White Man’s Dreaming Keith Windschuttle Editor-in-chiefEditor, Quadrant Magazinekeithwindschuttle@quadrant.org.au If there’s any hint of unintended consequences — for example, an untidy debate about who exactly qualifies for the description “indigenous” — then the proposition [for constitutional recognition] will be defeated. — former Foreign Minister, Bob Carr, 2012 There was consternation in Tasmania last month when itsContinue reading “The Voice”
Category Archives: Politics
Doomed Planet
The Sooking Simpletons of Climate Coverage Tony Thomas Climate journalists are confessing they need psychological counselling: reporting on the climate’s supposed death-spiral is damaging their mental stability. As one Stanford academic puts it, “This is quite similar to what happens with investigators of international crimes, human trafficking, rape, abuse and people who’ve been tortured. IContinue reading “Doomed Planet”
Capitalising on the Activist Instincts of Unelected Judges
The Voice Peter O’Brien Dr Shireen Morris seems to have secured a gig as one of The Australian’s constitutional experts promoting the Voice. She is part of a rapidly diminishing cohort. She first came to my notice when she claimed on the Kenny Report that the 1901 Constitution ‘explicitly excluded Aboriginal people’. A patent nonsense. Continue reading “Capitalising on the Activist Instincts of Unelected Judges”
QED
Turnbull, the Lesser of Two Weevils Peter O’Brien Malcom Turnbull’s seizure of the prime ministership was despicable, not least because it was both his passive, self-serving mediocrity as a minister and active white-anting that helped create the climate for his coup. The new leader’s devious self-promotion has led many to postulate that Abbott’s departure fromContinue reading “QED”
‘Supportive, safe, empowering’ Qld school hosts drag queen, gang fights and student knife attack
Date: October 6, 2023Author: Editor, cairnsnews 0 Comments By TONY MOBILIFONITIS QUEENSLAND’s education authorities and politicians need to be slapped out of their delusional state and get the education system back to basics. We’re talking about Queensland’s Education Minister Grace Grace, a former union boss, Director General Michael De’Ath, who presides over eight other deputyContinue reading “‘Supportive, safe, empowering’ Qld school hosts drag queen, gang fights and student knife attack”
Laurence Fox: sacrificed to the gods of eco-fascism
Alexandra Marshall Flat White Getty Images Alexandra Marshall 5 October 2023 3:51 AM The BBC and its kin will insist that Laurence Fox’s ‘crime’ involved taking an on-air dig at a female journalist after she made hurtful remarks about men’s mental health. It was a single comment using language that mimicked hers and yet Fox,Continue reading “Laurence Fox: sacrificed to the gods of eco-fascism”
Silent majority
The Spectator Australia Leading article Australia Cover by Sarah Dudley, illustration by Ben Davis The Spectator Australia 7 October 2023 9:00 AM And so here we are at a pivotal moment in Australian history. Australians must now make a decisive choice between basic traditional mainstream conservative values – let’s not change that which is notContinue reading “Silent majority”
A ‘pearson’ of platitudes
Why were the words ‘non-binding’ not included in the Voice proposal? Peter O’Brien Features Australia Getty Images Peter O’Brien 7 October 2023 9:00 AM Is there a collective noun for platitudes, I wonder? An anthology, perhaps? Never mind, I’ve got a better one. A couple of weeks ago, given the performance of our Prime MinisterContinue reading “A ‘pearson’ of platitudes”
Chris Kenny’s broken clock moment
Peter O’Brien Quadrant Online 5th October 2023 For once I must agree with Chris Kenny on one aspect, at least, of the current Voice debate. Last night he took issue with the characterisation, by most Sky News commentators, of Ray Martin’s comments regarding the mantra ‘if you don’t know, vote no’. Martin was accused ofContinue reading “Chris Kenny’s broken clock moment”
Australians will say more than No, Vote for a new direction
David Flint The Spectator Australia 7 October 2023 People do not often have the opportunity, on the national level, to indicate which of two distinctly different paths they want their governments to follow, especially when the Coalition these days can too often be Labor-lite. With compulsory voting, the resulting annoyance can add to the wideningContinue reading “Australians will say more than No, Vote for a new direction”
Opinion / Business
From Qantas to PwC, corporate greed is rotting Australia from the inside out Too many corporations have been allowed to grow too powerful, greedy and unaccountable, and that greed has warped their behaviour. Quentin Beresford Oct 05, 2023 12 Share A rottenness has crept into the heart of boardroom Australia, spurred on by a systemContinue reading “Opinion / Business”
Daniel Andrews, a Big Picture Man
Albo promised everyone $275. Chairman Dan left very Victorian with a $32,000 debtJames MacphersonOct 4 READ IN APP The day before Daniel Andrews called in lawyers to advise how Victoria could get out of hosting the Commonwealth Games, his deputy – the now Premier Jacinta Allan – was assuring a parliamentary committee that the Games would beContinue reading “Daniel Andrews, a Big Picture Man”
Ray Martin Calls ‘No’ Voters Dickheads and Dinosaur
s… as the ‘Yes’ campaign’s charm offensive continuesJames MacphersonOct 4 READ IN APP The ‘Yes’ campaign continue to believe they can persuade people to support an Indigenous Voice to Parliament by abusing them.The latest ‘Yes’ campaigner to attempt to win over undecided voters by calling them names is celebrity journalist Ray Martin.Martin told an audience at theContinue reading “Ray Martin Calls ‘No’ Voters Dickheads and Dinosaur”
“She has just figured out why we had a record 454,000 immigrants in just one year,”
Sky News Australia host Andrew Bolt says today was the day he learned “why we pay Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil the big bucks”. Mr Bolt gave his opinion on the Visa and Migration review which the Home Affairs Minister addressed today in a “dramatic” press conference. “She has just figured out why we hadContinue reading ““She has just figured out why we had a record 454,000 immigrants in just one year,””
Voice referendum decided by Human Rights Commission in 2012 – now UN policy
Date: October 4, 2023Author: Editor, cairnsnews 3 Comments The Voice referendum has nothing to do with the misnomer, ‘Uluru statement from the heart’. It has been United Nations policy since 2012 National Human Rights Action Plan 2012 A C H I E V I N G A J U S T A N D SContinue reading “Voice referendum decided by Human Rights Commission in 2012 – now UN policy”
Yes campaign can’t distract from real issue of voice’s power
Paul Kelly- the Australian 4th October 2023 With voting now open and the Yes and No campaigns in full throttle, replete with exaggerations, distortions and racist claims, there is almost no focus on the central issue of the referendum – the constitutional power of the voice in representing the Indigenous peoples. There are many claimsContinue reading “Yes campaign can’t distract from real issue of voice’s power”
Australia suffering its worst skills shortage since the sixties, warns report
Business Australia’s ambition to become a clean energy world champion demands urgent attention to train skilled specialist workers.Tess Ikonomou Print article Boosting output and plugging workforce gaps have also been identified as pressing priorities by the head of Jobs and Skills Australia. In a speech to the National Press Club on Wednesday, Acting Commissioner PeterContinue reading “Australia suffering its worst skills shortage since the sixties, warns report”
More on the bloody voice another stick to beat us with
Banks blasted for cold, cruel way they’ve forced farmers off their land
Statewide Australia’s corporate regulator failed to investigate claims about the tactics being used by banks to repossess farmers’ properties, a parliamentary inquiry will be told.Tess Ikonomou Print article In a joint submission, dozens of devastated farmers have laid bare their anguish after their properties, many of which had been in their families for generations, wereContinue reading “Banks blasted for cold, cruel way they’ve forced farmers off their land”
YES campaign posters deliberately identical colour to AEC material encouraging voters to vote YES
Date: October 3, 2023Author: Editor, cairnsnews 9 Comments From Peter Campion Cairns News readers will be well aware of the Yes camp’s nasty behaviour during Albo’s campaign to implement the globalists’ desired change to the Australian Constitution – the Australian people’s contract with our (corporate) federal government. We’ve seen the name-calling by the Yes architectsContinue reading “YES campaign posters deliberately identical colour to AEC material encouraging voters to vote YES”
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