John Maynard Keynes famously said that when the facts change, he changed his mind. Your average politician would say, instead: “When the polls change, I change my mind.” Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has changed his mind. Clearly, the polls have changed. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has largely backed Prime Minister
It’s a flashback to the most searing images of the Cold War: families separated by a border wall and police patrols. Except, we’re not talking about Berlin, 1961. No, 60 years later it’s Australian families who are being kept apart, even on Father’s Day, by a
Ausma Bernot Alexander Trauth-Goik Sue Trevaskes mercatornet.com Ausma Bernot is a PhD Candidate at the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University. Alex Trauth-Goik is a PhD candidate at the School of Humanities and Social Inquiry at the University of Wollongong. Sue Trevaskes is Head of
Mary Politicians in Australia are digging themselves a deep hole in their efforts to coerce mass vaccination of the population against Covid-19. The problems arise at several levels. First, it is now very clear that the protections offered by the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines are not long-lasting. Israel,
Daniel B. Klein aier.org Daniel Klein is professor of economics and JIN Chair at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, where he leads a program in Adam Smith. As an employee of the Commonwealth of Virginia, I had the honor of receiving an email message: “Vaccinations and Mask
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Chris Baillie ACT Small Business spokesperson The ACT Party has today released a range of measures the Government should take to help take the pressure off businesses and the hospitality sector. The Resurgence payment should be available every week that a business is under Alert Level 4 or 3, and
The Government’s move to introduce saliva testing as additional surveillance testing technology is welcome but long overdue, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “The Roche/Simpson report recommended the urgent rollout of saliva testing a year ago but the Government has been inexplicably slow to make use
Since becoming familiar with Covid, and constantly being regaled with fear of it, I have been musing as to how similar to the annual flu it might be. I thought a good place to start would be the Ministry of Health’s website. What better place to go than the
R. M. Huffman rt.com R. M. Huffman is a physician, author, and observer of culture. Some doctors are openly discussing refusal to treat patients who decline, for whatever reason, to get the jab. This would set a dangerous precedent and shatter fundamental tenets of medical practice. An insidious sentiment
Paris police beat woman who tried to go shopping at the mall without a vaccine passport.pic.twitter.com/twZiKIpX2P — Syrian Girl ??? (@Partisangirl) September 4, 2021
Kurt Mahlburg mercatornet.com Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary, and a young
“Nudge theory” is the idea that the hoi polloi are too stupid to be left to their own devices so it’s up to their “betters” to herd them with carrots and sticks. This has been the ruling conceit of the elite classes ever since Plato grumbled that all that
Harry Hunt Tuesday 17th August, I hear the ding of my phone. Ah yes, of course, a community Covid case. Exactly what we needed. The news started an hour earlier just to make sure everyone got their fix before six. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t
