Shutting down debate on abortion is a concern for us all

Scott Prasser Jan 16, 2025 The new LNP Queensland Premier, David Crisafulli, successfully moved a motion in parliament that there be “no bill or amendment” and “no motion or amendment” over the term of the government to the Labor inherited liberal Termination of Pregnancy Act 2018 that controls abortion. This means that the Queensland parliamentContinue reading “Shutting down debate on abortion is a concern for us all”

The haters are losing the Australia Day fight, and that’s great news for us as a nation

James Morrow The Herald Sun January 15, 2025 Is it just me or does the annual Australia Day fight feel different this year. Normally this summertime warm-up lap for the coming year’s public debates follows a pretty set pattern. First, one or another council or corporation backs off from the day, saying they don’t wantContinue reading “The haters are losing the Australia Day fight, and that’s great news for us as a nation”

On foreign policy, Penny Wong is letting Australia down

Julian Leeser The Australian January 13, 2025 Every politician brings a style and a set of strengths to the office they hold. Mostly, a political leader’s style is aligned with their principles and values and hopefully their competence and policies. If not – to use the words of the old Labor fixer Graham Richardson –Continue reading “On foreign policy, Penny Wong is letting Australia down”

Labor is bribing people to join a race movement

Andrew Bolt The Herald Sun January 12, 2025 The federal Opposition Leader started the Liberals’ election campaign on Sunday with a vow to have Australians “coming together under one flag”. Pity he said it in Melbourne, which has the country’s biggest collection of three-flag Liberals, but even his wokest candidates must realise voters now hateContinue reading “Labor is bribing people to join a race movement”

Gradually, then suddenly: we need to be ready for geopolitical shocks

Mike Pezzullo The Australian January 10, 2025 Ernest Hemingway wrote in The Sun Also Rises (1926) that bankruptcy occurs gradually and then suddenly. This should be treated as a rule of geopolitical affairs. For centuries, political structures and hierarchies of power that once were thought to be unchanging often suddenly vanished. Demise was gradual butContinue reading “Gradually, then suddenly: we need to be ready for geopolitical shocks”

Peter Dutton hit backs at Anthony Albanese’s diplomacy claims

torpendoSsi7m008mt9m60090c8632lllg61um10u26fhlf7chc0f6al8m09  · Rhiannon Down and Greg Brown The Australian January 9, 2025 Peter Dutton says it is “comical” to think Anthony Albanese can be a better global partner for US president-elect Donald Trump than he would be, pointing to recent Australian votes against Israel in the United Nations and the Prime Minister’s past comments onContinue reading “Peter Dutton hit backs at Anthony Albanese’s diplomacy claims”

Rudd is a grub,’ says Larry Pickering

Date: March 23, 2013Author: Editor, cairnsnews 0 Comments COWARDS, LIARS AND TRAITORSby Larry Pickering Simon Crean was no fan of Rudd’s. He was a fan of stability and forced Rudd to either shit or get off the potty. Rudd is now off the potty.Having known Simon Crean’s Dad, it is doubtful the apple fell farContinue reading “Rudd is a grub,’ says Larry Pickering”

Australia’s system of government has some serious deficiencies

Date: July 11, 2023Author: Editor, cairnsnews 18 Comments Government House Sydney. The NSW state constitution can be altered by politicians Letter to the Editor Australia’s system of Government has some serious deficiencies as evidenced by the events of the last few years and the terrible state of debt and decay in which this country, itsContinue reading “Australia’s system of government has some serious deficiencies”

Iceland has Digital ID and knows everything about everyone, while Australia becomes a hacker’s paradise in November

Date: May 19, 2024Author: Editor, cairnsnews 26 CommentsAustralia just passed its Digital Identity Bill into law. I’m Australian, but live in Iceland : a country that already has an all-encompassing digital ID system. If you’re wondering how Australia’s new system will play out, I’ll tell you here. And also, how Australians who don’t want aContinue reading “Iceland has Digital ID and knows everything about everyone, while Australia becomes a hacker’s paradise in November”

No Labor leader has said how much their plans would actually lower the temperature

Andrew Bolt The Herald Sun January 8, 2025 This federal election looks like becoming the day Australians finally make Labor pay for lying for nearly two decades about the cost of its global warming fantasies. Labor’s lies go back way beyond Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s dishonest press conference on Tuesday, or his broken promise lastContinue reading “No Labor leader has said how much their plans would actually lower the temperature”

Anthony Albanese’s bid to claim Trump card and China ace

Greg Brown The Australian January 8, 2024 Anthony Albanese says he is ­better placed than Peter Dutton to forge a productive relationship with Donald Trump, arguing his close ties with Indo-Pacific leaders would be valuable to the US president-elect in an era of competition between major powers. The Prime Minister signalled he would not changeContinue reading “Anthony Albanese’s bid to claim Trump card and China ace”

Don’t label me more moderate, I back Adam Bandt’s Greens

Bob Brown The Australian January 8, 2025 A series of US presidents, from Lincoln to Roosevelt to Eisen­hower, warned about corporations taking power from the people by buying political influence. Corporate power now rules the world, and the Greens, who are not beholden to the organised rich, have become the new focus of rage forContinue reading “Don’t label me more moderate, I back Adam Bandt’s Greens”

The Albanese government and its agencies spent $453,000 on welcomes in the last two years

Andrew Bolt The Herald Sun January 5, 2025 Now we know for sure what a fraud these welcomes to country are. Stop press: the activists welcoming us to our own country are doing it for the cash. We’re talking about fake welcomes but real money – a race racket now worth millions of dollars. Don’tContinue reading “The Albanese government and its agencies spent $453,000 on welcomes in the last two years”

“No Room Left for Grace”

Written by Dick Roberts The fences have vanished from long ago now, No mountain musters, no sign of a cow. The quart pots not needed up there in the hills, No mountain stockmen, No more old bush skills. The stories, the pictures, the films and the poems, All told a story of a time onceContinue reading ““No Room Left for Grace””

Labor and LNP’s extreme power prices have finished off the golden goose for basket case Australia

Date: January 2, 2025Author: Editor, cairnsnews 14 Comments Letter to the Editor There are so very many vectors of Globalist destruction raining down on us, it’s quite the quandary to choose just one focus. Let’s look at Energy Prices. Here’s an article by Eric Zeusse, distantly related to the famous author of the “Cat InContinue reading “Labor and LNP’s extreme power prices have finished off the golden goose for basket case Australia”

Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard wary Trump could release CIA files about Australia

Date: December 30, 2024Author: Editor, cairnsnews 15 Comments Blackhawk helicopters collide at military training area Townsville 1996, killing 15 SAS soldiers and three from Fifth Aviation Regiment July 14, 2017 Former Australian Liberal Prime Minister John Howard was critical of Donald Trump seven months into his first term of the American presidency in 2017 claimingContinue reading “Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard wary Trump could release CIA files about Australia”

Port Arthur massacre video republished. What really happened in Tasmania on April 28, 1996?

Date: December 28, 2024Author: Editor, cairnsnews 44 Comments Port Arthur, Tasmania the scene of Australia’s first major psychological operation in 1996 A Cairns News production Many people associated with and others not involved at Port Arthur are calling to re-open the Coronial Inquiry that was cut short when the Supreme Court accepted a guilty pleaContinue reading “Port Arthur massacre video republished. What really happened in Tasmania on April 28, 1996?”

Pitt quits with big serve at Littleproud over Nats ‘obedience’ to Peter Dutton’s Liberals

Michael McKenna and Geoff Chambers The Australian December 19, 2024 Federal Nationals MP Keith Pitt is quitting politics, warning that the party under leader David Littleproud was becoming irrelevant to its regional-based constituency by maintaining a commitment to net zero emission targets and turning its back on coal-fired power. The former Morrison government resources ministerContinue reading “Pitt quits with big serve at Littleproud over Nats ‘obedience’ to Peter Dutton’s Liberals”

Aboriginal groups must pay the price for green activism

Andrew Bolt The Herald Sun December 19, 2024 Australians identifying as Aboriginals have used heritage laws to try to stop 30 mining and pipeline projects but just – surprise! – two green energy schemes. Let me put it this way. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act has been used against 30 projectsContinue reading “Aboriginal groups must pay the price for green activism”

Australia Day should be changed to the anniversary of the day Australians voted against the Voice

Andrew Bolt The Herald Sun December 15, 2024 We’ve had two flashing signs in the past week that Australians have had it with dividing us by race, even if Labor still doesn’t get that its game is up. The latest is the decision by the Melbourne Storm NRL club to drop regular Welcome to CountryContinue reading “Australia Day should be changed to the anniversary of the day Australians voted against the Voice”