Category Archives: Resourced Posts

Giving Voice to the Wrong Question 16th June 2022 Comments (9) Antony Barraclough The laws that affect all Australians are voted in by two bodies – the House of Representatives and the Senate – and both must agree to the laws. Each electorate in Australia gets a 1-in-151 say in the vote of the HouseContinue reading “Aborigines”

Bogus Identity and Constitutional Change 20th June 2022 Comments (9) Keith Windschuttle Editor-in-chiefEditor, Quadrant Magazinekeithwindschuttle@quadrant.org.au In July 2000, Allen Appo of Bundaberg, Queensland, was charged in the Townsville Magis­trates Court with a breach of the Fisheries Act by illegally catching undersized and female mud crabs. He was represented by Townsville Aboriginal Legal Aid who arguedContinue reading “Aborigines”

Cook cancelled: when will we call this out as racism? Alexandra Marshall Getty Images Alexandra Marshall 18 June 2022 6:46 PM Peaceful explorer, cartographer, and navigator Captain James Cook has been removed from the Australia versus England Test match crystal Cook Cup. After a quarter of a century, one of the greatest men in historyContinue reading “Flat White“

We need to talk about Scotland Kevin Hague Nicola Sturgeon (Photo: Getty) Kevin Hague 18 June 2022 6:31 PM The Scottish government has published the first instalment of its new independence prospectus, a paper with the remarkably verbose title: ‘Building a New Scotland – Independence in the Modern World. Wealthier, Happier, Fairer: Why Not Scotland?’Continue reading “World“

Australia’s perfect economic storm John Andriano Getty Images John Andriano 10 June 2022 4:00 AM Successive Australian governments are directing our economy into the eye of a perfect storm. It should be avoidable, but due to their failure to consider fundamental economic principles, it has become inevitable. Australia entered the Covid pandemic period in earlyContinue reading “Flat White“

Planned chaos in Australia’s power generation Viv Forbes SaltBushClub.com Viv Forbes 11 June 2022 7:00 AM Politicians are inviting electricity chaos in Australia by promoting the closure of coal-fired power stations, but also by promoting more electric cars to enter the grid – more demand, less supply. Green energy is a wild bull in theContinue reading “Flat White“

Renewable or reliable? Energy cannot be both Viv Forbes SaltBush.com Viv Forbes 19 June 2022 6:00 AM Australia’s new ALP government has gigantic green energy plans to be funded by electricity consumers and taxpayers. They promise (with a straight face) that Australia’s electricity will be 82 per cent renewable by 2030. They predict a 43Continue reading “Flat White“

Albo’s Cabinet offers superficial diversity only Charlie Chadwick Getty Images Charlie Chadwick 17 June 2022 8:00 AM There’s a big problem with Anthony Albanese’s victory lap over the ‘diversity’ of his new Cabinet; it isn’t particularly diverse at all.  A fortnight ago, the Prime Minister rushed to insist his team was ‘inclusive’ and ‘as diverseContinue reading “Flat White“

Energy crisis: a call to professionals Ben Beattie Getty Images Ben Beattie 17 June 2022 4:00 AM Energy systems underpin modern life, but Australia’s systems are becoming increasingly fragile. A colleague recently asked me why more engineers don’t speak up about the risks and challenges of the faith-based transition away from fossil fuels. I’ve noticedContinue reading “Flat White“

China rising: the ADF have nothing Jarrod Brady Getty Images Jarrod Brady 15 June 2022 4:00 AM Amidst the foreboding context of a declining West and a rising China, the Australian Defence Force is historically weak and shows little sign of changing course. The ADF is beset by a threefold disease of absent strategic direction,Continue reading “Flat White“

China rising: a paradigm shift for the ADF Jarrod Brady Getty Images Jarrod Brady 1 June 2022 1:00 PM Australia is facing an existential crisis that demands immediate and radical action. The confluence of China’s rise, a declining America, and the parlous state of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) pose the gravest threat to AustraliaContinue reading “Flat White“

Do we want banks playing politics? Flat White Getty Images Flat White 16 June 2022 1:00 PM When you think of ‘moral puritanism’ and ‘virtue’ the banking sector sits somewhere near lawyers, stockbrokers, and used car salesmen. Currently, it is Pride Month and banks everywhere have rainbow-washed their logos to show how tolerant and inclusiveContinue reading “Flat White“

Woolworths’ price-fixing will have unintended consequences Flat White Getty Images Flat White 15 June 2022 5:13 PM Woolworths intends to ‘price-fix’ essential items in the wake of a cost of living crisis. With inflation set to start pushing people into the poverty line, the supermarket giant – who recently finished sacking unvaccinated staff – willContinue reading “Flat White“

You have to accept my identity as a tree Kevin Donnelly Pexels Kevin Donnelly 11 June 2022 9:00 AM [Calm down, it’s satire.] There’s no denying the fact I’m a tree. For years I was a victim of gaslighting and draconian conversion therapy imposed by my insensitive and brutal parents, therapists, and counsellors. Luckily, IContinue reading “Flat White“

The Dark Ages for Australian energy Alexandra Marshall Pexels Alexandra Marshall 15 June 2022 When the sun finally sets on the West, the English-speaking peoples will find out that they are as fragile and expendable as the starving third-world children used by aid organisation to pick pockets. Modernity is held together by cheap energy, notContinue reading “Flat White“

Teal zeal The Spectator Australia Getty Images The Spectator Australia 18 June 2022 9:00 AM A tweet doing the rounds this week is surely satire? Apparently not. Writing from Sydney’s oceanside suburb of Manly, the spiritual and political heartland of the Teal independents, the writer says: ‘Many houses on the northern beaches were without powerContinue reading “Leading article Australia“

The Past Through a Distorted Lens 7th June 2022 Comments (12) Walter Waverley I received an email from a neighbour last week that unfortunately failed to indicate his pronouns. However, it did include the following useful information as part of his email signature: ‘Australia – Is, was and always will be Aboriginal land.’ Delighted toContinue reading “Aborigines”

The Cherished ‘Right’ to Torture Evidence 10th June 2022 Comments (5) Anthony Daniels Columnist The claim that the American Constitution ever guaranteed a right to abortion is preposterous, and this is so irrespective of whether you think of such a right as a tremendous advance in human liberty or as a sacrilegious licence to killContinue reading “Astringencies”

HSBC banker suspended for calling climate catastrophisers ‘nut jobs’ Rod Lampard Screenshot from HSBC presentation. Rod Lampard 12 June 2022 4:00 AM HSBC has suspended its head of responsible investment, Stuart Kirk, following a blunt address where he called Climate Change catastrophisers, ‘nut jobs’. Kirk offered a substance-based rebuttal of at least two speeches onContinue reading “Flat White“

Das Spectatorfühlung The Spectator Australia Getty Images The Spectator Australia 11 June 2022 9:00 AM Perhaps there exists one of those multi-syllable German words that roughly translates as ‘the bitter-sweet feeling one experiences when witnessing the startled expression on the faces of those who sneered at you at the time but have now been shownContinue reading “Leading article Australia“