Judith Sloan The Australian January 28, 2025 I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks it’s passing strange – more than passing strange – that Australia is about to become an importer of liquefied natural gas as well as an exporter. Of course, intra-industry trade between countries is quite common but, in the main,Continue reading “How our blinkered leaders created a gas import absurdity”
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The big three global fails set to haunt our Prime Minister
Greg Sheridan The Australian January 28, 2025 Joe Biden, Justin Trudeau, Jacinda Ardern. Three of the very worst democratic leaders in the world in the past decade. Each brought fantastic harm on their respective nations. Each was once hugely successful, the very toast of the town. Yet each has been repudiated and run out ofContinue reading “The big three global fails set to haunt our Prime Minister”
Why I’m proud to be Australian and reject attempts to reshape our history as one of shame
Peta Credlin The Courier Mail January 24, 2025 There is something very special about the feeling you get when you fly home from overseas and the wheels touch down in Australia. Deep down in all of us, we know that to live here is to have won the lottery of life. That’s not to sayContinue reading “Why I’m proud to be Australian and reject attempts to reshape our history as one of shame”
No, Australia was not a utopia before British arrival, but it has sure gone close since
Geoffrey Blainey The Australian January 25, 2025 We should celebrate Australia Day. By various definitions this has been one of the most successful nations in the world. During the past two centuries our nation has had far more successes than failures, though the failures can’t be overlooked: they offer lessons. Most Australians have pride inContinue reading “No, Australia was not a utopia before British arrival, but it has sure gone close since”
A nation united under one flag is worth celebrating
Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price The Australian January 24, 2025 While Australia Day comes around every year with its debates about meaning and whether we can utter its name or not, this year feels different. Last year, the divisive voice referendum and abhorrent attack in Israel on October 7, 2023 were events still fresh in ourContinue reading “A nation united under one flag is worth celebrating”
Paul Collits Politicom 24 January 2025
Scott Morrison has been cosying up to Donald J. Trump. He spent New Year’s Eve with the Trumps at Mar-a-Lago. This is the same Scott Morrison who, in 2021, used $2b of Australian taxpayers’ money to bring a Moderna vaccine factory to Melbourne. And that is the same Donald Trump who has just been urgedContinue reading “Paul Collits Politicom 24 January 2025”
Trump’s unprecedented military reform: Bringing back the “unvaxxed” troops
Ramon Tomey Natural News January 22, 2025 President Donald Trump has pledged to reinstate thousands of service members dismissed from the military for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, providing them with full back pay. Trump’s pledge represents a move towards prioritizing personal autonomy and health freedom in military policies, signaling a shift in values and prioritiesContinue reading “Trump’s unprecedented military reform: Bringing back the “unvaxxed” troops”
Trump Withdrawing From the Paris Climate Agreement May be an Epoch Defining Event
Ben Pile The Daily Sceptic 22 January 22, 2025 As needs no retelling here, this week saw the return of Donald Trump to the Whitehouse. Among many of his first acts were important and far-reaching interventions on climate and energy, continuing where he left office in 2020 and re-reversing the changes he made in hisContinue reading “Trump Withdrawing From the Paris Climate Agreement May be an Epoch Defining Event”
Ghosts of premiers past: Queensland’s budget is a fiscal horror show
Judith Sloan The Australian January 23, 2025 Once upon a time – OK, a very long time ago – public finances in Queensland were extremely well-managed. Public sector superannuation was fully funded, recurrent budget surpluses were the norm and there was limited government debt. The state’s credit rating was an unquestioned AAA. It began toContinue reading “Ghosts of premiers past: Queensland’s budget is a fiscal horror show”
History unlikely to forgive Joe Biden’s farewell pardons
Henry Ergas The Australian January 24, 2025 No matter how history judges Joe Biden, it is unlikely to look kindly on his use of the pardon power. From that of Hunter Biden through to the pardons issued, in his administration’s dying moments, to a broad range of family members, Biden’s exercise of the pardon powerContinue reading “History unlikely to forgive Joe Biden’s farewell pardons”
One of a kind, Melania Trump is no one’s canvas
Jenna Clarke The Australian January 21, 2025 First Ladies are traditionally adored and revered for their adornments. All except Melania Trump. That could change over the next four years. The empire dress is set to strike back. Like the sequel to Star Wars, Trump 2.0 is set to be better than the original. Mrs TrumpContinue reading “One of a kind, Melania Trump is no one’s canvas”
Trump pledges ‘golden age’, condemns Biden-era weakness, betrayal
Adam Creighton The Australian January21, 2025 Donald Trump has made a triumphant return to the US presidency in a powerful inauguration speech, promising to bring about a new American “golden age” after what he called the “greatest and most consequential election in the history of this country”. The 45th and now 47th president, now 78,Continue reading “Trump pledges ‘golden age’, condemns Biden-era weakness, betrayal”
Dick Roberts
ornedtSposaltcl6miu33l530utf3a1h91184h7f9u2f28a0a7lhu7uh7305 · The Great Fall of the Left As President Donald Trump has now been inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States, its difficult not to also recognise the togetherness and hope this has brought to the citizens of the United States. In the President’s first 100 days, he has promised the AmericanContinue reading “Dick Roberts “
Stuck on a horse-drawn buggy as world speeds past
Chris Kenny 12:00AMJanuary 18, 2025797 Comments Microsoft has entered into a billion-dollar deal to restart a nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania. Picture: AFP For three weeks over Christmas and New Year’s I enjoyed a family holiday in New York City, Washington DC and other parts of the US east coast around NewContinue reading “Stuck on a horse-drawn buggy as world speeds past”
Labor’s huge call on gas is economic sabotage
Andrew Bolt Herald Sun January 19, 2025 Donald Trump promised Americans he’d “drill, baby, drill” for gas the day he’s sworn in as President. In contrast, the Albanese government last week announced it would ban, baby, ban. Talk about economic sabotage. On Friday, Industry Minister Ed Husic said he was stopping Asset Energy from exploringContinue reading “Labor’s huge call on gas is economic sabotage”
Child Sacrifice and Our Desire to Ignore It
Dr David Bell The Daily Sceptic 18 January 2025 Some actions of humans are so dark that we prefer to ignore them, avoiding the darkening our own thoughts. When others assist us by denigrating truthtellers or censoring news, we may be quietly grateful as life seems better when not intruded on by the pain ofContinue reading “Child Sacrifice and Our Desire to Ignore It”
All eyes on Dutton as he takes on ‘the worst PM since Whitlam’
Dennis Shanahan The Australian January 17, 2025 Suddenly, all eyes are on Peter Dutton. Yes, 2025 is an election year with a poll to be held within months and he is the Opposition Leader, but there is more to the strength and tone of the focus than just the usual uptick in interest in theContinue reading “All eyes on Dutton as he takes on ‘the worst PM since Whitlam’”
Bad cop Trump needed good cop Biden on Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement
Tom Minear US Correspondent Herald Sun January 16, 2025 Israel and Hamas Agree to a Gaza Ceasefire It was Donald Trump rather than Joe Biden who issued a statement confirming the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel. Even though there were still five days until he returned to the Oval Office, the President-elect wanted theContinue reading “Bad cop Trump needed good cop Biden on Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement”
Ivermectin
dnersoStop7cg0c81202gl7y A a4g25mM5c 56ta1lnm1t:ua raaJ16f3t · REMEMBER WHEN the Media laughed and said ivermectin was ONLY for horses and cows? THEY KNEW it was made for people since 1987. Here’s what they didn’t tell you about claims that are surfacing 1 – It prevents the damage caused by drugs created using mRNA technology, blocks the entry of Spike ProteinContinue reading “Ivermectin”
The age of transhumanism is now upon us
Bill Muehlenberg CultureWatch January 16, 2025 The world of AI is now fully part of our lives, and whether it becomes our ruin or our salvation remains to be seen, but many, including myself, tend to back the former option. It is developing at exponential rates, and it seems there will be no stopping it.Continue reading “The age of transhumanism is now upon us”