Aboriginal Australians have heard the Voice before

I was talking to an Aboriginal man at the Garma Festival last weekend, an elder from a community in another state. He said: “What I’ve heard about the Voice to parliament is nothing I haven’t heard before.” Einstein is credited with saying: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.”Continue reading “Aboriginal Australians have heard the Voice before”

Leading article Australia

Who’s voice? The Spectator Australia [Getty Images] The Spectator Australia 6 August 2022 9:00 AM Here we go again. No sooner is Labor elected than they claim a mandate to create an institution that will override the democratic rights of indigenous people and deliver from on high the ‘voice’ of Aboriginal Australians. The Prime MinisterContinue reading Leading article Australia

Tony Abbott weighs in on Voice to Parliament

The Voice to Parliament would make a “race-based body” part of parliament and fundamentally change government, the former PM has warned. Ellen Ransley@RansleyEllen 2 min read August 3, 2022 – 9:34AMNCA NewsWire You’re watching Australian public treating issue of Indigenous Voice with ‘a lot of goodwill’Related content UP NEXT From the Heart Director Dean ParkinContinue reading “Tony Abbott weighs in on Voice to Parliament”

The culling of culture

Leave the Brumbies alone and the History that goes with those Beautiful Australian Horses ? ? A silent vigil for all Brumbies who have suffered inhumane and cruel treatment, and will suffer, at the hands of the Andrews Government cruelty and barbaric plan, on a day of birth and regeneration for all horses.?? Some protesters,Continue reading “The culling of culture”

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Is France capable of hosting next year’s Olympics? Gavin Mortimer (Credit: Getty images) Gavin Mortimer 30 July 2022 4:00 PM Five years ago, Paris was named the host city for the 2024 Olympics. How the country celebrated. No one more than its fresh-faced president Emmanuel Macron. ‘I salute this success and the tremendous opportunity thatContinue reading World

Canberra rally for Assange demands he be returned to Australia

Aug 1 Posted by Editor, cairnsnews by Alison Ryan Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, joined supporters of Julian Assange to speak at the Converge on Canberra for Assange rally on the lawns of Parliament House on 28 July, 2022. Mr Wilkie called again for common sense and media freedom to prevail, urging for theContinue reading “Canberra rally for Assange demands he be returned to Australia”

Calling Those Error-Prone ‘Old Historians’ to Account

History Wars Peter O’Brien The term ‘history wars’ is an artificial construct designed by what historian Dr Michael Connor refers to as ‘the old historians’, or the history establishment, to demean any attempt by those who refuse to toe to the party line. Increasingly that party line holds Australia to be a racist country foundedContinue reading “Calling Those Error-Prone ‘Old Historians’ to Account”

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The worldwide working-class counterrevolution Matt Purple (Photo by RAMON VAN FLYMEN/ANP/AFP via Getty Images) Matt Purple 1 August 2022 12:49 PM Something is happening across the world right now, something that deserves more attention than it’s getting. First, to the Netherlands, where farmers have been protesting, blockading roads with their tractors and staging enormous rallies.Continue reading World

Lights out for Australia?

George Christensen 2 hr ago Dear friend, The start of the 2020s has been nothing short of depressing for most of the world. It started off with a global ‘pandemic’ (or, at least, a massive overreaction to it), a resultant severe economic downturn, a major conflict (in Ukraine) and a new era of stagflation. GivenContinue reading “Lights out for Australia?”