John Blaxland Australian National University Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a new 2020 Defence Strategic Update and Force Structure Plan that marks a considerable departure from the past. The update boosts defence spending from A$195-$270 billion over the next decade, with a commitment to see it through,
When you talk to leftists, it often seems as if they’re living in a completely different reality. Because they are. As studies have shown, left-leaning people are overwhelmingly less likely to seek out news sources which challenge their biases (CNN’s Jake Tapper has more right-leaning Twitter followers than
Dieuwe de Boer and Tim Wilms discuss the latest news and developments happening in the Tasman. Coronavirus cases are exploding in the state of Victoria, what’s going on there? The election draws closer in NZ with a number of high-profile resignations. All that and more on this week’s
Something that’s been a glaring constant in the Wuhan pandemic is that the worst outbreaks can all be sheeted home to official incompetence. Whether it’s the Chinese Communists’ original lies and cover-ups, Bill de Blasio’s disastrous order to house COVID patients in aged-care homes, Australia’s Ruby
“A national security law was imposed on Hong Kong through a process nobody in Hong Kong had any control over, with content nobody in Hong Kong was privy to. That should put an end to the notion that Hong Kong remains autonomous in any meaningful way” – Alvin Cheung. Ever since
In what could be an ominous portent for Jacinda Ardern, Victorian premier Daniel Andrews is copping a shellacking for his bungled handling of COVID-19. Australia’s wokest state has previously stood firmly behind its Dear Leader, even in the face of mounting political scandals – but COVID-19 may be the game-changer.
As psychologist Hal Herzog writes, in his Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat, humans are practically incapable of thinking consistently rationally about animals. Animal activists are well aware of this basic irrationality and exploit it to the hilt. The campaigns of animal activists are invariably long on
A NSW Labor MP has been suspended from his party after raids of his house as part of an ASIO investigation into possible Chinese Communist Party influence. NSW Labor MP Shaoquett Moselmane has been suspended from the party after his properties were raided by federal agents as part of an
Dieuwe de Boer and Tim Wilms discuss the latest news and developments happening in the Tasman. COVID has returned, the army is managing the borders, and politicians continue to stuff up.
Don’t be fooled by the hysterical fear-mongering from the media and governments. The spike in COVID-19 cases in Victoria is a concern, but it’s nowhere near the feared “second wave” we keep getting threatened with. The panic-mongering from Daniel Andrews is particularly hypocritical. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews likens
The earthquake that’s shaken Australia’s university sector in the wake of the Xi Plague is a prime opportunity to deliver much-needed reform to the sector. But the Morrison government is fluffing it. Australian universities are on their knees, suddenly deprived of rivers of foreign student cash. The growing
Daniel Andrews really does seem to be determined to supplant Tommy Bent as Victoria’s most corrupt premier. The Red Shirts, the firefighters’ union deal, signing up to China’s BRI, and now, yet another branch-stacking scandal. Branch-stacking is, to be sure, an old political game. But for Labor it’
COVID-19 infections are on the rise again in parts of Australia, especially Victoria. But while this is still very far from the much-touted “second wave”, it is risking yet another government panicking and rushing to impose lockdowns again. It’s also exposing the incompetence and double-standards at the top. Melbourne
Observing the indulgence shown towards massive BLM protests by previously lockdown-absolutist Democrat governors and mayors, actor and Twitter gadfly James Woods remarked that we could expect an imminent outbreak of sick leftists or we would realise once and for all that lockdowns were a con. Win-win, you might say. Sheep
There’s nothing the left hate so much as a strong, conservative woman who isn’t afraid to call out their bullshit. It’s why they pour so much hate and vitriol on the likes of Anne Coulter, Lauren Southern, Peta Credlin and Kayleigh McEnany. The hate goes double if
Xbolt So China has mounted a cyber attack on our closest ally and brothers in arms, the Australians. Where is the ANZAC spirit? Where are New Zealand cries of “we stand with our best friends and allies”? Is it because there is so much Chinese money invested in our politicians
