Koalas have become such a hot-button issue in NSW that they are threatening to split the state government. At issue is new state legislation that aims to preserve the creatures from supposed imminent extinction. In the wake of last summer’s bushfires, activists have claimed that koalas are in danger
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As Judith Collins wryly remarked, regarding Jacinda Ardern’s incessant prattling about “kindness”, the more a man tells you he’s honest, the more often you check your pockets. The more a progressive leader boasts that their performance is world-leading, that they are “on the right side of history”, the
The Silicon Valley oligarchs are going to war with the Morrison government. At issue is the government’s efforts to force the tech giants to pony up some of their mountains of gold for the content they’ve been scraping for free for years. While it’s true that the
The natives really are getting restless in Melbourne. If “Dictator Dan” Andrews thought that sending in the goon squads to kick down doors, pile onto journalists and handcuff pregnant women in their jammies was going to win hearts and minds, it appears that he was sadly mistaken. The videos of
If there’s one thing you can say about the Long March left, they’re persistent. And, like the Maoists their strategy takes its name and inspiration from, dab hands at sneakery and treachery. The Maoists took persistent advantage of the naivete and openness of Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists to
When Jacinda Ardern slammed the panic button and plunged New Zealand into stage four restrictions, the results were a direct contrast to her constant yammering about “kindness” and “compassion”. The “Team of Five Million” quickly found that some of them were being left on the benches in no uncertain terms.
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Many of our most long-standing legal rights are being slowly and steadily eroded in the name of “victim’s rights”. For instance, a man charged with rape is forbidden from telling the court that his accuser is a serial false accuser. A father cleared by every court of abusing his
Many moons ago, I pondered what would happen if a conservative political candidate or politician was photographed in front of a swastika flag while wearing a Hitler t-shirt. I was referring to Labor candidate John Falzon, who celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Russian revolution by posing for a selfie
When I wrote, some time back, that “doctors are notorious for their God-complex: the arrogant delusion that they are superior beings whose word is writ”, it inspired some upset responses from medicos. But, as we’re seeing during the Wuhan pandemic, give some petty medical bureaucrats a lab coat and
When I wrote yesterday’s Insight article, comparing Victoria under Wuhan pandemic lockdown to past tyrannies like communism, even I worried that I was being overly hyperbolic. Lo and behold, the very next day, a refugee from Poland’s communist regime makes the same comparison. The restrictions in Victoria on
When the Morrison government agreed to conduct a royal commission into the banking sector, Australia’s academics weren’t backwards in coming forward with their pious opinions about the wicked capitalists. But academics shouldn’t be so quick to throw stones – not when their ivory towers are looking more and
If only Victoria’s problems stopped at the south bank of the Murray River, perhaps the rest of the nation could afford to turn a blind eye to the circus in the south. But, like it or not, what happens in Victoria affects the rest of the nation. In particular,
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