Sorry, Chris Kenny, You Couldn’t be More Wrong Peter O’Brien In a recent Weekend Australian, Chris Kenny quoted me from a Quadrant Online article. In doing so he seriously misrepresented my position, and he also demonstrated a lamentable lack of understanding of our Constitution – which he seems hell bent on changing in a significantContinue reading “The Constitution”
Category Archives: All things Australian
Education
Why We See So Many Horrid Little Activists Tony Thomas Who’s the most important educator of Australian schoolkids? The learned amongst us might nominate my fellow-(ex)journo Derek Scott, CEO of Melbourne’s Haileybury College and current chair of ACARA (Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority). Nah, not him. My nomination is Jason Kimberley, whose dad, CraigContinue reading “Education”
Our Beautiful Iconic Horses
Wild horses enhance rather then destroy the environment but the bias, malice and misinformation of Parks is out to destroy them-they are our iconic horses, we have not been consulted about the murderous decision that is in play -we are outraged and want them to continue where the are living- re-home some to keep theContinue reading “Our Beautiful Iconic Horses”
How Australia rode through history on the horse’s back
By Jonathan Green November 29, 2014 — 12.15am history Australia on Horseback: The Story of the Horse and the Making of a NationCAMERON FORBESMacmillan, $44.99 Horses in AustraliaNICOLAS BRASCHNewsouth, $49.99 A horse is not a dog. That’s pretty much the key to it. The dog wins us over with an unblinking, loyal devotion, the horseContinue reading “How Australia rode through history on the horse’s back”
Black entitlement to violent crime steps up a notch in Mareeba as street gangs wage war on townspeople, vigilantes coming
Date: May 4, 2023Author: Editor, cairnsnews 19 Comments Reclaim Australia say enough is enough From Cairns News contributors Vigilantes armed with baseball bats could soon be a familiar sight on the streets of Cairns, Mareeba and Townsville as Labor’s feeble attempt to curb violent crime dissipates. Cairns News contributors from around the Far North haveContinue reading “Black entitlement to violent crime steps up a notch in Mareeba as street gangs wage war on townspeople, vigilantes coming”
There is no such thing as a ‘safe’ injecting room
Flat White Getty Images Flat White 2 May 2023 4:30 AM The Victorian Greens are introducing a bill to open the doors of government-run injecting rooms to pregnant women and children. There is no such thing as a ‘safe injecting room’ because the substances people are injecting are, by decree of the state, unfit forContinue reading “There is no such thing as a ‘safe’ injecting room”
Australian Rhyming Poets
Well another month begins and this is my homework for the writing workshop at ABPA….. WILD BRUMBIES IN THE PARK .. Maureen Clifford © The #ScribblyBarkPoet There’s a winter chill descending on the Snowy’s plains tonight and a whippy wind is whining through the gums whilst above wild clouds are scudding – fairly charging ‘crossContinue reading “Australian Rhyming Poets”
Homeschool, if you can
Flat White Rod Lampard Pexels Rod Lampard 3 May 2023 7:00 AM One of the biggest benefits of homeschooling is the healthy distance home education puts between politics, their peers, and our kids. We live in an era where government is God and its priesthood is post-modernist partisan activism. A time when parents are told to restContinue reading “Homeschool, if you can”
Kelley Wilson
No.1 bestselling author, adventurer, award-winning photographer, wild horse tamer and TV personality! After nine years together, and at the grand old age of 26, I had to say a heartbreaking goodbye to Elder this morning; the oldest, wisest and wildest of all the wild horses I’ve tamed. He was one of the first Kaimanawa stallionsContinue reading “Kelley Wilson”
Indigenising the Curriculum in Our Schools
Education Raymond Burns In recent weeks, BHP, Australia’s biggest mining company, has announced the Ngarrngga Project, an educational initiative aimed at “encouraging Indigenous knowledge experts and practicing classroom teachers to work collaboratively”. The project finds BHP partnered with the University of Melbourne, which is well known for its Indigenous Knowledge Institute. According to the promotionalContinue reading “Indigenising the Curriculum in Our Schools”
Female Politician
Who Are The Parents Of Senator Lidia Thorpe? Here’s What We Know About By Deepika Kandel August 2, 2022 05:22 AM Lidia Thorpe is an eminent female politician serving as a senator for Victoria, representing the Australian Greens, and is the first Aboriginal Australian senator from Victoria. She has been actively involved in human rightsContinue reading “Female Politician”
‘White Ban’: Lidia Thorpe confronts the media
Nick Tabakoff The Australian April 30, 2023 Broadcasters are being forced to adopt unorthodox methods to try to persuade Australia’s newest human headline, former Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe, to come on their shows for interviews. The Indigenous senator has seemingly dodged what we’re assured have been continued requests for her to appear on radio andContinue reading “‘White Ban’: Lidia Thorpe confronts the media”
Stan Grant and Other Toxic Tribalists
QED Mark Powell Stan Grant, flogging a new book and thrashing a dead monarch, has just had an excerpt of his latest exercise in cliche wrangling and incoherent grievance published in the Weekend Australian. It appeared beneath the ominous headline, “The Queen is Dead, the ABC is nervous … I feel empty”. Such is theContinue reading “Stan Grant and Other Toxic Tribalists”
The evolution of Anzac Day from 1915 until today
By Joanna Khan•April 24, 2017 Men, women and children line the streets in Brisbane to watch the procession of the 41st Battalion on Anzac Day 1916.Image credit: State Library Queensland Reading Time: 7 Minutes• Print this page Australians have commemorated Anzac Day on 25 April for more than a century, but the ceremonies and theirContinue reading “The evolution of Anzac Day from 1915 until today”
On this day: indigenous people get citizenship
By Elliot Brennan•November 7, 2013 Aboriginal people were recognised as Australian citizens only in 1967. (Credit: State Library of New South Wales) Reading Time: 2 Minutes• Print this page It was on this day, only in 1967, that indigenous people were formally recognised as Australian citizens. ON 27 MAY 1967, 90.77 per cent of Australians votedContinue reading “On this day: indigenous people get citizenship”
A commentary on the demise of our famous Aussie culture and assets. Thanks to SB for inspiring this song. Sorry it’s a bit longer than normal, but it sort of needed to say all that has happened to us..
Australian flag speaks of how it evolved and its history to Australia This great video speaks of our constitution and what it stands for to all Australians. your vote in supporting government that wished to allow a selected section of Australians to have a second voice in your parliament leaving the majority with just aContinue reading “A commentary on the demise of our famous Aussie culture and assets. Thanks to SB for inspiring this song. Sorry it’s a bit longer than normal, but it sort of needed to say all that has happened to us..”
Albanese’s infamous ANZAC speech
Flat White Rod Lampard Getty Images Rod Lampard 28 April 2023 5:00 AM A first-time Prime Minister making a gaffe in his first ANZAC Day speech can be overlooked. A first-time Prime Minister using such an important speech to serve his own political interests, should be showered with the scorn he justly deserves. The PrimeContinue reading “Albanese’s infamous ANZAC speech”
Economics
The RBA is Broken and This Won’t Fix It Peter Smith Frequent contributor All of the goings-on with the Reserve Bank (RBA) yet not a mention that I could see in the press about the money supply. A new expert panel – the Monetary Policy Board (MPB) – will apparently govern monetary policy, having equalContinue reading “Economics”
Bess Price warns Albanese wants to insert ‘race’ back into the Constitution after it was removed in 1967
Mother of Senator Jacinta Price, Bess Price has called out PM Anthony Albanese as a racist. This genuine straight talking Aboriginal woman should be revered by her people for speaking the truth of European settlement and the 20th century misrepresentation of Aboriginal Australians by unseen hands of the financial oligarchy which wants all land allocatedContinue reading “Bess Price warns Albanese wants to insert ‘race’ back into the Constitution after it was removed in 1967”
What did ANZACS really fight for?
Date: April 23, 2023Author: Editor, cairnsnews 17 Comments Letter to the Editor On ANZAC-day people should ask themselves the question: “For what did the ANZACs really fight for? Wasn’t it really for the manifestation of the global elite of Wall Street and the City of London during World War II, so they could continue toContinue reading “What did ANZACS really fight for?”
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