Commonwealth Games hypocrisy exposed … Rescue alert for English royals … Anti-China lobby erupts … Australia’s new commander-in-chief is a Liberal tool … Why public libraries desperately need a hand … Farewell to Bob Walshe, a good bloke … Judge criticises “selfie” obsessives Commonwealth Games hypocrisy exposed Let’s face it, this month’s Commonwealth Games on…
Alarming signs that world warmongers are on heat again What country is the West going to invade or bomb this week? The war fever has become so intense it could be any of half a dozen countries. Since the start of the year seven possible targets that have been suggested by Western “sources” and nightmarish commentators…
It’s Putin and the Russkies wot done it! Really? Those of us diligently following the poisoning of Colonel Sergei Skripal, the Russian double agent, are terribly confused: everything keeps changing in the British narrative except one thing – Russian President Vladimir Putin definitely did it. Promoting the Brit storyline has become the first priority of No…
How the legal profession is being trashed Growing up in North Queensland, high on our list of Most Revered Citizens were solicitors. The legal practitioners were known far and wide as men (there were very few women in the profession in the 1950s and 60s) of conservative habits but irreproachable integrity, honesty and wisdom. Making…
Why I can’t possibly vote for Bill Shorten As Australians draw nearer to a general election – it must held before May next year but can be called any time sooner – I am frequently asked whether I will be voting Labor. The answer is “No”. ALP leader Bill Shorten is congenitally weak-kneed; if ever…
Tea Party embedded in Trump’s White House With the promotion of Mike Pompeo to the position of US Secretary of State, the lunatic fringe of the Republican Party, the Tea Party, is now embedded in the White House. If you thought US President Donald Trump was “off the wall”, then let me introduce you to…
“Self-help” books for public servants – gimme a break! Not a day seems to pass when my blood isn’t boiling and my heart rate isn’t soaring to stratospheric levels. This week I’m mad as hell, to coin a phrase from a popular TV show, about the NSW Government’s decision to spend about $600,000 to buy…
USA: the implosion of a global super power For many years it was widely accepted in progressive circles that we all belonged to “one race, the human race”. That, of course, is an undisputed biological fact. Problems arose, however, when people began to deny the existence of national differences within the human race. This is an…
New US ambassador is Pacific fleet admiral Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was so excited by the appointment of an American Ambassador to Canberra following a frigid 16-month delay that he tweeted: “Great to see Admiral Harry Harris nominated by Donald Trump as US Ambassador to Australia. Look forward to seeing you in Canberra, Harry!” This…
Gutless ABC abandons the first duty of journalism The ABC began the week with a brilliant “scoop” of getting its hands on a truckload of secret documents chucked out by the Prime Minister’s and Cabinet Department in Canberra. The ABC gave its audience just ONE story – that the Abbott Government and former immigration minister…
