for the arguments against becoming a republic, well, they are many — but few are better than Republicans themselves. (By which I mean the antipodean activists,
Viv Forbes Viv Forbes and his wife have lived and worked in 3 ruling cities – Brisbane, Canberra and Sydney. Viv was employed by a State bureaucracy, a Federal bureaucracy and then by several private businesses. This experience convinced them to become self-employed, move to the country and raise meat sheep
Some people never learn, no matter how hard the lesson gets beaten into them. South Australia’s Liberals are possibly the most left-wing, wet, “progressive” wing of the party in Australia (and that’s saying something). They’ve won just three elections in the last 40 years. You’d think
One of the commonest criticisms of monarchs and peers is that they often act as if they’re above the rules that apply to we plebs. But even the Sun King had nothing on the entitlement mentality of some elected officials. Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese seems to be channeling
If there was ever any doubt that the Greens are the most odious wing of Australian politics, the Queen’s passing has seen them proving it for all to see. As I reported for the BFD recently, the Greens’ leader, Adam Bandt, kicked off proceedings but was soon overtaken by
A billion-plus taxpyer dollars a year buys a lot of things, but self-awareness clearly is not one of them. This is, after all, the organisation that touts itself as “Australia’s most trusted news source”, even though almost no Australians actually watch it. The ABC regularly trails the free-to-air news
