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Labor: your kids belong to us James Macpherson Getty Images James Macpherson 8 July 2022 1:40 PM The Australian Labor Party believes that children belong to the State. Parents are mere babysitters. Think I’m exaggerating?  The Victorian government’s LGBTQ+ Student Support Policy, under the heading ‘Parental Consent’, reads… There may be circumstances in which students wishContinue reading Flat White

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Prince Charles’ ‘Great Reset’ Flat White Screenshot http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/thegreatreset Flat White 11 July 2022 6:00 AM It’s a conspiracy, until it isn’t. There are those that claim to be ‘serious’ journalists who continue to insist that this ‘Great Reset nonsense’ doing the rounds on social media is just that – conspiracy hype. To be fair, theContinue reading “Flat White”

The Pacific wants cash, not ‘gifts’

Flat White Stuart Ballantyne Getty Images Stuart Ballantyne 8 July 2022 8:00 AM My favourite grandson, Asher, outspokenly declared to me at the age of 8 what he didn’t want for his Christmas present. ‘Please don’t give me a woolly jumper, they’re so scratchy!’ It was an unusual answer to the question of what heContinue reading “The Pacific wants cash, not ‘gifts’”

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German industry is grinding to a halt Matthew Lynn (Getty) Matthew Lynn 4 July 2022 10:45 PM The Soviet Union had only just collapsed. John Major was still a relatively fresh-faced Prime Minister. And the internet consisted of a few desktop computers linking together a handful of laboratories. The world was a very different placeContinue reading World

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Australia’s true ‘voiceless’ Paul Collits Getty Images Paul Collits 7 July 2022 10:00 AM The Aboriginal bureaucracy, and possibly some Indigenous people themselves, have been agitating for a ‘Voice’. Surprisingly, these advocates think that having their own ‘Voice to Parliament’ – whatever this might actually mean – will improve their lot. They make two errors.Continue reading Flat White

Laughably ludicrous ‘green’ targets

Flat White Michael Green Pexels Michael Green 29 June 2022 1:00 PM In Mary Poppins, Uncle Albert’s infectious laughter has first Bert, then the children, float up from the floor to join him near the ceiling, supported by nothing but their mutual merriment, later joined by Mary. Something of the sort has infected our politicians.Continue reading “Laughably ludicrous ‘green’ targets”

How the ‘green’ EU starves the world

Flat White Flat White Getty Images Flat White 5 July 2022 2:47 PM There’s a food crisis brewing, but you wouldn’t know it with the way the European bureaucracy is behaving. Dutch farmers – who sit as the second-largest agricultural exporter in the world and largest meat exporter in Europe – have brought the NetherlandsContinue reading “How the ‘green’ EU starves the world”