THE crisis created by what should have been a private family breakdown in the wake of National Party leader Barnaby Joyce’s affair has broadened into all-out civil war. And PM Malcolm Turnbull now needs to stay home to save his government, Piers Akerman writes.
WE ARE are being asked to pay more and do with less to meet the demands of the lunatic Left’s insane anti-coal campaign, which can do no more than make inner-urban residents of electorates in major cities feel good about their imagined green credentials, Piers Akerman writes.
AUSTRALIAN filmmaker James Ricketson has been in a Cambodian prison since his arrest in June on vague allegations he was engaged in spying. So why haven’t PM Malcolm Turnbull or Foreign Minister Julie Bishop done anything about it, Piers Akerman writes.
FRESH from their name-calling foot-stamping denigrate Australia tantrum the social justice warriors are weighing in for a long fight for a new tax. Yes, a tax on sugar, Piers Akerman writes.
THIS week the great majority of Australians, including those who identify as Aboriginal, will celebrate the end of the Stone Age on this continent. A handful of backward progressives will mount a campaign against Australia Day, Piers Akerman writes.
NEXT month marks the 10th anniversary of Kevin Rudd’s teary apology to the so-called Stolen Generation. This year will also see the 10th Closing The Gap report delivered to parliament but judging by last year’s report, don’t hold your breath, Piers Akerman writes.
THE greatest threat to our security is not Islamic State, it’s not African gangs, it’s not even the drug-addled Islamist idiots targeting pedestrians — it’s the failure to ensure our own energy security, Piers Akerman writes.
GOOD riddance, 2017. The braying for equal rights to encompass same-sex marriage saw the concept of religious freedom trashed in the Australian Parliament, Piers Akerman writes.
SANTA’S having a torrid time at the North Pole sorting the good from the bad but Labor Senator Sam Dastyari has made the job easier — he definitely falls into the capital “B” Bad column, Piers Akerman writes.
LABOR’S most damaging prime minister Kevin Rudd still clings to the delusion that ousting John Howard’s government and defeating him in the seat of Bennelong was his greatest triumph, Piers Akerman writes.
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