Brendan O’Neill World (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images) Brendan O’Neill 8 October 2023 7:46 AM Leftists love to fantasise about how heroic they’d have been when Jews were being rounded up in the 1930s. ‘I’d have said something’, they insist. Well, Jews are being rounded up again. They’re being kidnapped, humiliated, paraded through the streets,Continue reading “The shameful gloating at Israel”
Category Archives: Ignorance and Stupidity
We Must Stop the Misinformation Bill From Passing
David Daintree The Epoch Times October 9, 2023 The words “disinformation” and “misinformation” have been around for many years. But recently, they have risen to prominence as the Australian Parliament debates a bill that would ban false or misleading information in the media. The two terms are not interchangeable. The proposed law defines misinformation asContinue reading “We Must Stop the Misinformation Bill From Passing”
Julia Gillard and a Drag Queen Launch the Yes Campaign in London
Don’t try and understand it James Macpherson 28 Sept 2023 Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard launched the ‘Yes’ campaign in London overnight as 160,000 expats began voting in the referendum. Her speech was what you would have expected. But I didn’t expect that the government’s campaign for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, held at AustraliaContinue reading “Julia Gillard and a Drag Queen Launch the Yes Campaign in London”
Flight risk
The Spectator Australia Leading article Australia Cover by Sarah Dudley, illustration by Ben Davis The Spectator Australia 9 September 2023 9:00 AM Seasoned air travellers are familiar with the sight of a swarm of masked and gloved cleaners waiting to rush on board as soon as they have disembarked to rapidly get rid of allContinue reading “Flight risk”
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”
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”
Relinquishing Australia’s energy security
Lachlan Clark Flat White Getty Images Lachlan Clark 12 August 2023 4:00 AM The desire to achieve Net Zero emissions by 2050 has become the all-encompassing, quasi-religious quest for countless governments, NGOs, and activists. However, the consequences of the transition from affordable and reliable energy sources, such as coal and gas, to so-called green, intermittent,Continue reading “Relinquishing Australia’s energy security”
Truth-telling: the dark side of Queensland’s gender clinics and affirmation care
Edie Wyatt (Getty Images) Edie Wyatt 10 August 2023 4:30 AM Last month in Cairns the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) held a Queensland Branch Conference at which there was a stark admission by a prominent Queensland psychiatrist to the lack of evidence for the controversial gender transitioning of children thatContinue reading “Truth-telling: the dark side of Queensland’s gender clinics and affirmation care”
Disease X, Covid, and medical greed: this has been happening for years
Alexandra Marshall Getty Images Alexandra Marshall 8 August 2023 1:31 PM Years ago, I wrote an article for this publication called, Digital darkness: the third apocalypse. In it, I included a discussion about ‘conditioning’ in which global bureaucracies were ‘training’ leaders to respond in a predictable manner to unpredictable scenarios – such as a catastrophic diseaseContinue reading “Disease X, Covid, and medical greed: this has been happening for years”
Global boiling. Ouch!
The Spectator Australia Features Australia Getty Images The Spectator Australia 5 August 2023 9:00 AM It’s been quite the week for overblown climate hyperbole and preposterous exaggerations, so we thought we may as well join in the fun: ‘New Ice Age to arrive by summer 2023. Australia prepares for a White Christmas.’ In reality, ourContinue reading “Global boiling. Ouch!”
Global Boiling: Net Zero hysteria catches fire while Greens meltdown
Flat White Alan Moran Getty Images Alan Moran 3 August 2023 4:00 AM UN Secretary-General António Guterres has declared ‘the era of global boiling has arrived’. Australia’s Teals and Greens no doubt eagerly grasped at the ‘terrifying’ words. Greens Senator Nick McKim went into a state of peak catastrophism when he said, ‘Shut your mouth!Continue reading “Global Boiling: Net Zero hysteria catches fire while Greens meltdown”
Self-harming the nation
The Spectator Australia Leading article Australia Getty Images The Spectator Australia 29 July 2023 9:00 AM As usual, it takes John Howard to cut to the chase with one pithy comment, in this instance on the vexed topic of the referendum later this year for an indigenous Voice to parliament: ‘Why are we doing thisContinue reading “Self-harming the nation”
The big Teal regret over wind farms: flattened rainforests and ruined coastlines
Flat White Alexandra Marshall Getty Images Alexandra Marshall 30 July 2023 12:24 PM It was a joke when we said, ‘Why not put wind turbines on Bondi Beach and see how the Teals feel about it…?!’ At the last federal election, the idea of wind turbines flattening pristine rainforest and interrupting beach views was consideredContinue reading “The big Teal regret over wind farms: flattened rainforests and ruined coastlines”
Cooking with(out) gas: how green politics steals from Australians
Flat White Getty Images Flat White 20 June 2023 2:18 AM If you believe the Greens and their ‘yes men’ posse of MSM papers, Australia is banning gas to save the planet. What’s next, banning gas BBQs? Well, if Australians can’t own a home, can’t go fishing, can’t drive a ute, and can’t ‘throw aContinue reading “Cooking with(out) gas: how green politics steals from Australians”
Palaszczuk denies claim Brisbane will be renamed
Flat White Getty Images Flat White 29 June 2023 1:23 PM Social media went crazy yesterday afternoon when 4BC host Peter Gleeson casually mentioned that there were plots afoot to change Brisbane’s name to something Indigenous before the 2032 Olympics. After the news went viral, you could almost hear the ‘No’ vote surging in response.Continue reading “Palaszczuk denies claim Brisbane will be renamed”
Labor’s Censorship Bill a threat to democracy
Flat White Claire Chandler Getty Images Claire Chandler 29 June 2023 2:00 PM Who do you trust to determine what is true and what is false? To determine which news and opinion is allowed to be published, and which should be banned to ‘protect public health and safety’? It’s a fair bet that Twitter, Facebook,Continue reading “Labor’s Censorship Bill a threat to democracy”
Welcome to the consulting industrial complex
… and the PwC imbroglio Features Australia Judith Sloan Getty Images Judith Sloan 24 June 2023 9:00 AM My guess is that many Speccie readers have been quietly enjoying the ongoing imbroglio enveloping PwC. Using confidential material obtained from the government to benefit clients is one thing, but to simultaneously claim to be some sortContinue reading “Welcome to the consulting industrial complex”
Breaking News: Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case ruling
Flat White Getty Images Flat White 1 June 2023 3:13 PM Federal Court Justice Anthony Besanko has delivered his judgement on Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case ruling largely in favour of the Age, Sydney Morning Herald, and Canberra Times. Retired Special Forces officer Heston Russell commented on the matter ahead of the result. See video belowContinue reading “Breaking News: Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case ruling”
1,000 Australian schools are fed insects
<em>Are you keen to chow down on micro livestock?</em> Flat White Joel Agius Getty Images Joel Agius 14 September 2022 11:30 AM A teacher from one of the 1,000 Australian schools feeding kids chips made out of powdered crickets asks, ‘Do crickets taste good?’ The student nods and the teacher adds, ‘Yeah. Let’s eat someContinue reading “1,000 Australian schools are fed insects”
Senator David Van has been booted from the Liberal party room, after allegations he assaulted and harassed Senator Lidia Thorpe. ElizaEdNews explains. 9News MORE:
Source 9News Australia Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said he had received “further allegations” and follows claims made by Lidia Thorpe in the Senate. The Liberal senator has strenuously denied the claims made by Thorpe, labelling them as “completely unfounded” and “disgusting”. “At the outset, I want to make clear, very clear that I’m not makingContinue reading “Senator David Van has been booted from the Liberal party room, after allegations he assaulted and harassed Senator Lidia Thorpe. ElizaEdNews explains. 9News MORE:”
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