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”
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Wong way would have left Israel threatened for years to come
Andrew Bolt The Herald Sun December 29, 2024 Israeli foreign minister has ‘had enough’ of Penny Wong We know now the only loveable Jew is a helpless one, begging their enemies to be allowed to live. Poland has illustrated this new anti-Semitism in the most despicable way. It’s let Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knowContinue reading “Wong way would have left Israel threatened for years to come”
State-sanctioned ‘truth’ is still a danger under the Greens and teals
Tom Switzer and Emilie Dye The Australian December 30, 2024 Australia dodged a bullet this year when the federal government withdrew its contentious legislation to regulate misinformation. The danger, though, is that a re-elected Labor government, in cahoots with the Greens and so-called teal independents, could revive the law in the next parliament. Under theContinue reading “State-sanctioned ‘truth’ is still a danger under the Greens and teals”
We Christians are exiles in a collapsing world
Dr Campbell Campbell-Jack The Conservative Woman December 29, 2024 Christianity was fundamental to the development of the West. It provided the forms of thought without which those institutions defining the West would likely never have emerged. Those institutions such as the rule of law, democracy, capitalism, science, education and the family, are being undermined byContinue reading “We Christians are exiles in a collapsing world”
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?”
Trump to Defund World Health Organization on Day One
Frank Bergman Slay News December 27, 2024 President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to cut U.S. funding for the globalist World Health Organization (WHO) on the first day of his presidency when he’s sworn into power next month. Trump’s transition team hopes to pull the country out of the WHO and defund the United NationsContinue reading “Trump to Defund World Health Organization on Day One”
Tension with the US could rise as opinions differ on freedom of speech
Chris Merritt The Australian December 26, 20224 Communications Minister Michelle Rowland has something in common with Donald Trump: they both claim to be committed to freedom of communication. But when you look at their regulatory approaches, Trump and Rowland have very different ideas about how to balance freedom of communication with the goal of protectingContinue reading “Tension with the US could rise as opinions differ on freedom of speech”
Did you just have a tight Christmas? Blame Labor’s reckless spending spree
Saxon Davidson The Herald Sun December 25, 2024 Like a disappointed parent at Christmas dinner, MYEFO delivered some home truths to Jim Chalmers he has been seeking to avoid during his time as federal Treasurer. With forecast deficits of $143 billion across the forward estimates, and federal government debt set to soar to $1.16 trillionContinue reading “Did you just have a tight Christmas? Blame Labor’s reckless spending spree”
Left still underestimates Trump
Paul Collits Politicom December 22, 2024 There has never been a President-elect like this one. Donald J. Trump is re-writing the rules of the weird two-month transition period between an election and the inauguration. Americans have never seen anything like this. Many are claiming, for the second time in living memory, that it is morningContinue reading “Left still underestimates Trump”
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”
Pressure from Donald Trump ‘led to Hamas concessions on ceasefire’
Staff writers and Agencies AFP The Australian December 19, 2024 Pressure from Donald Trump pushed Hamas to agree to major concessions to expedite a ceasefire, as hopes grow for a truce between Israel and the militant group. The President-elect has threatened that if a deal was not struck to release the Israeli hostages before heContinue reading “Pressure from Donald Trump ‘led to Hamas concessions on ceasefire’”
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”
Joe Biden gets lost in Trump’s shadow
Peggy Noonan WSJ The Australian December 16, 2024 Like Donald Trump or dislike him, hate him or love him, doesn’t matter; you have to see that what we are witnessing now is truly remarkable, with no precedent. He is essentially functioning as the sitting president. In the past, a man was elected and sat inContinue reading “Joe Biden gets lost in Trump’s shadow”
Voters are furious, but don’t bet on change
Alexander Downer The Australian December 15, 2024 The year 2024 has been one of elections. More than 60 countries, containing around half of the world’s population, have been to the polls. The media will tell you it has been a tough time for incumbents. And 2025 also promises to be heavy going for them. We’reContinue reading “Voters are furious, but don’t bet on change”
Regional tourist hotspot Byron Bay ‘at war’ amid spike in anit-Semitism
Jake McCallum The Saturday Telegraph December 14, 2024 Jewish families facing devastating doxxings and appearing on “mass-circulated boycott lists” are learning self-defence or fleeing the communities they call home amid a shocking rise in anti-Semitism in regional Australia. As NSW Police descend on Sydney’s eastern suburbs in a show of force to stamp out targetedContinue reading “Regional tourist hotspot Byron Bay ‘at war’ amid spike in anit-Semitism”
Opening the Overton window
Senator Babet The Spectator Australia December 10, 2024 Liberal leader Peter Dutton is winning in the polls as he continues to take his cues from the United Australia Party. Mr Dutton’s latest election promise – to drop the Aboriginal flag from government press conferences – is something I have been doing and advocating for sinceContinue reading “Opening the Overton window”
Australia can’t wimp out on migration debate
Tony Abbott The Australian December 11, 2024 John Howard was right when he famously declared, in the run-up to the 2001 election: “We shall decide who comes to this country and the circumstances under which they come”. Immigration has such ramifications for the economy, for society and potentially for security too that it has toContinue reading “Australia can’t wimp out on migration debate”
Why Americans fear for Britain
Roger Kimball The Spectator Australia 10 December 2024 As an American Anglophile, I find it difficult not to look upon the news emanating from Great Britain and despair. ‘Terminally ill pensioners could end their lives earlier to spare loved ones six figure tax bills, experts have warned,’ says the Telegraph. A Christian preacher in WestContinue reading “Why Americans fear for Britain”
Guillotine orders: a constitutional aberration?
Gabriël A. Moens AM The Spectator Australia 11 December 2024 It has been widely reported that the Senate, on November 29, ramrodded 32 bills through the Senate without any meaningful debate. Some of the legislation was very contentious, if not controversial. For example, the Senate, with bipartisan support, adopted the under-16 social media ban. CommentatorsContinue reading “Guillotine orders: a constitutional aberration?”
Starmer Comes Clean on Open Borders Experiment
Frank Haviland The New Conservative December 10, 2024 Ladies and gentlemen, we are at a watershed moment in British history. For the first time since its inception under Tony Blair in 1997, a sitting Prime Minister has ‘forgotten’ to lie about the nature of mass immigration. Poised at the Downing Street lectern with the ill-deservedContinue reading “Starmer Comes Clean on Open Borders Experiment”
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