We need soldiers to enforce lockdown
No wonder the Army has been called in to Sydney, we’ve been fed fear filtered by opportunists, Piers Akerman writes.
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Australia should help our Afghan friends
If we value our integrity, we have no choice but to help our Afghan friends, Piers Akerman writes.
Our rights are under lockdown
Cancel culture now appears to apply to our democratic rights in some Labor states, writes Piers Akerman.
When issues of race fall victim to wokeness
The political battle to statutorily install a body advocating for any particular group of Australians based on race is morally repugnant, writes Piers Akerman.
Covid shows our political ‘leaders’ are not fit for the job
The lack of leadership from both federal and state politicians reflects the lack of real world experience among our politicians, writes Piers Akerman.
Why no news is good news for China
Beijing has savagely murdered a media outlet whose crime was to stand up for democracy and human rights.
Dark Emu debate proves ABC deserves scrutiny
Bruce Pasoe’s best-selling book Dark Emu – which was heavily promoted by the ABC – has been criticised by experts for inaccurately claiming that Aboriginals were farmers.
Sport unites us so why are we segregating teams?
If sport brings people together, why are some now using sport to separate people along racial lines?
Menzies would not recognise today’s Liberal party
Legendary Liberal PM Robert Menzies would not recognise the party today, and claims to his legacy from its modern leaders are nonsense, writes Piers Akerman.
Why are emotional teens forming our policies?
The Morrison government must challenge the pseudoscientific opinion touted in a recent Federal Court case, or policy will be driven by uninformed and emotion-driven teenagers.
Real peace requires a truth-telling liberals abhor
Fundamental philosophical reform must occur before lasting peace can be achieved in the Middle East, writes Piers Akerman.
Labor needs a miracle at the next election
With an ineffective federal leader and an invisible state one, the Labor Party must replicate Scott Morrison’s miracle win of 2019 if it hopes to gain government, writes Piers Akerman.
Look for another way out if China won’t accept Darwin Port deal
Sabres are rattling over the Shandong Landbridge Group’s 99-year lease on the commercial port in a deal. What’s happened to cool-headed diplomacy? Piers Akerman asks.
Peak stupidity as leaders lectured by teenagers
Xiye Bastida, a 19-year-old Mexican, has joined veteran school avoider Greta Thunberg as a teenager who puts forth their views on climate change with no knowledge to back it up.
Lest we forget why they sacrificed their lives
The acronym ANZAC once symbolised a kinship with New Zealand — until Jacinda Ardern put her economic relationship with Communist China first, writes Piers Akerman.
Giants being replaced by whining snowflakes
As we remember Prince Philip, Carla Zampatti, Tommy Raudonikis and Andrew Peacock, there is a noteworthy link which ties them — none of them were snowflakes.
We need to go back to wisdom of the Middle Ages
On the same day as our national health officials were readjusting their vaccine delivery guidelines, another set of scientists announced a major rethink about the global climate, writes Piers Akerman.
Turnbull’s new job will cost Gladys dearly
The worst former living Liberal PM Malcolm Turnbull has been appointed a plum job overseeing a touchy-feely climate change panel. He doesn’t deserve it, Piers Akerman writes.
Women should be selected for politics on their own merits
Scott Morrison’s brain snap about the possible introduction of quotas to produce more women in the Liberal ranks flies in the face of the party’s most rudimentary principles, Piers Akerman.
Poem which debunked climate change 100 years ago
The ABC and its leftist allies like to say weather extremes are recent phenomena, but a legendary Australian poem written in 1908 shows different, writes Piers Akerman.
Cormann critics are missing the point
Mathias Cormann’s rise within his chosen country and now globally should be a reminder of the opportunities our nation offers those with will, skill and determination, Piers Akerman writes.
Woke too eager to adopt customs of lynch mob
The presumption of innocence goes out the window once they start baying and unfortunately the woke are all too eager to adopt the customs of the lynch mob.
Why the gender-fluidity woke folk are horses arses
A horse is a horse and its biological gender is what’s critical, not what the nag identifies as. Why are humans any different, asks Piers Akerman.
Victoria going downhill under Dan’s leadership
It’s not just Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews’ response to COVID-19 that is to blame for the state’s woes, but the whole culture of dictatorial leadership that has corroded the once-proud state, Piers Akerman writes.
In ABC land, only Lefty voices can be heard
That the ABC is endemically biased is so obvious that no one except the Greens doubts the fact, writes Piers Akerman
Cop thrown to social media mob was following procedure
We don’t want the appalling rate of domestic violence to continue but we must not succumb to the pressure of the cyber-lynch mob and destroy the foundation of our legal system, writes Piers Akerman.
‘China has learnt nothing from the SARS epidemic’
The coronavirus has exposed China for the totalitarian monster it is and has brought down the reputation of the World Health Organisation, especially following the death of virus whistleblower, Dr Li Wenliang, Piers Akerman writes.
Loud leftists are making too much noise
“loud” Australians are shouting that the “quiet” Aussies are disenchanted with Scott Morrison’s prime ministership. But “quiet” Aussies live with the fact that this nation is a democracy, Piers Akerman writes.
‘I’ve fought fires and I know the problem is backburning’
In my experience, both as a member of the NSW Rural Fire Service and as an Australian, I know that only fools ignore the lessons of the past, Piers Akerman writes.
Less hysteria, more science when it comes to bushfires
The much-maligned Murdoch media ritually slammed by green-left ecoactivists is offering intelligent and diverse views on the nature of bushfires, Piers Akerman writes, saying “woke” Australian media only want to point to climate change as the sole cause of bushfires.
Green smoke and mirrors
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is being lambasted for not doing enough about the raging bushfires by the usual suspects who claim they are due to climate change as they call for yet another meaningless politicians’ talkfest, writes Piers Akerman.
Let 2020 be the year the world learns to face facts
Most Australians aren’t racist, misogynistic, transphobic, Islamophobic members of alt-Right gun clubs, but that would not be apparent to followers of the ABC. Cats aren’t dogs and men, really, truly, cannot give birth, Piers Akerman writes.
‘Bushfires should not be a subject for politicking’
The deaths of two RFS firefighters is a devastating loss but the bushfires incinerating Australia should not be used by politicians to take a swipe at each other, Piers Akerman writes, after the opposition took aim at PM Scott Morrison for being on holidays.
Australia’s national security needs to be addressed
Liberal MP Andrew Hastie has recently drawn attention to threats posed by the world’s two most powerful totalitarian regimes, China and Russia. It’s clear that Australia must urgently redefine its approach to national security, Piers Akerman writes.
Jeremy Corbyn, the Grinch that saved Christmas
The uncertainty that dogged Britain since David Cameron first proposed a referendum on Brexit, which increased as his successor Theresa May dithered and prevaricated and continued right up until Thursday’s poll, has evaporated, writes Piers Akerman.
Greenies will take us back into a new Dark Age
Tesla’s Elon Musk provided the first big battery and the taxpayers gave him a handsome profit. Supporters of the project love it but anyone following the detail can immediately see that it can never be anything but a stopgap measure, Piers Akerman writes.
Lefties’ wishful thinking makes Santa Claus seem believable
Perhaps the ultimate believers in wishy thinking are the staff at the ABC and Nine (formerly Fairfax). In their minds, it is also beyond doubt that anyone who wishes to live a better life must be able to enter Australia and be showered with every benefit the taxpayers would provide, Piers Akerman writes.
ALP was nobbled by Shorten’s arrogance
The reasons for the ALP’s loss at this year’s federal election were clear, writes Piers Akerman: polices bound to a tried, discredited and failed ideology — and a leader voters didn’t trust.
Reducing Australia to special interest tribes serves no one
Having rid the nation of laws which defined people by race, there’s now a crowd that wants to reintroduce them and the handing over of the title of Uluru, the big lump known to most Australians as Ayers Rock, is just a hint of what will happen in the future, writes Piers Akerman.
Where’s the promised change from those ‘bastard’ banks?
In regional Australia, banks were once part of the backbone of the small communities but no longer. Now, the actions of one small bank could collapse the rural property market, writes Piers Akerman
You want diversity? How about diversity of opinion?
Extinction Rebellion’s week of protests around the globe is just the latest example of hard-Left brainwashing that calls for diversity … but decries anyone who may have a differing opinion, writes Piers Akerman.
PM right to reject global agenda set to destroy Aussie values
Scott Morrison made it clear that Canberra’s observance of the UN sweeping diktats is over. But whether the Canberra bureaucracy can shake off its internationalist mindset and adjust to the new doctrine is another thing, Piers Akerman writes.
Stokes’ pandering to greenies kick in guts for struggling towns
Planning Minister Rob Stokes should be called to account for overseeing the laws which permitted the IPC to skittle a new mine and kill 1100 desperately needed jobs, writes Piers Akerman.
Young climate strikers should heed the lesson of 1212
While they may, in their self-absorbed delusional fashion have believed they were the first young people to stage a rally, in 1212 there was a crusade equally lunatic in ambition as the Climate Strike day, writes Piers Akerman.
Politicians telling porkies make pigs of themselves
Politicians from both sides of the divide are implicated in the grubbiest of corruption allegations. George Orwell’s classic Animal Farm has never felt more relevant, writes Piers Akerman.
Remember when Tamil Tigers were world leaders in suicide terrorism?
The parents of the Tamil family seeking to stay in Australia claim they cannot return to Sri Lanka due to a reported association with the Tamil Tigers. Those rallying to support the family should remember exactly what that terrorist organisation has done, writes Piers Akerman.
We could power our country on a bonfire of vanities
Greta Thunberg’s Atlantic yacht crossing, the purchase of licence plate NOO O1L for a Tesla and Northern Beaches Council’s vote to declare a climate emergency are all entertaining but each is of utter irrelevance to the planet, Piers Akerman writes.
Parallels between Pell and Chamberlain injustice
Australians know courts are not always right in the light of the injustice done to Lindy Chamberlain, wrongfully convicted of her baby’s death. It would be a travesty of the worst kind should George Pell die in custody before his case is thoroughly reviewed by the highest court in the land, Piers Akerman writes.
Gladys has lost sight of humanity in abortion debate
The debate over the rushed abortion legislation would indicate NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is either extremely ill-advised or has lost touch with her base. She’s certainly lost sight of integrity, humility and humanity, Piers Akerman writes.
‘China has already declared war on the West’
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Australia cannot be passive in the face of China’s expansion in the Indo-Pacific region. Next month Prime Minister Scott Morrison will be greeted in Washington with the same message, Piers Akerman writes.
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