Category Archives: spreading the News

Why I’m not celebrating Boris Johnson’s downfall Brendan O’Neill Brendan O’Neill 8 July 2022 4:00 PM I know it’s the season of ‘dunking on Boris’, which is fine. He deserves a bit of dunking for the errors of judgement he made over Partygate and Pinchergate. But if only for the purposes of brief respite from allContinue reading “World“

Abe’s vision The slain leader was a true friend of Australia and the West Rowan Callick Getty Images Rowan Callick 16 July 2022 9:00 AM There was nothing inevitable about Japan’s emergence as Australia’s closest friend in Asia when Shinzo Abe became prime minister for the second time in 2012. But his steadfast commitment toContinue reading “Features Australia“

The Pacific wants cash, not ‘gifts’ Stuart Ballantyne Getty Images Stuart Ballantyne 8 July 2022 8:00 AM My favourite grandson, Asher, outspokenly declared to me at the age of 8 what he didn’t want for his Christmas present. ‘Please don’t give me a woolly jumper, they’re so scratchy!’ It was an unusual answer to theContinue reading “Flat White“

Of age and stage: over 50s excluded from workforce Roslyn Ross Pexels Roslyn Ross 17 July 2022 7:00 AM I find it ironic that everyone wants to live a long life but nobody wants to get old. Even fewer value old age as a testament to experience. We value experience when we employ someone toContinue reading “Flat White“

Farewell to firm friends The Spectator Australia Getty Images The Spectator Australia 16 July 2022 9:00 AM In the space of week Australia has lost two great friends on the international stage. Within days of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announcing that he will step down when his successor is named, former Japanese prime minsterContinue reading “Leading article Australia“

Airbus Albo’s carbon shame Flat White Getty Images Flat White 4 July 2022 8:00 AM What happened to ‘Mister 43 per cent?’ It was only last week that Labor’s Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen was out shouting at the peasants, insisting they’d have to live with a 43 per cent axe-wound to Australia’s economy inContinue reading “Flat White“

Albo learns nothing from European crisis – doubles down on renewables Flat White Getty Images Flat White 16 July 2022 4:11 PM Europe (and parts of Asia) are in the middle of an energy, food, social, and economic crisis exacerbated by ‘green’ initiatives that have seen governments toppled and the near-total collapse of society. TheseContinue reading “Flat White“

Ditching Boris was a terrible mistake Damian Reilly Damian Reilly 17 July 2022 2:15 AM Watching the Channel 4 leadership debate last night was thoroughly depressing. If only Boris Johnson’s premiership hadn’t ended in the way it did – a surreal version of the famous butterfly effect where one man gropes another in the CarltonContinue reading “World“

Two doomed referendums How virtue-signalling has replaced good government David Flint Getty Images David Flint 9 July 2022 9:00 AM It is rare for Australian governments, federal or state, to perform even passably on any matter of importance – defence, energy, water, development, manufacturing, education, finance, housing or even sex where scientific truth is beingContinue reading “Features Australia“

Germany Is Quietly Shutting Down July 9, 2022Algora BlogLeave a comment Spread the Word via Zero Hedge Earlier today we wrote that Germany’s largest landlord, Vonovia, had taken the unprecedented step of restrictring heating at night, a terrifying preview of what lies in stock for the “most advanced” European nation this winter. Alas, it’s goingContinue reading “Western Hegemony’s Collapse“

Aboriginal Youth Suicide Goes from Very Bad to Much Worse 12th July 2022 Comments (3) Keith Windschuttle Editor-in-chiefEditor, Quadrant Magazinekeithwindschuttle@quadrant.org.au In 2014, the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) reported that teenage suicide in the Aboriginal communities of Western Australia’s far north Kimberley district had become a social catastrophe. It said teenage suicide inContinue reading “Aborigines”

Flat White Stuart Ballantyne Getty Images Stuart Ballantyne 8 July 2022 8:00 AM My favourite grandson, Asher, outspokenly declared to me at the age of 8 what he didn’t want for his Christmas present. ‘Please don’t give me a woolly jumper, they’re so scratchy!’ It was an unusual answer to the question of what heContinue reading “The Pacific wants cash, not ‘gifts’”

German industry is grinding to a halt Matthew Lynn (Getty) Matthew Lynn 4 July 2022 10:45 PM The Soviet Union had only just collapsed. John Major was still a relatively fresh-faced Prime Minister. And the internet consisted of a few desktop computers linking together a handful of laboratories. The world was a very different placeContinue reading “World“

Is there a job for the Victorian cop who called out Dan Andrews? Krystle Mitchell Getty Images Krystle Mitchell 5 July 2022 12:00 PM It’s been eight months since I spoke out against the disproportionate response and damage the government’s response to Covid has caused. Eight months living on a quickly dwindling savings account IContinue reading “Flat White“

Society Patrick McCauley The politically expedient and prideful apology from Kevin Rudd to all Aboriginal people on behalf of all Australians angered me. That it was so popular drove me to despair. I cannot shake off the feeling that this current fad amongst left-wing governments (even the Vatican) to apologise for past wrongs is reallyContinue reading “Wadeye: Failed State as Cultural Triumph”

Shameful star chambers ruin men’s lives Bettina Arndt Getty Images Bettina Arndt 1 July 2022 4:00 AM In a recent judgment about a sexual misconduct case at Cornell University, the judge compared the campus disciplinary committees to the infamous English Star Chambers. He warned, ‘These threats to due process and academic freedom are matters of life andContinue reading “Flat White“