Rowen Dean The Spectator Australia 18 November 2023 There is a rather delicious irony in the timing of Sky News’s documentary about the chaos, destabilisation, backstabbing and all-round mayhem of the Turnbull/Morrison years. In the last few weeks, the Coalition under Peter Dutton is finally resembling the conservative powerhouses of the Howard government and AbbottContinue reading “Dutton’s genuine leadership”
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Tony Abbott’s record of achievement
Ten years since we elected the Anglosphere’s best recent Tory PM Mark Higgie Flat White Getty Images Mark Higgie 7 September 2023 4:00 AM A glance at Britain after thirteen years of Tory rule highlights the contrasting great achievements of Tony Abbott, our 28th Prime Minister after his landslide win against Labor ten years agoContinue reading “Tony Abbott’s record of achievement”
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”
LGBTQ+ activist tribe declares war on conservatives
Minny Jackson Flat White Minny Jackson 22 August 2023 5:30 AM In May of this year, Binary advocate, Kirralie Smith, was served with two applications for APVOs (apprehension personal violence orders) and two vilification complaints. Her alleged crime? She identified two male soccer players in the women’s league in NSW. Former Australian Christian Lobby managing director, Lyle Shelton, hasContinue reading “LGBTQ+ activist tribe declares war on conservatives”
Turn back the Wokes
The Spectator Australia Leading Article Australia Getty Images The Spectator Australia 19 August 2023 9:00 AM Australians live in a dangerous era. The Prime Minister of the day, a communist sympathiser in his youth, wishes to impose a fundamental change upon our constitutional democracy without actually having bothered to read the fine print himself describingContinue reading “Turn back the Wokes”
Tony Abbott our best and wisest Pm since Menzies-the only only one who stood for Australia and who could never be charged as being a traitor
Former Prime Minister and Distinguished Fellow of the IPA, Tony Abbott, and the IPA’s Deputy Executive Director Daniel Wild discuss how big woke corporations are dividing Australia as a result of their massive funding campaign for the Voice to parliament. Tony also shares his insights on the future of the centre-right, and draws on theContinue reading “Tony Abbott our best and wisest Pm since Menzies-the only only one who stood for Australia and who could never be charged as being a traitor”
Forgetting the forgotten
Flat White Beverley McArthur Getty Images Beverley McArthur 27 June 2023 4:30 AM For a few days now, I have been thinking about the following sentences: ‘I do not believe that the real life of this nation is to be found either in great luxury hotels and the petty gossip of so-called fashionable suburbs, orContinue reading “Forgetting the forgotten”
The courage to ‘speak the truth’
I’ll stand by Tony Abbott eSrtpodosn415 Ja3iatu479843Mmu50u 511ng4ut1 e2 6h876u1aihf:A · The courage to ‘speak the truth’ Roger Karge A recent Spectator Australia article by Victorian Liberal MP Beverley McArthur, in which she criticised Geelong Council’s decision to cancel Australia Day, brought the wrath of the usual suspects – the Leftist media including the Guardian – but also surprisingly,Continue reading “The courage to ‘speak the truth’”
LNP leader under pressure after backing Indigenous treaty laws
Lydia Lynch, Sarah Elks The Australian May 23, 2023 Queensland Liberal National Party leader David Crisafulli insists he will “absolutely not” roll back Indigenous treaty legislation if he becomes premier next year, despite facing intense pressure from his party to do so. New laws were passed through state parliament this month, with support of theContinue reading “LNP leader under pressure after backing Indigenous treaty laws”
Remember Menzies’ ‘forgotten people’
Flat White Damian Coory Getty Images Damian Coory 22 April 2023 9:14 AM Another prominent former Liberal Party leader has warned the party against any further ‘shift to left’ calling instead for a return to traditional classical liberal values of the Australian middle class. On Saturday, Liberal Party royalty threw their weight behind plans forContinue reading “Remember Menzies’ ‘forgotten people’”
Where is the Voice of the Forgotten People?
Michael Green The Spectator Australia 13 May 2023 Julia Banks, former Liberal member for Chisholm, says the party is over for the Liberals. Writing in the Saturday Paper, she says the party is ‘embedded in an anachronistic world, such that the phrase “modern Liberal Party” is an oxymoron’. Banks, you may recall, decided not toContinue reading “Where is the Voice of the Forgotten People?”
Abbott (and the Voice) on trial
Flat White Matthew Stratton Getty Images Matthew Stratton 4 May 2023 5:00 AM If you had watched the final public hearing from the Inquiry into the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice Referendum, you would be forgiven for thinking Tony Abbott, one of only three dissenting witnesses to the referendum and its wording of the 65 witnessesContinue reading “Abbott (and the Voice) on trial”
La Resistance – One by One
Tucker Carlson – A Man Standing Up May 3, 2023Algora BlogLeave a comment Spread the Word Both Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shortly before firing Fox News‘ anti-war host Tucker Carlson, who has repeatedly asked why the United States is sending vast resources to one of the most historically corruptContinue reading “La Resistance – One by One”
Victorian Liberals join Labor and Greens by endorsing injecting rooms
Flat White Lyle Shelton Getty Images Lyle Shelton 2 May 2023 12:03 PM Has the Liberal Party run up the white flag on illegal drugs? Instead of opposing the establishment of heroin injecting rooms, the Victorian Liberals are now trying to broker an accommodation with Labor and the Greens that would see the harmful facilities become aContinue reading “Victorian Liberals join Labor and Greens by endorsing injecting rooms”
Tony Abbott: The PM we lost too soon
With the demise of Malcolm Turnbull as NSW climate tsar clogging up the airwaves this week, Advance thought it was fitting to reflect upon the legacy of former Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Last week, Mr Abbott launched a “brutal spray at the WA Liberals” after losing all but two seats in last month’s landslide stateContinue reading “Tony Abbott: The PM we lost too soon”
Tucker Carlson, American hero
Flat White Paul Collits Getty Images Paul Collits 1 May 2023 7:00 AM On a day when we remember fallen heroes who gave their lives in useless wars, and still do, we have the news of an apparently ‘fallen’ American hero. One who is, decidedly, not fighting in a useless war. Tucker Carlson has beenContinue reading “Tucker Carlson, American hero”
Evil Triumphs When Conservatives Are Silenced
QED Peter Smith Frequent contributor Tucker Carlson being sacked by News Corp is a blow. I’d trimmed my regular intake of conservative television news and commentary to Tucker and to Andrew Bolt. Tucker was brave, effective, charismatic and popular. That’s presumably why he had to go. There’s speculation about the trigger for his demise. ExposingContinue reading “Evil Triumphs When Conservatives Are Silenced”
Watershed
Leading article Australia The Spectator Australia Getty Images The Spectator Australia 22 April 2023 9:00 AM What delicious timing. In the same news cycle that Peter Dutton announces the re-launch of the Coalition and his determination to win the next election, Labor’s Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen announces his national strategy for electric vehicles. CouldContinue reading “Watershed”
Menzies still a beacon for our troubled age
Dan Ryan The Australian April 20, 2023 Since the publication of John Howard’s The Menzies Era almost a decade ago, there has been an unexpected revival of interest in Australia’s longest-serving prime minister. Copious podcasts, dinner speeches and research papers have been produced. Liberal Party grandees have fallen over themselves to profess how much theyContinue reading “Menzies still a beacon for our troubled age”
‘Dramatic increase’ in false Aboriginality claims
Rosie Lewis The Australian April 19, 2023 Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has used her first day in shadow cabinet to kickstart a new battle over Aboriginality, warning the newly legislated South Australian voice will trigger a “dramatic increase” in people falsely claiming to be Indigenous, as she leads the Coalition’s No campaign and is charged withContinue reading “‘Dramatic increase’ in false Aboriginality claims”