“Integrity” and “corruption” commissions all sound very good in theory. After all, who doesn’t want corrupt politicians caught out and punished? That’s the theory. But then, the theory of socialism is that it makes fairer and wealthier societies. The gap between the theory and the reality of corruption
The AFL is a very inclusive sporting league. Just ask them, they’ll tell you. They’ll welcome anybody — even put on a special round for them. Anybody but Christians. As I reported last week, a new CEO of an AFL club lasted less than 24 hours in his job.
If you peruse the ranks of “Indigenous” government-funded bodies, tax-hoovers and other assorted gravy trains, one thing, in particular, stands out. They’re often very… shall we say, “pale”… Of course, saying this out loud is what got Andrew Bolt into so much trouble, but when you’re confronted with
You know, I’m not even mad when gibbering leftists and screeching, suspiciously pale “indigenous activists” scream and stamp their feet and burn the Australian flag. On the contrary, keep it up, I say. These clowns are doing more to make the “No” case for the upcoming “Indigenous Voice” referendum
Remember when Anthony Albanese was promising to lower everyone’s power bills by $275? Oh, how we laughed. We’re not laughing now. Australia faces a new cost-of-living shock, with power prices forecast to soar by at least 35 per cent in 2023 as the early closure of coal-fired
Ramesh Thakur mercatornet.com Ramesh Thakur, a former United Nations Assistant Secretary-General, is emeritus professor in the Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University. People of a certain age will remember only too well Pastor Martin Niemöller’s poignant lament that as the Nazis hunted down groups one
It’s the next logical step in the local front of the Woke War on the West: an Australian council has banned the Australian flag. Should we really be surprised? The Australian left, for all that they sneer at all things “American”, are slavishly imitative of the American left. Whatever
The aftershocks of Dan Andrews’ lockdowns continue to rumble through the Victorian economy. Despite a surprise lead showing in the Commonwealth Bank’s State of the States report back in July (the first time Victoria had claimed the top spot since half a year before Covid), the harsh reality is
Well, well, well: Brittany Higgins was “unavailable to take the stand” yesterday. The first week certainly did not go at all well for the former public servant who claims she was raped by a colleague at Parliament House in 2019. The case became a cause celebre for the left and
Victorian premier Dan Andrews was educated by Catholics, from primary school all the way through university. But then, Stalin was a former seminarian, and Marx came from a long line of rabbis. Like both, Dictator Dan seems determined to eradicate religion from the public square. Well, one religion, anyway. When
Tax and spend, break promises… tell me this isn’t a Labor government. During the election campaign, Labor promised everything from tax cuts to cost-of-living reductions — including a specific promise to cut power bills by $275. Every single promise has been broken or is about to be. And spending keeps
Australia is having a Reichstag Fire moment. A government that slithered into power on a minority vote is exploiting a crime in order to bring the jackboot down on the citizens’ necks. Labor are shameless in their opportunism. Finance Minister Katy Gallagher has called together all the digital ministers to
You know, this whole “world’s oldest living culture” thing strikes me as a pretty weird flex. Firstly, it isn’t even really true: not one Aboriginal Australian alive today lives a wholly traditional, pre-1788 lifestyle. Even the Pintupi Nine — the celebrated last group to make contact with the outside
There are certain words and phrases which should instantly alert you that whoever said them is not a person to be taken seriously. “97% of scientists”, “hate speech”, the fatuous “be kind”… These are not so much “trigger words” as trip-wires that should instantly light your bullshit filters up in
“Today it became clear to me that my personal Christian faith is not tolerated or permitted in the public square… They made it clear that my Christian faith and my association with a Church are unacceptable in our culture if you wish to hold a leadership position in society” Andrew
