Category Archives: Politics

Elite blackfellas claim entire Redland shire before the Voice even starts

Date: September 10, 2023Author: Editor, cairnsnews 7 Comments Hopefully the stupid ‘Yes’ voters will be first on the list to pay reparations and rent to unelected, elite, militant murris who will be the only beneficiary of the Voice referendum if successful. The Albanese government has done a “mass injustice” to the Redland City Council, whoContinue reading “Elite blackfellas claim entire Redland shire before the Voice even starts”

Some days, I get mail from people that cuts straight to the heart of an issue.

This week I received a letter from Peter, a hard-working veteran and community leader from Queensland. He wrote to me about the Voice referendum. He nailed it. I thought to myself: everyone needs to read this. We need to hear the voices of Peter and other regular Aussies who aren’t bankrolled by Big Business, BigContinue reading “Some days, I get mail from people that cuts straight to the heart of an issue.”

Jordan Peterson’s SAVAGE Departing Message for Qantas CEO Alan Joyce

Australian News Locally Jordan Peterson’s SAVAGE Departing Message for Qantas CEO Alan Joyce Following the departure of Qantas CEO Alan Joyce, Jordan Peterson, a controversial online personality, took aim at the airline again. He previously criticized the company for playing an Aboriginal song on an airplane. In response to Joyce’s departure, Peterson posted a messageContinue reading “Jordan Peterson’s SAVAGE Departing Message for Qantas CEO Alan Joyce”

Do the police think ‘lesbian’ is a term of abuse?

Julie Burchill World (Photo: iStock) Julie Burchill 14 August 2023 10:43 PM Reading that a 16-year-old autistic girl had been dragged from her home by seven cops after reportedly saying a female officer looked like ‘a lesbian like nana’, I had to check that we weren’t back in the 1970s of my girlhood when ‘lezzer’Continue reading “Do the police think ‘lesbian’ is a term of abuse?”

Paging the Meaning of Document 14

Peter O’Brien                                                    But wait, there’s more — a lot more In the Voice referendum campaign, can there have been a more vacuous battle than that about whether or not the Uluru Statement is a single page page or 26 pages?  This is a battle that Sky News presenter Chris Kenny is determined to win. Continue reading “Paging the Meaning of Document 14”

End the Net Zero nightmare

  · Rafe Champion The Spectator Australia 6 September 2023 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 becauseContinue reading “End the Net Zero nightmare”

Aussie Life

Aussie life Tony Letford [Getty Images] Tony Letford 2 September 2023 9:00 AM Six years ago the ABC posted an article online about William Crowther, a prominent 19th-century Tasmanian politician, a statue of whom had stood in a Hobart park for 133 years. From that time, the statue’s fate was probably sealed, (‘Tasmania’s difficult history:Continue reading “Aussie Life”

Tony Abbott: with thanks to the fallen warrior

Terry Barnes Flat White Terry Barnes 22 May 2019 5:26 PM Last night former prime minister Tony Abbott succumbed to a perfect political storm: a climate zealot candidate dressed up as a faux Liberal, the sole target of a concerted, lavishly financed campaign of the chattering Left and GetUp!, and nasty, vindictive and vicious personalContinue reading “Tony Abbott: with thanks to the fallen warrior”

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”

Heston Russell trial: ABC journalists defamed former commando to protect their egos, court told

Federal court hears closing submissions in defamation case brought by Russell against the public broadcaster Australian Associated PressTue 29 Aug 2023 15.07 AESTLast modified on Tue 29 Aug 2023 15.09 AEST Heston Russell, pictured outside the federal court, denies the allegations in two ABC articles and is suing for damages, saying his reputation was ruinedContinue reading “Heston Russell trial: ABC journalists defamed former commando to protect their egos, court told”

The dire state of New Zealand

Kiwis are fleeing. For good reason James Allan Features Australia New Zealand [Getty Images] James Allan 2 September 2023 9:00 AM In six weeks from now, on 14 October, voters in New Zealand will go to the polls at a general election. (As an aside, voters here in Australia will also go to the pollsContinue reading “The dire state of New Zealand”

Are we all pretending everything is ‘fine’?

Richard Kelly Flat White Pexels Richard Kelly 6 September 2023 5:00 AM You know that old trope about how the husband finally retires and then the wife finds him under her feet all day and does whatever she can to get him out of the house? Well, working from home has flipped that on itsContinue reading “Are we all pretending everything is ‘fine’?”

The road to Calvary

Paul Collits Getty Images Paul Collits 6 September 2023 4:00 AM A presentation by the estimable Fr Tony Percy, until recently Vicar-General of the Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra-Goulburn, on the Australian Capital Territory government’s recent ‘takeover’ of Calvary Hospital, was just one among many outstanding speeches and papers delivered at the annual Samuel Griffith SocietyContinue reading “The road to Calvary”

Albo’s mate, Alan Joyce, must resign

David Llewellyn-Smith Friday, 1 September 2023 Nice work if you can get it: Qantas faces tens of millions of dollars in fines over allegations it engaged in false, misleading or deceptive conduct by advertising tickets for more than 8000 flights it had already cancelled. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on Thursday alleged that QantasContinue reading “Albo’s mate, Alan Joyce, must resign”

Cancel Mozart

Ian Plimer Flat White Getty Images Ian Plimer 3 April 2023 4:00 AM Why should we stop at cancelling the world’s greatest explorer, Captain James Cook, and the greatest playwright, William Shakespeare? Why not the world’s greatest composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? In his operas, his acceptance of slavery, racism, white privilege, authority, misogyny, anti-Islam, wife-bashing,Continue reading “Cancel Mozart”

Paul Fletcher, the father of Australian censorship?

Alexandra Marshall Flat White Getty Images Alexandra Marshall 3 September 2023 2:14 PM A lot of perfectly warranted criticism has been aimed at Anthony Albanese and the Labor Party over their proposed Misinformation and Disinformation bill which, if passed, presents the greatest risk to civil liberty this country has ever seen. There is nothing moreContinue reading “Paul Fletcher, the father of Australian censorship?”

‘Repowered’ wind turbines to ‘suck carbon dioxide’ from the atmosphere

Flat White Getty Images Flat White 4 September 2023 2:08 PM According to the Discovery Channel, there are around 400,000 individual wind turbines in operation. Every single one of these will be looking for a grave in the nearest landfill within 20 years (or sooner). What’s the carbon footprint of this mess? Who knows. TheContinue reading “‘Repowered’ wind turbines to ‘suck carbon dioxide’ from the atmosphere”

Albo’s first 44 words committed Australia to the Uluru Statement

Anonymous Flat White Getty Images Anonymous 3 September 2023 5:00 AM Within the first 44 words uttered by the new Prime Minister of Australia on May 21 last year, Anthony Albanese had committed his party to adopting a document – in full – that he had never read. The first 25 words were an acknowledgementContinue reading “Albo’s first 44 words committed Australia to the Uluru Statement”