There are shades of Kristallnacht in Melbourne. Across the country a pogrom of sorts has been underway in this country for more than a year, left to fester and ultimately rupture multiculturalism in the absence of political leadership.
Parents are genuinely overwhelmed by the force and power of social media but rather than impose their own rules, they are much happier leaving it to government.
Watching the white flag presser with Bandt and Chandler-Mather was like peering into a world of Temu sadomasochism. The pained expressions on the two men’s faces looked genuine but the punishment was felt only by those watching.
In the Australia Peter FitzSimons embraces, Australia has voted for the voice, horse racing has assumed the same ethical status as bear baiting and rugby league is now touch footy. Except none of those things happened.
The misinformation bill is a disaster-in-waiting for Labor: a trifecta of poor intentions, bad law and terrible politics.
In what appears to be a wholesale dismissal of human rights, good governance or even the whiff of democratic principles, the last three COP hosting nations have grim track records in each of these categories but have solid claims as money makers.
The polls were wrong again in the US. That’s three presidential elections in a row. One wonders just how many polling companies that contributed to the terabytes of dodgy statistics will be around in 2028.
With the US presidential election on a knife’s edge, anyone expecting to see a winner on the night of the election is in for a rough surprise.
Who knew it could be as easy as getting the Qantas chief executive on the blower to request a speedy transfer from cattle class to seat 1A?
Every now and then, major parties make commitments so laughably false, one is left to wonder if they regard their constituents as mugs, gormless fools and doormats.
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