The countryside where I grew up has been destroyed by HS2 Melissa Kite Features Melissa Kite 7 October 2023 9:00 AM When I drive to see my parents in the once-peaceful farming country where I grew up, it is a strange, bittersweet experience. The car journey takes me through places I ought to recognise butContinue reading “Train wreck: HS2 destroyed the countryside I love”
Category Archives: Political Corruption
The mayors’ road to serfdom
Bella d’Abrera Café Culture [Getty Images] Bella d’Abrera 2 October 2023 6:22 PM If you have plans about the kind of life you’d like to be living in 2030, think again. A cabal of world mayors called C40, chaired by Sadiq Khan, has already decided what sort of future you’ll have, and I can tellContinue reading “The mayors’ road to serfdom”
The talentless Mr ‘I’ll Be Nicey’
Far from being a good bloke, our Prime Minister is a hard-left radical James Allan Features Australia Getty Images James Allan 30 September 2023 9:00 AM Our Prime Minister, Mr Albanese, enjoys dressing up incredibly divisive initiatives, ones that patently favour left to hard-left long-term outcomes, as though they were uncontentious, straightforward formalities or simpleContinue reading “The talentless Mr ‘I’ll Be Nicey’”
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”
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 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”
Galarrwuy Yunupingu: lord of the manor
Keith Windschuttle Editor-in-chiefEditor, Quadrant Magazinekeithwindschuttle@quadrant.org.au Part One: 1963 to 1997: When the Queen died in September last year, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese gave her a respectful but formal eulogy, saying: “With the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, an historic reign and a long life devoted to duty, family, faith and service has come to an end.” However, when the AboriginalContinue reading “Galarrwuy Yunupingu: lord of the manor”
Senator Rennick exposes lying bureaucrats such as those in TGA
Date: August 16, 2023Author: Editor, cairnsnews 5 Comments An insignificant Labor senator Tim Ayers calls on Rennick to withdraw his comment that bureaucrats lie to politicians, but Rennick proves his point. Tim Ayers is a fine example of a lying politician, which the public take for granted. Share this:
Howard then Hawke killed off Australian manufacturing
Date: July 3, 2023Author: Editor, cairnsnews 30 Comments The last car made in Australia. Free-trading Liberal and Labor killed Australian manufacturing industries Letter to the Editor In 1983 (yes, 40 years ago) I was a non-TV watching, non-radio listening, non-news reading, non-political Aussie in my twenties… too busy living an amazing life with uni andContinue reading “Howard then Hawke killed off Australian manufacturing”
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”
Election fraud rampant on Gold Coast at 2022 federal election
Date: June 19, 2023Author: Editor, cairnsnews 16 Comments Letter to the Editor I have just read your article regarding the above and believe I have information that relates to similar happening in the lead up to the 2019 Federal election in the seat of Warringah where Tony Abbott lost his seat. There were a number of differentContinue reading “Election fraud rampant on Gold Coast at 2022 federal election”
We compared the price of the same shopping basket over a 12-month period
11/06/2023 7:30:00 PM A supermarket receipt comparison reveals how prices have changed since last year. 9News Source 9News Sydney 9news.com.au has taken to one of the country’s major supermarkets to compare a grocery shop in 2022 with one from today. The result? A bleak picture for Aussies at the checkout. (Getty) Of the items, almostContinue reading “We compared the price of the same shopping basket over a 12-month period”
Roger Franklin Quadrant Online June 14, 2023
Along with news that Grace Tame is deleting social media posts in support of fellow former covergirl Brittany Higgins, two other ladies have weighed in. In today’s Australian, there is this from Janet Albrechtsen: …The beauty of the press is that it can’t be controlled. True, the supine, the stupid and the ideological end ofContinue reading “Roger Franklin Quadrant Online June 14, 2023”
To gig or not to gig. Is that the question?
Flat White Ken Phillips Getty Images Ken Phillips 14 June 2023 5:00 AM If you’ve ever been to a pub gig, you’ll have taken part in what the Albanese government wants to (effectively) close down. The Albanese agenda became starkly clear in 2022 after Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke declared the ‘gig economy’ is a ‘cancer’.Continue reading “To gig or not to gig. Is that the question?”
The Curious Tale of Hydroxychloroquine
Robert Clancy The author is Emeritus Professor of Pathology at the University of Newcastle Medical School. He is a member of the Australian Academy of Science’s COVID-19 Expert Database The discipline of medicine has changed. Its traditional cohesion and leadership have fractured into multiple disconnected specialty groups, allowing powerful commercial and political forces to increaseContinue reading “The Curious Tale of Hydroxychloroquine”
Twitter, trans and videotape
Doing time for hate speech crimes in the Sunshine State? Features Australia Rebecca Weisser Getty Images Rebecca Weisser 10 June 2023 9:00 AM Last week, Twitter restricted the availability of a documentary called What is a Woman? The title might sound innocuous, but when political commentator Matt Walsh puts the question to the trans clerisyContinue reading “Twitter, trans and videotape”
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher insists she ‘did not mislead Senate’ in infamous 2021 confrontation with then-defence minister Linda Reynolds over Brittany Higgins saga
Katy Gallagher has declared she has “always acted ethically and with basic human decency” as she vehemently rejects suggestions she misled parliament over allegations she knew about Brittany Higgins’ sexual assault claim days before it was made public. Tyrone Clarke and David Wu 3 min read June 13, 2023 – 1:30PM Katy Gallagher has denied she misledContinue reading “Finance Minister Katy Gallagher insists she ‘did not mislead Senate’ in infamous 2021 confrontation with then-defence minister Linda Reynolds over Brittany Higgins saga”
Give us a fair go! Work, mass migration, housing, and the red tape disaster
Flat White Saxon Davidson Getty Images Saxon Davidson 12 June 2023 5:00 AM The recently announced plan of the federal government to preference a new round of mass migration over those Australian pensioners, veterans, and students who wish to work strikes at the very heart of the notion of the Australian fair go. And AustraliansContinue reading “Give us a fair go! Work, mass migration, housing, and the red tape disaster”
Hague Convention of 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents points to all Member Parties Being Religious Organizations
Australian Taxation Office – 51 824 753 556 – is owned by Blackrock and MP Jim Chalmers?
Is the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) (ABN 51 824 753 566) actually a corporate asset-holding of Blackrock, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, Bank of Australia, Quantum Corporation, Tier-3, Trustee for Patricia Holdings, Trustee for Zarina Khan, and MP Jim Chalmers [Australian House of Representatives – Treasurer] (James Edward Chalmers) via Ultimate Holding for All Company?Continue reading “Australian Taxation Office – 51 824 753 556 – is owned by Blackrock and MP Jim Chalmers?”
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