Why ACMA can’t be trusted to police ‘fake news’
The arrest of a pregnant woman for a Facebook post during lockdown is a small taste of what might happen if the Australian Communications and Media Authority is granted the power to enforce ‘the code’.
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Transition furphies won’t stop our energy woes
Daniel Westerman’s appeal for urgent investment in firming technology suggests the naysayers’ concerns about weather-dependent technology weren’t that stupid after all.
Was Probyn let go from ABC for being male and white?
Lurking behind the equity movement is the dangerous delusion that its goal is to achieve equality of opportunity. Its effect is the reverse, since inclusivity grants privilege to some and excludes others.
Great Leaps never land well, Mr Bowen
A comparison can be drawn between Chris Bowen’s 2030 target and the arrogant folly of Chairman Mao’s attempts to mobilise the Chinese population.
PwC a victim of woke capitalism scam
The embarrassment sweeping PwC is a manifestation of the global crisis in woke capitalism; its claim of higher ethical standards exposed as a sham. No amount of rainbow-washing will remove the stain.
Is cattle the new coal in green-left climate war?
If Labor’s Climate, Clearing and Cows push becomes government policy, graziers and croppers will find themselves in the corner with coalminers facing unreasonable regulation, restricted capital and heavier taxes.
The anti-nuclear lobby is losing power
When activists start veering off on moral tangents it’s a sign they’ve given up arguing the facts. The policy choice at the next election will be between a clean-energy future founded in reality or one infected by wishful thinking.
Anti-nuclear Chris Bowen is a costly waste of energy
The renewable industrial complex and the ideological intransigence of the left, are the biggest obstacles to lifting our nuclear moratorium.
Renewable fairytale is running out of power and cash
Successful countries in the future will be those led by governments that realise the old rules no longer apply. That is to say, governments more worldly and street smart than ours.
Immigration policy is being conducted by stealth
Labor’s judgment on immigration has been skewed by its indebtedness to the union movement and its misunderstanding of what constitutes social justice.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/nick-cater/page/10