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:”
Category Archives: Hidden Agendas
The Voice has a secret weapon
Beware the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Features Australia Peter O’Brien Getty Images Peter O’Brien 3 June 2023 9:00 AM In my book The Indigenous Voice to Parliament – the No Case, I argue that a fundamental requirement of the referendum question would be the inclusion of a specific caveat that adviceContinue reading “The Voice has a secret weapon”
Justice Harrison inadvertently highlights a key concern on the Voice
The perils of abandoning the separation of powers Features Australia Scott Hargreaves Getty Images Scott Hargreaves 3 June 2023 9:00 AM Opponents of the Voice to Parliament owe a profound debt to Justice Ian Harrison of the New South Wales Supreme Court, for sending an email in May to Pat Conaghan MP in which heContinue reading “Justice Harrison inadvertently highlights a key concern on the Voice”
The Voice is a deception of monstrous proportions
The Spectator Australia 1st June 2023 What is really driving the Yes vote? Does anybody properly understand the proposition, or are they so consumed with white guilt they are blind to understanding the dangers of a constitutional change? Or, are they falling for the groupthink that sent Europe into the tulip mania frenzy in theContinue reading “The Voice is a deception of monstrous proportions”
Big Problems loom ahead
We need to talk about Just Stop Oil’s class privilege
Brendan O’Neill World (Photo: Getty) Brendan O’Neill 24 May 2023 3:32 AM I have never felt such a strong desire to buy a man a pint as I did when I watched that builder clear Just Stop Oil protesters off the road. The clip has gone viral. We see an irate bloke take direct actionContinue reading “We need to talk about Just Stop Oil’s class privilege”
The Voice and the law
Flat White John Andriano Getty Images John Andriano 23 May 2023 4:00 AM Many Australian legal groups such as the NSW Bar Association and possibly the Victorian Bar Association, as well as most state Law Societies, are endorsing the ‘Yes’ vote in the proposed referendum to introduce an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. Others are choosingContinue reading “The Voice and the law”
UN indigenous movements take control of resources: Case study NZ
Date: May 22, 2023Author: Editor, cairnsnews 7 Comments New Zealand Parliament subservient to the Māori Voice to Parliament. By TONY MOBILIFONITISTHE buzz-word and cause celebre among the leaders of New Zealand’s indigenous elite these days is “co-governance”, regardless of the reality that the NZ Maori have had special seats in Parliament for 150 years. AsContinue reading “UN indigenous movements take control of resources: Case study NZ”
We already have a Voice and it’s useless
Why nobody is talking about the long-established indigenous Voice to the ACT parliament Features Australia Joe Stella Getty Images Joe Stella 20 May 2023 9:00 AM Would you trust a car dealer who rebuffed your repeated requests for a test drive? Undecided voters pondering the upcoming Voice referendum might ask themselves a similar question. TheContinue reading “We already have a Voice and it’s useless”
So, Aborigines were not the first people in Australia. Someone is trying to sell us “porky pies’.
This post isn’t meant to upset anyone, but regarding “pre Cook” Australian history, this was massive news to me… There’s a reference in the “Atlas of Foreign Countries”, (written between 265 – 316 A.D.) where Chinese sea Captains describe the mysterious great south land (Australia) being inhabited by a race of one-metre-tall pygmies. In theContinue reading “So, Aborigines were not the first people in Australia. Someone is trying to sell us “porky pies’.”
Tweedledum Tweedledee politicians tarnish the nation
We have been betrayed Features Australia David Flint Getty Images David Flint 20 November 2021 9:00 AM Having the honour of addressing a citizenship ceremony a few years ago, I told the new citizens that the country whose citizenship they had just received was one of the world’s oldest continuing democracies. Given that we haveContinue reading “Tweedledum Tweedledee politicians tarnish the nation”
Brown study
Neil Brown The Spectator Australia May 15, 2023 Whoever said that the Voice would usher in a new era of reconciliation, unity and love was either excessively optimistic or a complete fool. Everywhere I look, I see division and disunity and it is all generated by the Voice. Not only is it generated by theContinue reading “Brown study”
Who is Wollumbin Consultative Group?’
Mathew Condon The Australian May 15, 2023 You come to the foot of Wollumbin-Mount Warning, the monolithic, totemic, almost mythic volcanic plug 12km southwest of Murwillumbah on the NSW far north coast, through ancient rainforest, across creek beds littered with car-sized boulders, and up, up towards the Wollumbin Summit Trailhead. Then, a kilometre out fromContinue reading “Who is Wollumbin Consultative Group?’”
The secret history of Pine Gap, Australia’s CIA spy base Alex Salmon September 30, 2019 Issue 1240 Australia Project Rainfall: The Secret History of Pine GapTom Gilling Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2019306 pages. On December 9, 1966, the Australian government signed a public agreement with the United States government to build what both countries misleadingly called aContinue reading
Voice to Parliament a ‘power grab’ by the elites: Warren Mundine
Story by Sky News Australia • Yesterday 7:22 pm Indigenous Leader Warren Mundine says the Voice to Parliament proposal is a “power grab” by the elites. “They are starting to notice that their power is being lost,” he told Sky News host Amanda Stoker. “Because Aboriginals on the ground, native title people, land rights people,Continue reading “Voice to Parliament a ‘power grab’ by the elites: Warren Mundine”
Tony Abbott: Critical Leadership from Dutton on Canberra Voice
IPA Distinguished Fellow and former prime minister Tony Abbott shares his unique insights into the Voice to Parliament debate, including in relation to the decision of Opposition Leader Peter Dutton to oppose Labor’s proposed Voice to Parliament, and why it is critical that there is a free and fair debate where all Australians can haveContinue reading “Tony Abbott: Critical Leadership from Dutton on Canberra Voice”
The best and simplest explanation yet of the unlawfulness of the Voice referendum
Apr 11 Posted by Editor, cairnsnews Aboriginal activist Noel Pearson was taken under the wing of the large Melbourne Jewish law firm Arnold, Bloch, Liebler and given lessons by partner Mark Liebler, son of Isi Liebler who had strong ties with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Isi Libler was also Bob Hawke’s personal solicitor and theContinue reading “The best and simplest explanation yet of the unlawfulness of the Voice referendum”
Bitter politics
Flat White Peter O’Brien Getty Images Peter O’Brien 22 December 2022 4:00 AM I have two mottoes. This first is ‘never look back’ and the second, and more important one in these troubled times, is ‘don’t believe anything’. That may sound a bit over the top, but it was fifteen years of watching and writingContinue reading “Bitter politics”
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