JAWS OF DEATH
A mild prediction from the Age’s Paddy Manning:
The jaws of death are opening wider for Australia, ensuring maximum economic damage when they finally snap shut, crocodile-style.
In the past fortnight we've been overtaken by New Zealand (a limited ETS with carbon priced at $NZ12.50 a tonne) and India (coal levy, as a prelude to a carbon tax, set at 50 rupees a tonne, to fund clean-energy projects).
As author Guy Pearse observed in his recent ''King Coal'' essay for The Monthly magazine, Australia will soon overtake Saudi Arabia as the world's leading carbon exporter.
If America can slash funding to its ABC, why can’t we do it here?
Donald Trump is now preparing to slash some $1.7bn from public media funding. That’s an ABC-and-a-half delightfully subtracted from taxpayer outlay, writes Tim Blair
Welcome to Oz, home to the last of the true blue Greta believers
If you want to know how much political courage Australia has for a fight with China, just consider recent history. Australia previously surrendered to a teenage girl, writes Tim Blair.
Woke choke: Cricket Australia fails the test once again
The dread of causing offence over Australia Day – particularly to some of its more politically correct players – has led the sport to become paralysed with fear, writes Tim Blair.
Sorry Toto, if you want to save the planet, take one for the team
It’s time for Albo to turn Toto over to the authorities, because it turns out that little cavoodle of his is an awful climate criminal, writes Tim Blair.
Blair: Iran plan hits Greens nuts and ALP wimps
It turns out Greens adore uranium if it’s used by the world’s biggest terrorism sponsor to create weapons able to obliterate entire nations, writes Tim Blair.
Blair: How to celebrate the anniversary of Whitlam’s dismissal
Look ahead to a jumpin’ Australia-wide jamboree the likes of which we haven’t enjoyed for decades. Look ahead to the glorious 50th anniversary of Gough Whitlam’s dismissal, writes Tim Blair