Here’s to a hopefully wokeless New Year
That enchanting background music is the sound of wokeness crashing into reality. It’s the sound of wokeness being smashed to tiny pieces upon jagged rocks.
Opinion
Don’t like Christmas? Don’t have the day off
People who take offence at the word ‘Christmas’ and want it taken out of greetings and council displays should give up their Christmas Day holiday and work right through the festive season instead, writes Joe Hildebrand.
Don’t let culture warriors shred veterans’ reputations
The Australian War Memorial has announced it will host an exhibit that validates mere allegations of war crimes — despite the absence of any trials, let alone convictions, writes Gray Connolly.
The Daily Fail lets hatred off the hook in Bankstown
The Daily Mail mocked and pilloried a woman who confronted shoppers calling for Israel’s destruction, branding her a ‘Zionist Karen’, but it only served to highlight the Mail’s hypocrisy and that of Bankstown mayor Bilal El Hayek, writes Andrew Bolt.
Why Aussies are facing a political pixie at next Federal Election
Australia could be facing more assumptions and mistruths at the upcoming Federal Election, argues Patrick Carlyon.
Seven ways for Jim to slash debt
With Jim Chalmers’ books in terrible shape, it would be fair to say he would be on the hunt for some spare change. Here are some cuts he might as well make immediately.
Here’s to a perfectly imperfect Christmas
Here’s to a messy Christmas – it’s these perfectly imperfect moments you seem to remember more than last year’s colour scheme, writes Karlie Rutherford.
The reality of Christmas: Sometimes it’s messy and that’s okay
This season is a celebration that masks complications and hurts, but there are secrets to navigating a messy Christmas, writes Angela Mollard.
We should thank old King Coal this Christmas
When paying your power bill, keep feeling good and fuzzy about net zero. It’s a moral imperative to shut coal down, writes Vikki Campion.
Next win: Ending the demented climate hoax
Climate activists fear incoming President Donald Trump could chargrill the climate change cash cow. And that’s a good thing, Tim Blair writes.
The PM is little more than a gossamer-weight second-guesser
If Anthony Albanese wants to find out why his poll numbers are nose-diving, he should, among other things, look as his own inaction and evasion when it comes to condemning anti-Jewish terrorism, writes Tim Blair.
How welcome to country became Australia’s worst cultural export
Instead of importing pointless embarrassment, we’re proudly and successfully exporting it. Americans are now participating in Australian-style ‘welcome to country’ ceremonies, writes Tim Blair.
Failed Voice referendum is just first skirmish in a long war
No means no, Albo, so get over it and don’t try to introduce this failed Voice to Parliament through some other means, writes Piers Akerman.
’We are better than this’: Time to stand up for freedom again
While the civilised world stands with Israel, pockets within Australia have shown they stand with terrorists, writes Piers Akerman.
Yes camp’s poisonous attitude will linger
After October 14, Australians must come together as Aussies first, and put their ancestral heritage a distant second, writes Piers Akerman
More Opinion
Inside the battle to push a 100yo roadster up Albanian mountains
Follow Warren Brown and Matthew Benns as they coax their trusty Bean roadster up the perilous peaks of Albania on the way to Greece.
Why driving a top-down sports car in the rain is a bad idea
While driving from Slovenia to Croatia on their epic journey, Warren Brown and Matthew Benns learned why travelling in a top-down sports care isn’t always the best idea.
The hills are alive with the sound of the Bean 14 roadster
Our intrepid travellers drove through the Austrian Alps in their 100-year-old roadster defying rain, fog and freezing winds to arrive in the picturesque Slovenian capital of Ljubljana.
Gentlemen, start your engine – the 24,000km trip of trips has begun
On the first leg of their epic journey, Warren Brown and Matthew Benns are farewelled with ‘warmest good wishes’ by King Charles as they drive their 100-year-old Bean 14 1200km across western Europe to Salzburg in Austria.
King Charles’ message to adventuring Aussies
Two adventurers from The Daily Telegraph have set off on an incredible around-the-world trip, with a message from the King.
Strap yourselves in: Tele recreating iconic 1920s global roadtrip
The Daily Telegraph’s cartoonist Warren Brown and Editor-At-Large Matthew Benns will update readers in real time as they follow the 26,000km London to Melbourne route taken by Aussie adventurer Francis Birtles in 1927.
Why Trump’s friends are his new enemy
The limits of Donald Trump’s landslide have been laid bare in the battle to avoid a government shutdown. Tom Minear says the new president will have to get used to fighting Republicans.
Goers: Infuriating Xmas fact we just have to embrace
It’s an annual guarantee that goes all the way back to the first Christmas, writes Peter Goers.
Playing with fire: When murder is OK to ‘save us’
Instead of being about a catastrophic healthcare system, the murder of a health insurance CEO has become a debate over whether deadly violence is justified for political ends, writes Joe Hildebrand.
‘I was spiralling, overwhelmed’: Aussie mum’s ADHD journey
Rebecca Boyd has revealed how she tackled her neurodivergent journey as a young mum, and shares her tips to coping at stressful times, including the festive season.
Why saying ‘Merry Christmas’ is so shocking
Would you say Merry Christmas to a stranger? With an increasing number of Aussies reporting they’re lonely, perhaps it’s time to look up from your phone and start exchanging pleasantries. It ‘tis the season after all.
Sworn at, spat on, sexually harassed: Enough is enough
Tensions are rising as crowds hit peak levels in the lead-up to Christmas and retail workers are bearing the brunt. Industry leaders are saying the violence has to stop.
Bond: Chalmers thinks we didn’t notice Labor’s tax grab
Real wages have gone up this year but so has the government’s appetite for your money, writes Caleb Bond.
The first steps to get out of our housing hell
The harsh reality of Sydney right now is that it costs more to build a unit in an apartment building than what most people are prepared to pay for the unit, so the Minns government needs to free up more land, writes Stuart Ayres.
‘Customers should take a good hard look at their behaviour’
It is not the fault of retail and fast food workers if a product is not in stock. Check your behaviour and thank them instead of adding to the epidemic of customer abuse, writes Bernie Smith.
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