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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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COMMENTARYPolitics

Magda Szubanski appears on A Current Affair with Tracy Grimshaw.

Christians trigger the tolerati

After Nine’s sympathetic interview, it’s worth remembering Jenny Morrison was not the one who donned blackface in the 1990s.

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COMMENTARYNRL

LEGEND: Tommy Raudonikis is coming to Mackay this weekend.

League great’s death a reminder of a game now gone

No longer are NRL players the faces of what was once called the working class, but gone too is the humility that endeared footballers to supporters.

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 06: Protesters hold their signs during a Black Lives Matter protest on June 06, 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The death of an African-American man, George Floyd, while in the custody of Minneapolis police has sparked protests across the United States, as well as demonstrations of solidarity in many countries around the world. (Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty Images)

Time to acknowledge your whine privilege

The release of a UK report in response to the BLM protests sent an obvious message to race opportunists and cosseted complainers.

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COMMENTARYCommentary

Deputy Director Zhao Lijian of the Chinese Foreign Ministry with some of his propaganda handicwork. Pictures: AFP/Twitter

China ‘wolf warrior’ a propaganda panda

Zhao Lijian is perfectly suited to serving a totalitarian regime: he is able to repeat risible lies with a straight face.

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CommentaryCommentary

Tim Flannery: a profit of doom on climate

The Climate Council ‘expert’ has a history of dire predictions on water availability. The inconsistencies and false predictions have never curtailed his appearances on the chat circuit.

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COMMENTARYCommentary

American poet Amanda Gorman reads a poem during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the US Capitol in Washington DC on January 20, 2021. (Photo by Patrick Semansky / POOL / AFP)

Lost in translation and politics of wokeness

Translating activist and poet Amanda Gorman’s The Hill We Climb a study in making a mountain out of a molehill.

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CommentaryLife

(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 11, 2019 Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (R) and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex leave after attending a Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey in central London. - Britain's royal family on Sunday braced for further revelations from Prince Harry and his American wife, Meghan, as a week of transatlantic claim and counter-claim reaches a climax with the broadcast of their interview with Oprah Winfrey. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP)

Harry bows down to his drama queen

The Duchess well and truly has custody of the Duke’s two most-prized possessions, and we’re not talking about the kids.

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COMMENTARYCommentary

3/2/2021Premier Mark McGowan and Mrs Sarah McGowan in Rockingham after voting.Pic Colin Murty The Australian

Backflip of power-grabbing premier

West Australia leader Mark McGowan’s latest plan to steamroll civil liberties hit a snag when he realised ongoing border closures were unconstitutional.

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COMMENTARYPolitics

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 17: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews speaks to the media on February 17, 2021 in Melbourne, Australia. Victoria's stage 4 lockdown which has been in place for the last 5 days will end at 11:59pm tonight after no additional COVID-19 cases were recorded in the last 24 hours. From midnight, masks will be mandatory indoors and outdoors where social distancing isn't possible, household gatherings will be limited to 5 and outside gatherings are limited to 20. School will resume from Thursday, and weddings and funerals can go ahead subject to capacity and density rules. Hospitality will be able to resume. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)

Andrews trumps Triggs’ award

I thought nothing would surpass Liberty Victoria awarding Gillian Triggs the Voltaire award for freedom of speech in 2017.

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CommentaryCommentary

The woke are our most feared zealots

The tendency to rely on social media to gauge public sentiment simply rewards the outraged, entitled and narcissistic.

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