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Then They Came for Leunig

Then They Came for Leunig

The Chinese Communist Party have no compulsion about cutting down even the tallest poppies. From the nation’s most famous actress to its richest man, Beijng will summarily “disappear” anyone who gets on the wrong side of the Xi Xinping. Then there’s Daniel Andrews. Michael Leunig’s storied half-century

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Leftist Karens and Their Selective Memories

Leftist Karens and Their Selective Memories

Have you ever noticed just how utterly bourgie the left are? Despite their claiming to champion the proles, it’s glaringly obvious that the ranks of the left are solidly middle-class. From the posh private-school-blazers at School Climate Strikes to the XR protesters shouting in decidedly posh accents at working-class

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We Got the Jab — Now Let Us Go

We Got the Jab — Now Let Us Go

As BFD writer Christie recently asked, I’m double vaccinated, along with approximately 70% of other kiwis. Why are we still in lockdown? Tasmanians and Victorians might well be asking themselves the same question. Scott Morrison has confirmed that both Victoria and Tasmania hit a 70 per cent double vaccination

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And the Lack of Self-Awareness Award Goes To…

And the Lack of Self-Awareness Award Goes To…

This week’s Lack of Self-Awareness Award goes to a Victorian vaxhole publican. The white, South African-born hotelier rails against vaccine passports being compared to apartheid — by reminiscing about the Apartheid system in his native land in terms which sound almost identical to what he’s promoting in Australia. Ian

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Universities Are Ripping Off Staff and Students

As Chris Trotter wrote for Insight, many moons ago, universities were long part of an unspoken compact: “The workaday world paid for the universities and accorded them a large measure of autonomy, and in return, the universities supplied the expertise and advice that kept the workaday world ticking over”. For

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Who’s Running This Sh- Show?

Who’s Running This Sh- Show?

As I’ve written many times, Australia is plagued with two prime ministers. On the one hand, there’s Scott Morrison the international statesman, standing up to the Chinese behemoth and forging far-reaching new international alliances. Then there’s domestic Scotty from Marketing, wishy-washing from poll-driven pillar to focus-group post.

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Panic at the Spring Street Blue Light Disco

Panic at the Spring Street Blue Light Disco

I’ve written several times lately that there are clear signs that Victorian premier Daniel Andrews’ super-secret taxpayer-funded polling of marginal electorates are showing a shift of sentiment on lockdowns. Lo and behold! To the surprise of absolutely no-one, “Dictator Dan” is doing a rapid about-face on lockdowns – even as

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Celebs Run Silent on Alleged Abuse

Celebs Run Silent on Alleged Abuse

More telling than the revelations about Harvey Weinstein — as if we didn’t know about Hollywood’s casting couch culture — were the reactions of the rest of Hollywood. People who had once lionised and given standing ovations to the mogul suddenly either turned on their former hero, or, most often,

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Taliban Invited to Speak to Australian Muslims

Taliban Invited to Speak to Australian Muslims

We’re constantly reassured that “the vast majority” of Muslims in the West are “moderate”. So, what to make of it when peak Muslim spokespeople and organisations keep saying and doing things that don’t seem that moderate at all? Whether it’s Sheikh Hilaly comparing women to “uncovered meat”

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Baby Steps for Liberty in Australia

Baby Steps for Liberty in Australia

Nothing else perhaps shows how low the bar of liberty in Australia has fallen than that we’re supposed to be cock-a-whoop at NSW Dominic Perrottet’s latest announcement. “At last, Fortress Australia has been breached!” crows The Australian. “NSW to scrap quarantine for international arrivals” says the ABC. Except

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