The soft sentence for a teenage menace who killed a happy couple and their unborn child while out walking their dog highlights an Australia-wide problem. They should be throwing away the key, writes Peter Gleeson.
Like lemmings, teal-voting female and young voters believed changing the government would change the narrative, writes Peter Gleeson.
With the world economy in turmoil, Anthony Albanese is without doubt the worst possible choice to lead Australia at this time, Piers Akerman writes.
Members of the media pack travelling with Anthony Albanese have revealed he has a less-than-impressive side of his new character off-camera, which Piers Akerman says he can attest to.
Malcolm Turnbull has proved again why he was a hapless Liberal leader and prime minister with his backing of the teal independents against the moderates of his former party.
Experience matters in government, writes Piers Akerman, and when it comes to Labor v the Coalition, there is a resounding winner.
Katherine Deves’ anti-trans views becoming a major election issue shows how so-called climate independents and the left are anxious to avoid discussing real concerns, writes Piers Akerman.
Like an overwhelmed short-order cook, Albanese has demonstrated not only is he clueless around the political kitchen, he can’t even read the recipes placed in his hands by his minders.
It is clear is that there is not the same level of enthusiasm for Anthony Albanese as there was for Kevin Rudd in 2007, writes Piers Akerman.
A clear majority of Australians under 35 would flee the country than stay and defend it in the face of a foreign aggressor. I only wish they would leave now, writes Piers Akerman.
So-called climate change activism is morphing Australia’s children and Millennials into an ill-informed and unintelligent group, Piers Akerman writes.
Senator Kimberley Kitching left a trove of material which appeared to reveal a cover-up of a putrid culture within the party, Piers Akerman writes.
Labor Senator Kimberley Kitching will be remembered as a courageous foreign policy fighter who was not afraid to call out the world’s most powerful countries, Piers Akerman writes.
The European Union has so far done little more than offer refuge to a million or so civilians who have fled the Russian bombardment, Piers Akerman writes.
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s claim to be uniting the Russian people is just another of his lies. Western powers must stop his murderous march on Ukraine, Piers Akerman writes.
Pulling the plug on the Eraring plant — one of the state’s largest electricity sources — is the latest damaging folly from woke virtue-signalling politician Matt Kean, Piers Akerman writes.
The prospect of choosing between Labor and the Coalition at the federal election seems daunting at first glance. It shouldn’t be, Piers Akerman writes.
Despite their demand of the Prime Minister, it’s the national broadcaster who seem to find ‘sorry’ the hardest word to say, writes Piers Akerman.
While Israel Folau was hammered for his Christian views on homosexuality, Muslim AFL star Haneen Zreika has been given a free pass, Piers Akerman writes.
Premier Mark McGowan’s Soviet-style response to Covid is simply delaying the inevitable, all the while keeping families apart, writes Piers Akerman.
The chair of the Australian Republic Movement has found a ludicrous new way to make our current bureaucratic nightmare worse, writes Piers Akerman.
Sydney Festival-goers won’t be missing much from the small group of ignorant performers who withdrew over Israeli sponsorship, writes Piers Akerman.
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We haven’t been guided by science during the pandemic but we’ve been ruled by pseudoscience and political deception, Piers Akerman writes.
We weren’t all in this together because of petty politicians and the lack of expertise displayed by our so-called health experts, writes Piers Akerman.
Craig Kelly’s confrontation with the ambitious Tanya Plibersek was dramatic but Prime Minister Scott Morrison should never have castigated him over it, writes Piers Akerman.
The Labor Party doesn’t represent the people anymore. It represents Labor hacks who owe their loyalty to Labor factions, Piers Akerman writes.
Defence has dumped the useless ARH Tiger helicopters in favour of better ones. Why aren’t they doing the same with their hopeless sinking submarine contract, writes Piers Akerman.
Trump has accepted some blame for the mob that invaded the Capitol this week, but the seeds of dissent were planted four years ago, writes Piers Akerman.
It is going to take a lot more than a single word change in the national anthem to unite Australians, writes Piers Akerman.
Looking to 2021, we must be extremely wary of those who seek to manipulate the tragedies of the past year and incorporate them in a new self-serving and woke narrative, Piers Akerman writes.
Cardinal George Pell’s prison diary may not sound like an uplifting read, but its narrative reveals a man who has grown, transcended even, through his trials.
Those who claim first drug offenders should be let off with a caution because they are just experimenting ignore the tragic reality that a first dose can be just as lethal as a second or a 30th, Piers Akerman writes.
More Australians are seeing the Chinese Communist Party for what it is. That’s surely worth celebrating with a bottle of Aussie wine, Piers Akerman writes.
The diplomatic effort taken into securing the release of Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert from an Iranian jail may have a permanent toll on other trapped Westerners, Piers Akerman writes.
It’s easy to sit in judgment on Australian soldiers accused of war crimes if you’ve never had to put your life on the line in battle, writes Piers Akerman.
The gulf between true political leadership and mediocrity has been exposed by the COVID-19 crisis and the report card is not pretty. It’s time for a referendum to hand greater power to the Commonwealth, writes Peter Gleeson.
A media diversity inquiry might have some value if it focused on the ABC, which has assumed the role as the broadcast arm of the Green-Left from its urban headquarters, writes Piers Akerman.
After years of relentless attacks by the media for supposed racism, xenophobia, homophobia and sexism, the support for Trump again has belied the assault, writes Piers Akerman.
The US electorate is not universally enamoured of Democratic candidates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. But for consumers of “our ABC”, you would never know, writes Piers Akerman.
The inquiry into Victoria’s lethal hotel quarantine scheme has been lacklustre at best, writes Piers Akerman, and citizens of that state need to ask if they are getting either the truth or their money’s worth.
Gladys Berejiklian, knowing her secret partner Daryl Maguire had been found to have breached the parliamentary code of conduct didn’t break off their affair until a matter of weeks ago — but love is no defence against impropriety, Piers Akerman writes.
The real catastrophe from the COVID-19 global pandemic has been the mishandling by so-called experts who advised political leaders and provided a convenient cover for economic missteps that will take generations to recover from, Piers Akerman writes.
The pandemic has exposed the failures of Labor governments in Queensland and Victoria — both have showed a wilful lack of understanding of their responsibilities, writes Piers Akerman.
The resignation of Victoria’s Health Minister Mikakos yesterday is not enough. The factional and familial alliances behind Victorian Labor deserve prosecution for their incompetence, writes Piers Akerman.
Under the so-called COVID-Normal, we have seen Victorian police, dressed in similar garb to the helmeted stormtroopers, smashing bathers-wearing beach goers in Melbourne. The sooner the nation calls out these destructive forces and non-COVID normality returns, the better, Piers Akerman writes.
Labor premiers Annastacia Palaszczuk’s and Daniel Andrews’ wilful actions in response to the coronavirus over the past few days clearly demonstrate that they should not hold any office in Australia, writes Piers Akerman.
The Andrews government’s widely criticised handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has made headlines for weeks. Now the Lawyer X scandal has uncovered serious questions about Victoria Police. We simply cannot wait for the 2022 elections to kick out the Victorian government, writes Piers Akerman.
For more than 200 years, Sydney has been blessed with a living harbour — home to a naval and merchant marine, a fishing fleet, a recreational fleet, and flotillas of ferries. It is far too important to be destroyed by NIMBYs, writes Piers Akerman.
Western nations are consumed with trying to defeat the coronavirus, but are all but ignoring the real infection now working its way around the planet — the menace posed by the Chinese Communist Party, writes Piers Akerman.
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