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The world faces its end game as China takes the lead
In this brave new world, whoever controls AI wins. After this week, as Cold War 2.0 took a nasty turn against the West, it appears China is frighteningly close to doing just that.
Populist revolution may yet save elites from themselves
Progressives have, ironically, regressed so far into extremism that it’s at risk of dying.
The gorilla about to devour Labor’s green dream
Donald Trump knows the world runs on fossil fuel. If the US President’s command to ‘drill, baby, drill’ is heeded – and it will be –Australia could find itself out in the cold.
Time to say bye-bye to the wokerati’s bullying tactics
Voters have had enough of being told how to think and how to behave and want to reassert more traditional values and attitudes that served them perfectly well.
For ABC viewers, reality must come as quite a shock
The Auschwitz fail may be the last straw for our toxic, taxpayer-funded broadcaster and its warped anti-journalism.
Rise of local terror demands better from our leaders
The scourge of anti-Semitism in Australia has become a runaway train that now demands a radically escalated counter-terror mindset from federal and state governments, police and spy agencies.
Gender decision a welcome step
Done properly, the federal government-ordered review of treatment guidelines for the care of young people with gender distress is a positive step.
Trump trade war gets off to a bizarre start on drugs
Australia must find way to engage given new US approach to friends.
Hamas barbarity has no limits
There was a renewed display of grotesque inhumanity on Saturday when the barbaric Hamas terrorists released another three hostages.
Last Post: Unis should be last places incubating anti-Semitism
Many in the Jewish community have been major benefactors of our universities and so many top prominent Jewish lawyers have received their degrees at these universities.
‘Decent’ Aussies heeded anti-Semitism warnings, leaders didn’t
The Australian Foreign Minister, Penny Wong, and the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, are among those who did not listen to the warnings on anti-Semitism.
Voters across the world sensibly rejecting politics of division
Countries around the world are hearing the clarion call of national pride and cohesion, allowing them to reclaim their sovereignty through the ballot box.
Feeding the Chooks
Crisafulli’s night of the long knives looms for Labor luvvies
David Crisafulli is preparing to axe Labor luvvies from government boards, while Peter Dutton’s own MPs were kept in the dark on the federal Opposition Leader’s nuclear nuts and bolts.
Albo’s bloke faces battle for Blair
Will Anthony Albanese’s decision to save a Queensland MP from gender quotas come back to bite him, as the LNP prepare to preselect a woman to contest the federal seat? And who is state Labor’s new comrade in chief?
‘White hot rage’ spreads in LNP circles over judicial appointment
LNP politicians have been caught badmouthing their colleague’s speech; ‘white hot rage’ spreads over new Attorney-General Deb Frecklington’s first judicial appointment.
Abortion formally off the table for LNP state council meeting
Internal unease about the LNP’s handling of the thorny issue of abortion during the Queensland election campaign will be kept off the formal agenda at this weekend’s state council meeting. But make no mistake, it’ll be talked about.
This is the silliest trade war, but expect Donald Trump to win it
Canada and Mexico taking on the US on tariffs is a bit like me picking a fight with Mike Tyson. It’s barely possible I might get one punch in, but the result is not remotely in doubt.
Albo and Jim show is sad repeat of Rudd-Swan
Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers are making the same mistakes Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard did – minus the public leadership instability.
Albanese in danger of bombing out from public perception
Through bad management, bad luck or a combination of both, Anthony Albanese’s first term of leadership has been divided into two halves of distraction and failure that have damaged Labor’s achievements.
Incoming CEO Matos flies under radar to meet ANZ team
ANZ’s top brass will have more insight into the plans of the bank’s CEO-elect Nuno Matos, after he held a string of clandestine meetings with them last month.
The monetary policy story isn’t simple for the RBA
There is more to inflation targeting than a blinkered fixation with the monthly inflation numbers and a mechanical policy response.
Why a rate cut won’t stop hip pocket pain
Any cut to interest rates will greatly assist banks, those under mortgage stress and the chances of an ALP election win. But it will make things worse elsewhere.
Don’t worry about perimenopause, says a doctor who’s not gaslighting you
Women are concerned about a decades-long hormonal rollercoaster and doctors are accused of ‘gaslighting’ their patients. Dr Steve Robson tries to make sense of the perimenopause discussion.
Angry Ange digging his own grave
The Australian’s tenure as Spurs has the same stench as his final days as Socceroos manager.
What climate spending really costs the world
Extremist climate campaigners and far-left politicians reveal their true colours when they push for ‘de-growth’ to cut emissions. Making people worse off and reversing gains against extreme poverty would be a tragic mistake.
Five possible solutions to the Gaza problem
Despite everything that has happened since October 7, Hamas remains a powerful institution. Which country would take in this population of two million?
Diversity not on agenda in leftist echo chambers
The fact is there is more genuine political debate on Sky News in Australia and Fox News in the US than there is on the ABC or at the various taxpayer-funded literary festivals in Australia.
Our values give us cause for optimism amid the terror, fear
Despite all the violence and hatred, I am still optimistic about Australia.
On anti-Semitism we were warned but did not listen
An open letter signed by Holocaust survivors in 2023 warning of the dangers posed by the evil spread of anti-Semitic violence in Australia has proved to be prophetic.
Wrong lane for bus driver Bandt
It is fitting that the Greens have seized upon the unfunded budget-wrecking cheap public transport policies of the failed Queensland Labor government as their template for what the federal government should do next.
Grant funding must be stripped
Anti-Israel academic Randa Abdel-Fattah says she “looks for ways to bend rules, and refuse and subvert them”, including those that apply to her $870,000 taxpayer-funded research project.
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