In Defence of the Narrative, Facebook Stands Ready David Barton A Melbourne businessman, Phillip Mobbs, who is opposed to the Voice, decided to launch his own Facebook and web pages, which he called Constitutional Equality. Mr Mobbs was spending substantial amounts, up to $2,000 a week, “boosting” his Facebook posts to attract as many eyesContinue reading “The Voice”
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The Voice
In Praise of Division and Hard-Ball Politics Peter Smith Frequent contributor Marcia Langton is a gift that keeps on giving for the ‘No’ case, even when she claims to have been misreported. She is hardly alone among Aboriginal ‘Yes’ advocates. However, if you really want a gift that keeps on giving, watch Chris Kenny wranglingContinue reading “The Voice”
Doomed Planet
Koalas, Too Cute for Their Own Good? Vic Jurskis The second-last nail in the coffin for native forestry in New South Wales will be the Great Koala National Park. But New South Wales’ native timber industry has contributed to its own demise by trying to use spin instead of science. The Timber Biz’s (TB) website’sContinue reading “Doomed Planet”
Fabricated Narratives About the Environmental Doomsday
Fake Climate Narrative September 20, 2023Algora BlogLeave a comment Spread the Word Authored by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog, Anyone capable of critical thought knows this entire globull warming/ climate crisis/ health emergency narrative is false, contrived by the ruling elite/globalist cabal billionaire class as a further means to gain control, increase theirContinue reading “Fabricated Narratives About the Environmental Doomsday”
Working your butt off to pay your own way? This man probably doesn’t like you
Politics First it was landlords. Now it is anyone who lives in inner-Brisbane. Why is it always the voters’ fault when things don’t go the way politicians want, asks Madonna King Madonna King Print article The latest attack on voters is by the Government’s deputy premier Steven Miles, who has labelled those living in innerContinue reading “Working your butt off to pay your own way? This man probably doesn’t like you”
Wokeism complicates the raising of kids
Nick Hossack Flat White Getty Images Nick Hossack 20 September 2023 4:30 AM One of the dilemmas raising children in an era when Wokeism dominates every institution is whether to bluntly express your opinions on various topics or, instead, hedge and sanitise so they don’t regurgitate your views in full and, in doing so, renderContinue reading “Wokeism complicates the raising of kids”
Blue Energy’s Galilee dreams dashed by state government
Business Blue Energy’s goal to commercialise a potentially large gas resource in the Galilee Basin has been rejected by the State Government. Print article Blue lodged nine applications for a Potential Commercial Area with the Government in 2018 as a result of gas discoveries which found a contingent resource of 838 petajoules. “Blue believes itContinue reading “Blue Energy’s Galilee dreams dashed by state government”
High life
New York has cancelled Mozart Taki The Mostly Mozart Festival has been cancelled by New York’s Lincoln Center after 60-odd years. [ferrantraite] Taki 16 September 2023 9:00 AM Gstaad This is the best news since the Bush-Blair duo saved us from the nuclear holocaust Saddam was about to unleash upon us. Half a million, perhapsContinue reading “High life”
The Voice
The Misguided Pursuit of Recognition Lucas McLennan Peter Dutton’s promise on 11 August (reiterated on 3 September) to have his own referendum to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Constitution is a grave mistake. Admittedly, the promise may make sense politically as polling shows most Australians support the concept of symbolic constitutionalContinue reading “The Voice”
Voice Special Edition
Locking Us Out of Our National Parks Marc Hendrickx Marc Hendrickx is a geologist who blogs at righttoclimb.blogspot.com. The first part of this article appeared in Quadrant in June 2019. The second part is an edited version of the speech he gave on January 14 this year at a community rally in Murwillumbah devoted toContinue reading “Voice Special Edition”
The Philistine
Snow Sorta-White and her Non-Dwarf Shark-Jumpers Salvatore Babones Disney has jumped the shark, and our entire culture has jumped along with it. The expression “to jump the shark” is an American entertainment idiom used to denote the point of creative bankruptcy that occurs when a successful television or movie series exhausts the potentialities of itsContinue reading “The Philistine”
Decarbonise the planet, are they mad?
John Gideon Hartnett Flat White Getty Images John Gideon Hartnett 19 September 2023 2:00 AM The lunatic scheme to sequestrate carbon dioxide (CO2) several kilometres underground has been initiated by government programs, including Australia, with taxpayer money. It is called Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). The purpose is to make sure that carbon dioxide injected intoContinue reading “Decarbonise the planet, are they mad?”
Hello darkness my old friend
John Mikkelsen Flat White Pexels John Mikkelsen 19 September 2023 3:00 AM The other night my wife and I sat down to a nice candle-lit dinner and a glass of wine, but it wasn’t a special anniversary or any other celebration. We did without the usual diversion of TV news in the background, or anyContinue reading “Hello darkness my old friend”
Activists silent as communists parade at ‘Yes23’ rally
Flat White Rod Lampard Getty Images Rod Lampard 19 September 2023 3:54 PM If Australia’s Left-wing hegemony were sincerely concerned about injustice, they’d be out in force condemning the ‘Yes’ campaign’s association with murderous collectivist ideology, as we saw this week. They’re not. Communists, flying flags, walked amongst the crowd seemingly with no objection. TheContinue reading “Activists silent as communists parade at ‘Yes23’ rally”
Free speech fights back
Who will save us from Labor’s Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation Bill? Rebecca Weisser Features Australia [Getty Images] Rebecca Weisser 2 September 2023 9:00 AM Big Brother is coming. Or Big Sister with a penis who must be obeyed. The time for consultation has expired on Labor’s Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation Bill and the government, withContinue reading “Free speech fights back”
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!”
What is mis-dis in climate change debate?
Andrew L. Urban Flat White Getty Images Andrew L. Urban 5 September 2023 12:35 PM Speaking in Suva in July 2022, Anthony Albanese declared a climate emergency in the Pacific. This came after joining regional leaders in Fiji to warn Australia’s neighbours face an immediate threat to their security and wellbeing. Pacific islands were sinkingContinue reading “What is mis-dis in climate change debate?”
End the Net Zero nightmare
Rafe Champion Getty Images Rafe Champion 6 September 2023 1:33 PM Matthew Warren knows as much about the energy industry as anyone and his book Blackout (2019) is a very good overview of the system. In the Financial Review on the weekend, he called for a contest of ideas and not a rigid central plan because theContinue reading “End the Net Zero nightmare”
Australia’s biggest solar farm: ‘We are collateral damage in the race to Net Zero’
Flat White Pexels Flat White 7 September 2023 7:00 AM There’s nothing but heartbreak and dismay as another renewable energy project looms over regional Australia. Danish company European Energy has been given approval to build Australia’s largest solar ‘farm’ a mere 70km from the Great Barrier Reef – the same reef that climate scientists weepContinue reading “Australia’s biggest solar farm: ‘We are collateral damage in the race to Net Zero’”
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