The Mocker

The Mocker amuses himself by calling out poseurs, sneering social commentators, and po-faced officials. He is deeply suspicious of those who seek increased regulation of speech and behaviour. Believing that journalism is dominated by idealists and activists, he likes to provide a realist’s perspective of politics and current affairs.

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SHARJAH, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - OCTOBER 30: Quinton De Kock of South Africa takes the knee ahead of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup match between South Africa and Sri Lanka at Sharjah Cricket Stadium on October 30, 2021 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Alex Davidson/Getty Images)

Zealots cry racism as knee-jerk reactions snuff out dissent

Quinton de Kock’s humiliation is an example of what can happen when you exercise independent thought.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 26: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews looks on during the daily press conference on October 26, 2021 in Melbourne, Australia. Victoria has recorded 1510 new COVID-19 cases and four deaths in the last 24 hours. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)

Andrews revels in pandemic powers

Unlawfully-imposed curfews, overbearing policing, the record for the longest cumulative lockdown … and now Dan wants more.

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SUNDAY TELEGRAPH - 20/11/19Father Rod Bower of Gosford Anglican church pictured this afternoon. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

Lockdown zealots’ blind faith in pandemic premiers

Father Rod Bower — part of a Covid cohort of lockdown dogmatists — took aim at NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet with a grim prediction about Freedom Day. And so it did not come to pass …

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 11: Premier Dominic Perrottet (R) and Deputy Premier Pail Toole drink a beer before holding a media conference at WatsonÃ¢â¬â¢s Pub in Moore Park on October 11, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. COVID-19 restrictions have eased across NSW today after the state passed its 70 per cent double vaccination target. Under the state government's Reopening NSW Roadmap, people who are fully vaccinated are permitted to have 10 visitors in their homes, and outdoor gatherings can have up to 20 people. Hospitality, retail stores, gyms and hairdressers can reopen, as well as cinemas, theatres, museums and galleries. Indoor pools are also able to reopen and up to 500 people can attend ticketed outdoor events. Weddings and funerals are permitted to have up to 100 people provided all adults have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. Churches and places of worship can open with no singing. Restrictions will ease further in NSW once the state reaches its next vaccination milestone of 80 per cent of people having received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo by Brook Mitchell/Getty Images)

Hysterical left fluff their attack lines

Dominic Perrottet went from arch-papist to irresponsible boozer in a week; Meanwhile, we’re no closer to any national definition of freedom.

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Jessica Rowe, right, has bowed to social media critics who pilloried her for hosting a podcast with Pauline Hanson, left. Pictures: News Corp/Supplied

Mob rules in ‘tolerant’ discourse

The public intimidation of Jessica Rowe was a brutal lesson in ‘progressive’ power; Artful deflector Ardern has come back to earth with a thud.

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Victorian State Secretary of CFMEU John Setka attempts to talk to construction workers who are against compulsory covid vaccinations. It turned to violence at the door of the CFMEU office in Elizabeth street. Monday, September 20, 2021. Picture: David Crosling

Setka and Caro: out of bounds but, sadly, not out of sight

John Setka lamented a union protest being ‘hijacked’ by thugs, while Jane Caro publicly flayed an AFL game she didn’t ‘give a toss’ about.

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French president Emmanuel Macron (main picture), New Zealand PM Jancinda Ardern (top left) and Zhao Lijian are unsurprising critics of the nuclear submarines decision. Pictures: AFP

Vindication from those who went nuclear over subs deal

Proof that the new AUKUS deal is a good move can be found in the irrational outbursts of those who oppose it.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH 30, 2021: Senator Kristina Keneally is in Sydney today and will doorstop following session two of the ALP Special Platform Conference in Sydney, Australia. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

Keneally sailed in from an isle and foisted on Fowler

Like many immigrants, Kristina Keneally comes from a very dangerous and strife-torn place … the NSW Labor’s right faction.

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Annastacia Palaszczuk and her dog Winton, left, Mark McGowan, main picture, and the e-card the Labor Party urged WA residents to send to their Premier for Father's Day. Pictures: News Corp/News Corp/Supplied

Border wars and Covid histrionics gone to the dogs

Mark McGowan and Annastacia Palaszczuk will stop at nothing to protect their states from a Covid-affected fate … don’t you worry about that.

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Climate Council Chief Councillor Professor Tim Flannery, is seen after speaking to media on the release of the Climate Council's report titled, Australia's Electricty Sector: Ageing, Inefficient and Unprepared, in Sydney, Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Professor Flannery says the report finds that our coal-fired power stations old, inefficient and some of the highest polluting power stations in the world. (AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts) NO ARCHIVING

When Covid-19 and climate collide

The pandemic has taught us that ‘the science is settled’ is nonsense. Tim Flannery says it’s a model for climate response. Surely that applies to climate ‘experts’.

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