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Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has visited Cairns to endorse the city as one of Australia's top tourist destinations. It comes a day after the Australian Government offered half priced flights to Cairns from select southern cities and towns. Picture: Brendan Radke

Who made these woke capitalists gods?

One of the most disturbing consequence of capitalism going woke is that influential groups of unaccountable executives have a corrosive impact on public life.

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CHESTERFIELD, ENGLAND - APRIL 14: Nurses, Julie Fletcher prepare to administer the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine to a housebound patient on April 14, 2021 in Chesterfield, England. Responsive workforce specialist nurses for the NHS Derby Community Health Service deliver covid-19 vaccines to housebound patients. (Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images)

The other pandemic stalking the globe — fear

A significant section of the British public has adapted to life under lockdown to the point they have internalised many of its features as part of their new lifestyle.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 26: A woman holds a sign at the Invasion Day rally in the city on January 26, 2021 in Melbourne, Australia. Australia Day, formerly known as Foundation Day, is the official national day of Australia and is celebrated annually on January 26 to commemorate the arrival of the First Fleet to Sydney in 1788. Indigenous Australians refer to the day as 'Invasion Day' and there is growing support to change the date to one which can be celebrated by all Australians. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)

Left contaminates our past to criminalise the present

Except on COVID-19, Western society has become estranged from conventional boundaries. But when it comes to distorting history, it’s time to draw a line.

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Ruth Gary and her children Richelle, 7, and Jeff, 11, march from the Gateway Arch back to Kiener Plaza during a rally against police brutality, Sunday, June 14, 2020, in St. Louis. People marched to the Arch for a moment of silence before returning to the plaza to hear speakers. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

Violence of intolerance is damaging our children

Guilt-tripping woke moralists prey on the young and frighten them into falling in line.

Students and academics of the University of Guadalajara, manufacture face shields according the requirements of the World Health Organization (WHO), to be donated to the health sector personnel caring COVID-19 patients, in Guadalajara, Mexico, on May 14, 2020. - The masks were initially produced by 3D printing, but the high demand led them to opt for an industrial scale production using a laser cutter and a plastic injection machine. (Photo by ULISES RUIZ / AFP)

WHO’s flawed vision is all about the big picture

Wasteful, sclerotic and riven by shady political manoeuvring, the World Health Organisation is in a class of its own. No wonder it isn’t keen on a COVID inquiry.

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Pandemics teach us lesson in humanity

History proves our ability to rise from the ashes of turmoil.

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Gender gap idea and sex inequality concept as male and female sign shaped into stone cliff of different size as a metaphor of social issue distinct importance and discrimination in business. Transgender. Istock

Make yourself up as you go

A modern child can be black, Chinese, male, female … or just confused, like the rest of us.

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Climate change activists gather in Edmonton for a march and rally with Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg at the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton, Alberta, on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. (Dave Chidley/The Canadian Press via AP)

When the going gets tough, adults give up

The flip side of Western society’s growing depreciation of adulthood is its adulation of the supposed wisdom of children.

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Eric Lobbecke OPED cartoon for 26-09-19 Version: Ozoped Artwork (1024x768 - Aspect ratio preserved, Canvas added) COPYRIGHT: The Australian's artists each have different copyright agreements in place regarding re-use of their work in other publications. Please seek advice from the artists themselves or the Managing Editor of The Australian regarding re-use.

Kids add thrust to ‘catastrophe’

‘Eco-anxiety’ has become the latest fashionable malaise. Apparently it is afflicting many children as young as four.

Eric Lobbecke Inquirer cartoon for 25-03-17 COPYRIGHT: The Australian's artists each have different copyright agreements in place regarding re-use of their work in other publications. Please seek advice from the artists themselves or the Managing Editor of The Australian regarding re-use.

Defeat hate speech with ideas

Laws such as 18C nourish a culture of complaint and can serve only to undermine democracy.

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