Rod Lampard Flat White Getty Images Rod Lampard 31 August 2023 5:30 AM 308,000 people within the United Kingdom are backing Great Britain News’ feisty campaign to keep cash. The Don’t Kill Cash July 4 movement exceeded its 250,000-signature goal by August 17. The purpose of the petition is to stop a cashless society from turning British subjectsContinue reading “Don’t kill cash”
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Snowy 2.0? Give Us a Break!
Vic Jurskis Flat White Photo from author Vic Jurskis 31 August 2023 5:00 AM I’m very proud of my heritage as a first-generation Australian. I also celebrate our world record, enduring ancient culture and the particular skills associated with it. Surveyor General Mitchell more than once acknowledged the supremacy of those skills over his ownContinue reading “Snowy 2.0? Give Us a Break!”
The time is ripe for a liberal revival of the Church of England
Theo Hobson World Theo Hobson 31 August 2023 3:10 AM Things are looking up for the Church of England. Its painful era of disunity is behind it, or soon will be. A major revival is on the cards. For the first time in about 40 years it is possible to imagine a church that isContinue reading “The time is ripe for a liberal revival of the Church of England”
The astonishingly woke Australian Academy of Science
Peter Ridd Flat White Pexels Peter Ridd 30 August 2023 3:30 AM The Australian Academy of Science (AAS) recently released a report Reef Futures Roundtable, which is ostensibly about the doomed Great Barrier Reef. However, the report only demonstrates that the AAS, Australia’s peak science body, has become not just unscientific, but anti-scientific. Perhaps unsurprisingly, itContinue reading “The astonishingly woke Australian Academy of Science”
Sadiq Khan’s racial dystopia
Brendan O’Neill World (Photo: Getty) Brendan O’Neill 22 August 2023 12:19 AM Imagine if the Mayor of London was a Tory and his website featured an image of a black family alongside the words: ‘Doesn’t represent real Londoners.’ Imagine if this right-leaning mayor had weird rules on ‘branding’, one of which was that images ofContinue reading “Sadiq Khan’s racial dystopia”
Ulez could mark the end of the road for Sadiq Khan
Patrick O’Flynn World (Credit: Getty images) Patrick O’Flynn 30 August 2023 5:14 PM The metropolitan bohemian Withnail, played by Richard E Grant in the film Withnail & I, is so appalled by life away from inner London that he declares: ‘We’ve gone on holiday by mistake.’ Among the metropolitan bohemians who run the Tory partyContinue reading “Ulez could mark the end of the road for Sadiq Khan”
History as She is Taught
Simon Kennedy Quadrant Online 29th August 2023 The provenance of the correspondence below is somewhat disputed. While purporting to be a letter of advice to a struggling high school teacher, a certain “Yvette”, from “Sebastian Blandstone, professor of history” at one of Australia’s fine institutions of higher learning, it bears an uncanny resemblance to aContinue reading “History as She is Taught”
Tense moment between The Project’s Waleed Aly and Penny Wong as referendum date drops
There was a tense moment between The Project’s Waleed Aly and Senator Penny Wong on Wednesday as support for the Voice referendum plunges. 3 min read August 31, 2023 – 11:20AM National Don’t miss out on the headlines from National. Followed categories will be added to My News. The Project co-host Waleed Aly and LaborContinue reading “Tense moment between The Project’s Waleed Aly and Penny Wong as referendum date drops”
Fury at Chinese developer’s plan for 64-room ‘wellness centre’ in lush Cairns headland suburb
Residents of a quiet coastal suburb are furious about a Chinese developer’s plans to clear native bushland to build a massive “seven-star” resort. Residents of a quiet coastal suburb in far north Queensland are furious about a Chinese developer’s plans to clear native bushland to build a massive “seven-star” resort, complete with luxury facilities andContinue reading “Fury at Chinese developer’s plan for 64-room ‘wellness centre’ in lush Cairns headland suburb”
The pilot light of purpose
Spare us, Jimbo Judith Sloan Features Australia [Getty Images] Judith Sloan 2 September 2023 9:00 AM Let’s face it, I don’t mind a bit of hyperbole – should that be hyperbowl? – from time to time. But Jimbo, our current federal Treasurer, has really hit new highs (or lows) when he started banging on aboutContinue reading “The pilot light of purpose”
Ivermectin makes a comeback
It should never have been banned Ramesh Thakur Features Australia [Getty Images] Ramesh Thakur 2 September 2023 9:00 AM Writing for the Brownstone Institute, Debbie Lerman asked a provocative question: ‘What If There Had Been No Covid Coup’ and the leading US public health agencies had been left in charge of the pandemic response? Instead,Continue reading “Ivermectin makes a comeback”
Alex Greenwich’s bill set to erase sex-based rights in NSW
Katherine Deves Flat White Getty Images Katherine Deves 26 August 2023 4:00 AM On August 24, 2023 Alex Greenwich, independent gay MP for the inner-city electorate of Sydney, introduced his private member’s bill to erase women’s sex-based rights in New South Wales. As commonly understood, no longer will a woman be a person of theContinue reading “Alex Greenwich’s bill set to erase sex-based rights in NSW”
MPs to get biggest pay rise in a decade
By Stephanie Peatling August 29, 2023 — 8.42am Federal politicians will receive a 4 per cent pay rise from Thursday, the largest single increase in nearly a decade, taking the base salary of a backbencher from $217,000 to $225,680. The Remuneration Tribunal, the body that determines the pay and entitlements of public office holders, saidContinue reading “MPs to get biggest pay rise in a decade”
Authorities in Denial Over Vaccine Link to Soaring Pilot Deaths
Reminder: The elites do NOT want vaccinated pilots Liked by Lioness of Judah Ministry Part of the plan? A twofer – depopulation and few to no pilots to fly – making it too expensive to fly and saving the planet from climate change and directed back to 15 minute cities? By Sally Beck August 29,Continue reading “Authorities in Denial Over Vaccine Link to Soaring Pilot Deaths”
Facebook suspends Australian fact-checking operation amid foreign influence scandal uncovered by Fact Check Files
Facebook has blocked an Australian fact checking operation from policing content on its platform after a Sky News Australia investigation uncovered a secret foreign-funded bid to influence the upcoming Voice referendum. Jack HoughtonDigital Editor 5 min read August 29, 2023 – 12:35PM73 comments Facebook has suspended an Australian fact checking operation from policing content onContinue reading “Facebook suspends Australian fact-checking operation amid foreign influence scandal uncovered by Fact Check Files”
Successful No vote against the Indigenous voice to parliament would be a victory for democracy
Successful No vote against the Indigenous voice to parliament would be a victory for democracy Greg Sheridan The Australian August 29, 2023If Australians vote No in the voice referendum it will constitute the most magnificent, heartfelt, courageous and supremely democratic act of independence and national pride in our modern political history. Voting No in theContinue reading “Successful No vote against the Indigenous voice to parliament would be a victory for democracy”
Two-tongued Voice
The tension at the heart of the Yes campaign Peter O’Brien Features Australia Getty Images Peter O’Brien 26 August 2023 9:00 AM There is a tension at the heart of the Yes campaign for an indigenous Voice to parliament. It has puzzled me for some time why, when the government is doing all it canContinue reading “Two-tongued Voice”
The golden goose causes great harm
David Gardner The Spectator Australia 28 August 2023 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are made up of many different and distinct groups, each with their own culture, customs, language, and laws. They are among the world’s oldest surviving cultures – cultures that continue to be expressed in dynamic and contemporary ways. In the early 1800s,Continue reading “The golden goose causes great harm”
How we made All Creatures Great and Small
Lovely series always a favourite and one I revisit from time to time-written by Alf Wight or as he is better known James Herriot -he wrote all the books and stories from these books are the basis of the characters in All Creatures Great and Small and as well based on people he knew -changingContinue reading “How we made All Creatures Great and Small”
Voice Special Edition
Why Aborigines Always Had the Vote Keith Windschuttle Editor-in-chiefEditor, Quadrant Magazinekeithwindschuttle@quadrant.org.au It is well known that the federal Constitution was drafted and adopted by the narrowest section of Australian society. Our “founding fathers” were white, male, Christian, middle-aged and drawn almost exclusively from Australia’s ruling classes … This was and is a preamble tainted withContinue reading “Voice Special Edition”