AUS Politics
Spin City Spirals Out of Dictator Dan’s Control
As the protests in Melbourne continue for a third day, a socialist government spiralling out of control sets the spin cycle to 11. The thuggish, far-left boss of the union once led by an avowed Maoist, screeched that his own rank-and-file are “fascists”. The nurses’ union dutifully ran cover for
Britain Latest to Abandon Vaccine Passports
One thing you can’t accuse the Australian or New Zealand governments of is quick thinking. Despite her retrospective claims of “hardernurly” lockdowns in 2020, the timeline shows that Jacinda Ardern dithered for weeks before announcing the first Level 4 lockdowns. Not coincidentally, the first lockdowns occurred around the time
One in Three Australian Businesses Considering Closing
There’s an old anecdote about a visitor to Maoist China noting all the workers toiling with buckets and spades to dig a massive dam. Why not get a couple of bulldozers? he asks. Because, the cadre replies, then we wouldn’t have full employment. It’s easy to laugh
Violent Protests Show a City at Breaking-Point
Watching the violent protests in Melbourne on Monday it was easy to imagine we’d been transported to 1980s Belfast. Reading the media-political reaction, it was even easier to imagine that we were back in the USSR. If the sight of paramilitary police firing rubber bullets at protesters isn’t
A Defence of Democracy and All Her Operatives
Information This article was submitted to both NZ Herald and The Spinoff. Obviously, it didn’t suit their narrative. “You’ve got to ensure that the holders of an opinion, however unpopular, are allowed to put across their points of view.” Betty Boothroyd, Former Speaker of the House of Commons.
A Pattern of Anti-family, Anti-religion Legislation Is Emerging in Victoria
Andy Mullins mercatornet.com Dr Andy Mullins now works with parents and university students in Melbourne and teaches the Formation of Character course at the University of Notre Dame in Sydney. Formerly he was headmaster of Redfield and Wollemi Colleges in Sydney. He is the author of Parenting for Character.
Aussie Court Case Shows How Trans Rights Have Destroyed the Family and Spread Irrationalism
Graham Hryce rt.com Graham Hryce, an Australian journalist and former media lawyer, whose work has been published in The Australian, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age, the Sunday Mail, the Spectator and Quadrant. Information Op-Ed Parents were once thought to know what’s best for their children. That now
Et la Merde! French Fury over Subs Deal
If you thought the Chinese were miffed at the AUKUS alliance, they’ve got nothing on the French. Nobody throws a hissy-fit quite like the French. Gallic displays of outraged hauteur are almost as legendary as France’s ability to run up the white flag. So, when Australia said non
Vacccine Passports: Ugly Segregation
As reported recently in The BFD, the two major Australian parties have colluded on new electoral rules clearly designed to freeze out minor parties. No such party is a greater target than the Liberal Democrats, who’ve previously been a gadfly in the ointment of the nanny-staters on both sides