Apologies are not enough Beverley McArthur Getty Images Beverley McArthur 5 September 2022 4:00 AM Last week in the Parliament of Victoria, I called for Premier Daniel Andrews to apologise to a Ballarat mum who dared to fight for freedom in a democratic nation. I best not say a democratic State, for that status hasContinue reading “Flat White“
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Australia is already at Net Zero Ian Plimer Getty Images Ian Plimer 24 May 2022 5:00 AM Australia has a landmass of 7,692,024 square kilometres with a sparse inland population, greenhouse gas-emitting livestock, and heavy industry. Combined with the transport of livestock, food, and mined products over long distances to cities and ports and theContinue reading “Flat White“
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Who runs Australia – elected politicians or shadowy bureaucrats? Ken Phillips Getty Images Ken Phillips 21 January 2022 2:00 PMWho runs Australia? Is it the politically accountable politicians elected through the democratic process? Or is it the unidentified, unelected, bureaucrats who hide behind closed doors? A situation happening now indicates that at least some CommonwealthContinue reading “Flat White“
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Albo plots against Australia’s self-employed Ken Phillips Getty Images Ken Phillips 4 May 2022 9:00 AM There’s one seemingly small ‘bit’ in Labor’s election policy that should scare the hell out of Australia’s two million-or-so self-employed independent contractors. Put simply, Albanese’s Labor intends to close us down. Sound extreme? The ALP Secure Jobs Plan (one of theContinue reading “Flat White“
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The self-employed should be wary of Albo Ken Phillips Getty Images Ken Phillips 27 August 2022 8:00 AM September is ‘cuddle’ month for unions, employers, and the Albanese government. The soirée for the 100-or-so ‘stakeholders’, also known as Labor’s job summit, will discuss matters of high importance. That is, the participants will decide a newContinue reading “Flat White“
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Where the jackboot never fades Bill Muehlenberg Getty Images Bill Muehlenberg 28 August 2022 6:00 AM George Orwell once wrote: ‘All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.’ He was someone who knew intimately the danger he was warning against, and also rightly saidContinue reading “Flat White“
The End is Here
Upcoming Civil War Gets in High Gear September 2, 2022Algora Blog1 Comment Spread the Word Biden Attacks ‘MAGA Republicans’ in Angry Speech, Labels Them ‘Threat’ to Democracy | 1 Sept 2022 | Joe Biden attacked supporters of former President Donald Trump in a speech Thursday evening in Philadelphia that many across the political spectrum viewedContinue reading “The End is Here“
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Australia’s miracle of multiculturalism…? Augusto Zimmermann Getty Images Augusto Zimmermann 3 September 2022 4:00 AM Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Labor’s victory in the last federal election in May is a victory for multiculturalism. At his National Press Club Address on May 18, Albanese postulated that the fact that he has a ‘non-Anglo-Celtic name’Continue reading “Flat White“
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Giving racism an Aussie voice Rowan Dean Getty Images Rowan Dean 2 September 2022 4:00 AM Our beloved country under Labor’s proposed ‘Voice’ will become one gigantic apartheid state. Australia will boast apartheid and racial segregation from Broome to Ballina, from Cape York to Cockle Creek. Racism, rather than mateship, is to be our overridingContinue reading “Flat White“
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McGowan’s bid for total control Rocco Loiacono Getty Images Rocco Loiacono 20 August 2022 12:00 PM It is to the 19th century British historian, politician, and moralist Lord Acton that we owe the phrase: ‘Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.’ It conveys the sense that, as the power of rulers increases, theirContinue reading “Flat White“
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Dispelling myths about water Ron Pike Pexels Ron Pike 1 September 2022 10:00 AM The myths about water are many. They range from Australia being the driest continent on earth, to all of our rivers dying from overuse, right up to the government being required to return water to the environment. Most of these mythsContinue reading “Flat White“
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Labor’s job growth via mass migration Jobs and Skills Summit another missed opportunity for introspection Ryan Anderson Getty Images Ryan Anderson 1 September 2022 8:00 AM This week’s Jobs and Skills Summit in Canberra is ostensibly a moment of real political import. Echoing Bob Hawke’s effort of the early 1980s – which brought government, unions, and businessContinue reading “Flat White“
Leading article Australia
Labor’s Lilliputians The Spectator Australia Getty Images The Spectator Australia 2 September 2022 11:00 P Not since Gulliver’s Travels has there been such an absurd visual image: a giant of a man towering over a land of pipsqueaks and midgets, as they grovel and fawn at his feet. The giant was of course a realContinue reading “Leading article Australia“
Turnbull shouted out of university
Flat White Flat White Getty Images Flat White 1 September 2022 7:40 PM Former Liberal Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was forced to leave a lecture at Sydney University Law Society after he was besieged by shouty students identifying as ‘activists’. Turnbull was set to appear as part of a series of alumni speakers, but fledContinue reading “Turnbull shouted out of university”
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Running on empty Labor and the Coalition have both drained our coffers Daniel Wild Getty Images Daniel Wild 2 September 2022 11:00 PM Although in office for a little more than 100 days, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has already been criticised in some quarters for laying blame for Australia’s economic troubles at the feet of theContinue reading “Features Australia“
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Coal is bad Hand over the money Judith Sloan Getty Images Judith Sloan 2 September 2022 11:00 PM He spoke too soon. It’s always a gamble going out on a limb. But when Richard Marles, then a Labor shadow minister, spoke in 2019 about the (temporary) collapse of the world market for thermal coal heContinue reading “Features Australia“
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Menzies 2.0 – a party waiting to be reborn Political parties do not last forever – they must be re-created, born, and fought for Vern Hughes Getty Images Vern Hughes 31 August 2022 8:00 AM\ In 1944-45, Robert Menzies hosted three conventions to unite fourteen existing political parties and four non-party associations in the LiberalContinue reading “Flat White“
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The narcissism of Meghan Markle Brendan O’Neill Brendan O’Neill 30 August 2022 10:08 PM I’ve read some batty celebrity profiles in my time. But that piece about Meghan Markle in the Cut takes the biscuit. It is almost unbelievably preposterous. It shines a glorious if unwitting light on the narcissism and outright daftness of theContinue reading “World“
Unvaxxed teachers in Qld about to lose $90 a week for disobeying mandate
Sep 1 Posted by Editor, cairnsnews Socialist Queensland Labor Education Minister Grace Grace is about to punish unvaxxed teachers across the state for refusing the deadly mRNA jab. The state’s Department of Education is finalising disciplinary action against about 900 public schoolteachers, aides, administration staff and cleaners who did not comply with a directive toContinue reading “Unvaxxed teachers in Qld about to lose $90 a week for disobeying mandate”
Princess Diana’s death was a ritual sacrifice by the New World Order
Sep 1 Posted by Editor, cairnsnews by Alexandra Bruce, US correspondent Twenty-five years ago, Princess Diana’s car crashed inside the the Pont de l’Alma tunnel in Paris, France. Her lover, Dodi Fayed died upon impact, along with the driver. And even though Diana survived, it took about 40 minutes to get her from the carContinue reading “Princess Diana’s death was a ritual sacrifice by the New World Order”