Features Australia The national curriculum substitutes raw emotion for hard learning Bella d’Abrera Getty Images Bella d’Abrera 25 March 2023 9:00 AM Occasionally our political representatives will say things which stand the test of time, but more than often, they do not. One example which springs to mind is a comment made in 2004 byContinue reading “Misleading the young”
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Ghost children: the pupils who never came back after lockdown
Features The pupils who never came back after lockdown Harriet Sergeant Harriet Sergeant 25 March 2023 9:00 AM ‘There was this guy in my year who never came back to school after lockdown,’ a 14-year-old girl at a comprehensive in the Midlands says. ‘Then one day my friends and I saw him by the shoppingContinue reading “Ghost children: the pupils who never came back after lockdown”
How Concentration of Powers Undermines the Rule of Law in Australia
Viewpoints Hail at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Jan. 20, 2020. (Rohan Thomson/Getty Images) By Augusto Zimmermann March 20, 2023Updated: March 20, 2023 biggersmaller Print 0:006:15 Commentary Over the last three years, the Australian government has exercised coercive powers over its citizens on a scale never previously attempted. At some moments, it took oppressiveContinue reading “How Concentration of Powers Undermines the Rule of Law in Australia”
Albanese head of a corrupt left wing govt who are taking Australians to the cleaners-for their own benefit- stripping the country back to bedrock
Sky news host Cory Bernardi says the Indigenous Voice to Parliament has been quietly changed by removing “executive government” from the wording and shows not even Albanese’s Labor party is able to support their original statement. “The Voice has changed not that you’d know it – Dennis Shanahan in The Australian reports today the governmentContinue reading “Albanese head of a corrupt left wing govt who are taking Australians to the cleaners-for their own benefit- stripping the country back to bedrock”
Voicing doubt
Australian Books Tony Abbott Getty Images Tony Abbott 18 March 2023 9:00 AM An Indigenous Voice to Parliament: Considering a Constitutional BridgeFrank Brennan Garratt Publishing, pp.120, $24.95 When it comes to the Voice, Anthony Albanese is breaking all the rules for successfully changing the constitution. First, he hasn’t throughly explained how the change would work.Continue reading “Voicing doubt”
The Left’s aversion to teacher quality is harming our kids
Flat White Matthew Bach Getty Images Matthew Bach 7 March 2023 4:00 AM The Productivity Commission has recently thrown down the gauntlet on teacher quality, and its importance to the nation’s economic health. Despite the difficulties and complexities, we should pick it up and finally embrace the challenge. Australia’s educational woes are well documented, withContinue reading “The Left’s aversion to teacher quality is harming our kids”
What’s left of our cultural inheritance?
Flat White Brianna McKee Getty Images Brianna McKee 21 March 2023 6:00 AM Though it may come as a surprise to a postmodernist, 3,000 years of Western history offers some viable solutions to modern-day problems. After all, the human condition has not changed that much. These timeless ideas and values should be at the heartContinue reading “What’s left of our cultural inheritance?”
Who qualifies for the Voice?
Flat White Alex Antic Getty Images Alex Antic 14 March 2023 4:30 AM The so-called ‘Voice to Parliament’ is a proposal for a race-based advisory body established via a referendum to amend Australia’s Constitution. We have only just commenced this corrosive process and already, we are seeing more questions than answers. I oppose the VoiceContinue reading “Who qualifies for the Voice?”
Once upon a time
Leading article Australia The Spectator Australia Getty Images The Spectator Australia 18 March 2023 9:00 AM Once upon a time there lived a generation who believed they knew far more about the world than their elders did and that their wisdom on all matters was far greater than that of any generation that had goneContinue reading “Once upon a time”
History
Were There Dutch Castaways in Central Australia? Tony Thomas Was there a colony of up to 300 Dutch people living in Central Australia from about 1710 until they died out before 1860? If that were true, a mass of Australian history would have to be re-written. To even suggest it invites the same mockery anyoneContinue reading “History”
The Federation Cross
Viv Forbes The Spectator Australia 9 March 2023 Away back in the good old days, when men could find a job; When money was as good as gold, and tax was just two bob; When men would work and say with pride, that they weren’t on the dole; T’was then that politicians came to playContinue reading “The Federation Cross”
Victimhood: the inversion of evolution by social stealth
Flat White Beverley McArthur Getty Images Beverley McArthur 11 March 2023 4:00 AM There’s an old saying: It’s not what happens to you that matters, it’s what you do about what happens that matters. It makes you sit up and ponder, doesn’t it? It makes you question. But more than simple, or thought-provoking, it’s powerful. ItContinue reading “Victimhood: the inversion of evolution by social stealth”
Aborigines
Why I Will Not Acknowledge Country Christopher Joliffe Let me set the scene for you. It is the beginning of a meeting, an assembly, a conference, a class. A quiet hush descends upon the audience: somebody with an almost perceptible halo ascends to the speaker’s place. “I would like to acknowledge,” they begin, and youContinue reading “Aborigines”
Rowan Dean: We don’t need a Voice because we already have one
Flat White Rowan Dean Getty Images Rowan Dean 13 March 2023 4:00 AM As readers know, I occasionally like to be the bearer of good news and today I am delighted to tell you that I have just saved the federal government an absolute fortune, in fact, I’ve saved Jim Chalmers’ first proper budget literallyContinue reading “Rowan Dean: We don’t need a Voice because we already have one”
Majestic Icon or Invasive Pest? A War Over Australia’s Wild Horses
Scientists say the animals, known as brumbies, must be culled because they are destroying rivers and endangering native wildlife. Rural activists call these efforts an attack on Australian heritage. By Livia Albeck-Ripka Photographs by Matthew Abbott ANGLERS REST, Australia — Coming over the rise, Philip Maguire gripped the mane of his white gelding and roseContinue reading “Majestic Icon or Invasive Pest? A War Over Australia’s Wild Horses”
Australia- colonisation
Admiral Arthur Phillip (11 October 1738 – 31 August 1814) was a British Royal Navy officer who served as the first governor of the Colony of New South Wales. Phillip was educated at Greenwich Hospital School from June 1751 until December 1753. He then became an apprentice on the whaling ship Fortune. With the outbreak of theContinue reading “Australia- colonisation”
Rabbit Proof Fence and ‘Stolen Generation’ are propaganda to suit government narrative
Mar 10 Posted by Editor, cairnsnews Letter to the Editor Star Molly said, ” That’s not my story…” Letter writer Anna Fern said – “Secondly, the real Aboriginal people are not the one’s complaining or pushing for land rights, saying Sorry, welcome ceremony and the Yes vote etc. It is the tar brush activists whoContinue reading “Rabbit Proof Fence and ‘Stolen Generation’ are propaganda to suit government narrative”
Eleven Aboriginal MP’s have lost their Voice, done nothing to improve their lot
Mar 10 Posted by Editor, cairnsnews Letter to the Editor The continued land grab and welcome ceremony is heavily grating on the average Aussie nerves. Where once we naturally acknowledged the indigenous people of this country as being here first, we have now reached a point where resentment has replaced acceptance. These are my thoughtsContinue reading “Eleven Aboriginal MP’s have lost their Voice, done nothing to improve their lot”
Flat White
Australia’s Woke World Cup Dom Penava Getty Images Dom Penava 20 November 2022 8:00 AM As the child of proud ethnic immigrants, some of my best memories come from watching my country’s national football team. There is something mysteriously euphoric about seeing your identity represented in the world’s most popular game. Huddling together on coldContinue reading “Flat White”
Game, set and match on Australia’s Covid response
Flat White Dom Penava Getty Images Dom Penava 4 February 2023 5:00 AM Twelve months ago, Novak Djokovic was deported from Australia for allegedly (and essentially, by way of description from the minister) harbouring anti-vax sentiment. Let that sink in – he didn’t commit a thought crime, which in itself is a ridiculous charge, heContinue reading “Game, set and match on Australia’s Covid response”
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