David Llewellyn-Smith Friday, 1 September 2023 Nice work if you can get it: Qantas faces tens of millions of dollars in fines over allegations it engaged in false, misleading or deceptive conduct by advertising tickets for more than 8000 flights it had already cancelled. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on Thursday alleged that QantasContinue reading “Albo’s mate, Alan Joyce, must resign”
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Child soldiers in the culture war
Bella d’Abrera Café Culture [Getty Images] Bella d’Abrera 4 September 2023 5:25 PM As we move closer and closer to the referendum, stories are emerging from our schools that should make any parent demand an audience with the principal. A couple of weeks ago it came to light that a class of pre-schoolers, barely outContinue reading “Child soldiers in the culture war”
Cancel Mozart
Ian Plimer Flat White Getty Images Ian Plimer 3 April 2023 4:00 AM Why should we stop at cancelling the world’s greatest explorer, Captain James Cook, and the greatest playwright, William Shakespeare? Why not the world’s greatest composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? In his operas, his acceptance of slavery, racism, white privilege, authority, misogyny, anti-Islam, wife-bashing,Continue reading “Cancel Mozart”
The expensive illness in Australia’s elite schools
A decadent managerial culture has sunk its unwelcome claws into Australian private schooling Benjamin Crocker Getty Images Benjamin Crocker 12 August 2023 6:00 AM There is a disquiet in our elite private schools, and a growing army of would-be therapists have failed to calm it. A cursory look through newspaper education pages tells a sorryContinue reading “The expensive illness in Australia’s elite schools”
How Sinn Fein captured Northern Ireland’s police force
Ian Acheson World (Photo: Getty) Ian Acheson 2 September 2023 5:00 PM Policing any part of the United Kingdom is a difficult enough task these days. Policing the part of it where the national security threat is highest and the personal details of all officers and staff are now likely in the hands of terroristsContinue reading “How Sinn Fein captured Northern Ireland’s police force”
Paul Fletcher, the father of Australian censorship?
Alexandra Marshall Flat White Getty Images Alexandra Marshall 3 September 2023 2:14 PM A lot of perfectly warranted criticism has been aimed at Anthony Albanese and the Labor Party over their proposed Misinformation and Disinformation bill which, if passed, presents the greatest risk to civil liberty this country has ever seen. There is nothing moreContinue reading “Paul Fletcher, the father of Australian censorship?”
‘Repowered’ wind turbines to ‘suck carbon dioxide’ from the atmosphere
Flat White Getty Images Flat White 4 September 2023 2:08 PM According to the Discovery Channel, there are around 400,000 individual wind turbines in operation. Every single one of these will be looking for a grave in the nearest landfill within 20 years (or sooner). What’s the carbon footprint of this mess? Who knows. TheContinue reading “‘Repowered’ wind turbines to ‘suck carbon dioxide’ from the atmosphere”
Albo’s first 44 words committed Australia to the Uluru Statement
Anonymous Flat White Getty Images Anonymous 3 September 2023 5:00 AM Within the first 44 words uttered by the new Prime Minister of Australia on May 21 last year, Anthony Albanese had committed his party to adopting a document – in full – that he had never read. The first 25 words were an acknowledgementContinue reading “Albo’s first 44 words committed Australia to the Uluru Statement”
Free speech on campus, actions are louder than words
Brianna McKee Flat White Getty Images Brianna McKee 4 September 2023 4:00 AM Last week the University of Sydney announced that it would avoid taking an official position on the Voice to Parliament. But the message was clearly not received by the faculties, which took matters into their own hands, piercing the university’s thin veneerContinue reading “Free speech on campus, actions are louder than words”
Liberal values? The party of Menzies should try practising what it preaches
Senator Ralph Babet Getty Images Senator Ralph Babet 5 September 2023 4:30 AM What are Liberal values? The party has a short statement on its website that sets out its ‘beliefs’. There are some fine phrases, but how did Liberals honour their beliefs when they got into government? Have a look. They say: We believeContinue reading “Liberal values? The party of Menzies should try practising what it preaches”
A tribute to the lost art of letter writing
Robin Ashenden World Credit: iStock Robin Ashenden 4 September 2023 12:00 AM There are many good reasons, we’re constantly told, for millennials and Generation Z to resent their elders. What they can barely imagine, we took for granted: affordable housing, state-paid education, free dentistry and slow, misspent youths on unemployment benefit. But there is anotherContinue reading “A tribute to the lost art of letter writing”
Energy
The Incoherent Roadmap to Net Zero John Cameron In 2021 we were confidently told that it would cost $78 billion to rewire the grid for renewables and that the average annual household electricity bill would fall by $275 under Labor because, as Anthony Albanese explained, ‘we have done the modelling’2. Despite the Prime Minister’s assurances,Continue reading “Energy”
The Voice
What Possible Gain in Dividing the Nation? John Anderson In October this year, the Australian people will vote on the Voice to Parliament and the Executive. My family and I have lived and worked alongside indigenous communities since the 1820s, and I am firmly in favour of Australians recognising their unique status as those whoContinue reading “The Voice”
Not in my backyard! No one wants to look at offshore wind turbines
Flat White Getty Images lat White is written and edited by Alexandra Marshall. 28 August 2023 3:46 AM When wind farms were nothing more than an apocalypse-mongering salvation shouted from the lips of a distraught truanting European teenager, plenty of adults were swept up in the hyperbole. They were drawn in by the tears andContinue reading “Not in my backyard! No one wants to look at offshore wind turbines”
Vote carefully, vote wisely
The Spectator Australia Features Australia Getty Images The Spectator Australia 14 May 2022 9:00 AM Next week Australians head to the polling booths to elect a new government or to return the old one. With current polls showing a large number of ‘undecideds’ there is always the likelihood of a repeat of 2010, when aContinue reading “Vote carefully, vote wisely”
Australians must vote No
The Spectator Australia Leading article Australia The Spectator Australia 2 September 2023 9:00 AM ‘I don’t think it’s a good idea and if it were put up in a referendum it would go down in flames. I do not believe it will succeed. I don’t believe that what would in effect be a third chamberContinue reading “Australians must vote No”
Guest Post by Diana West August 31, 2023
There is an update on the number of Lahaina schoolchildren the Hawaii’s Department of Education says have not re-enrolled in public education programs: As of yesterday, twenty-two days after the catastrophic fires that incinerated the historic city of Lahaina, that number had decreased by 268, from 2,025 to 1,757. The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports: AsContinue reading “Guest Post by Diana West August 31, 2023”
Guest Post by Diana West August 29, 2023
Where Are 2,025 Missing Lahaina Schoolchildren?That’s a mystery that must be resolved…. Above is a snap of Keith T. Hayashi, Superintendent of the Hawaii Department of Education, presenting a report on “Maui Wildfire Impacts” on August 24. The “impacts,” of course, have been ghastly — surreal . For starters, none of Lahaina’s four public schoolsContinue reading “Guest Post by Diana West August 29, 2023”
Terrifying Moment – Lahaina Resident Realizes That They’re Being Blocked In by Their Own Police During the Fires
According to eyewitness accounts, Maui police officers blockaded the escape and evacuation routes. The police officer said: “I’m under order to keep them here”. People burned alive in their cars… Please watch and share widely: “The earth has cancer and the cancer is man” – Club of Rome, Mankind at the Turning Point THE CLIMATEContinue reading “Terrifying Moment – Lahaina Resident Realizes That They’re Being Blocked In by Their Own Police During the Fires”
Dr.Michael Yeadon on Telegram:
BOMBSHELL: Whistleblower Exposes US DOD Plan To Exterminate Population Whistleblower Sasha Latypova explains the US Department of Defense depopulation agenda. So-called government “regulators” are simply paid actors stalling the public Dear all, If this is new to you, it will COMPLETELY CHANGE YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHATS GONE ON. We’re barking up the wrong tree, itContinue reading “Dr.Michael Yeadon on Telegram:”