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
The police are supposed to be the thin blue line that stands between law-abiding citizens and criminal anarchy. In Australia, though, it’s become the thin blue protection racket standing between the Establishment Left and anyone who dares challenge them. In Wellington, too, police filmed themselves exchanging triumphant high-fives after
Australia clearly doesn’t have enough jihadis — because the Albanese government seems pretty keen to import more. One of Anthony Albanese’s first virtue-signals after his 32% election win was granting permanent residence to a confessed former member of the Tamil Tiger terrorist group who’d entered Australia illegally and
They seek him here, they seek him there Those Frenchies seek him everywhere Is he in heaven or is he in hell? That demned elusive Pimpernel. New Zealand has its very own, well, maybe not Scarlet Pimpernel, but Red Shrinking Violet. PM Jacinda Ardern has of late developed an amazing
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Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. He lives in Sydney, Australia. When it passed in the Victorian parliament in 2017, the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act must have been one of the most controversial pieces of legislation in Australian history. Lobbying on both sides was intense;
I was never a fan of The Footy Show, and for the longest time, I particularly detested co-host Sam Newman. But, much later, I read some interviews with him and came to reappraise my dislike. Firstly, I realised that he, just like Jeremy Clarkson, is to a large part playing
“The words of this wizard stand on their heads… In the language of Orthance help means ruin, and saving means slaying, that is plain” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings. As scholar Tom Shippey points out, Saruman is the most “modern” character of The Lord of the
