Pubs get reality check on national day stance
Here is an important lesson for businesses: don’t get involved in woke political causes or try to denigrate our national day because your customers will desert you.
Letters
Biden’s pardon opens door for Trump, hits back at Democrat foes
President Joe Biden has just given Donald Trump carte blanche to issue a pardon to whoever he considers deserves one, probably including many January 6, 2021 rioters.
Chalmers has squandered his luck and our money
It is indubitable that the nation and its people are now far worse off than they were in May 2022 when the Albanese government was elected.
Australia should support reforms to make the ICC fairer and more impartial
Australia should stand with its ally, the United States, in refusing to enforce the International Criminal Court arrest warrants for Israeli leaders Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant.
Jim Chalmers should learn from Warren Buffett
‘Don’t save what is left after spending; spend what is left after saving.’
No place for rational thought in Bowen’s energy nirvana
Energy Minister Chris Bowen’s transition plans for Australia’s energy future is not just the inherent unreliability of the wind, but also the unresolved problems of the associated transmission and storage infrastructure that must accompany it.
Police inaction and weasel words allow anti-Semitism to fester
If we are to stem the tide of anti-Semitism, we need firmer police action, the prohibition of the street marches shutting down our CBDs and the prosecution of the hate speech sermons.
A shortage of wise men
Over the years, advent has been fading away while the silly season is thriving. The problem is compounded by a shortage of wise men.
Searing heat of the sun scorching the nation’s energy policies
Given that two of the largest emitters, China and India, along with the US, do not accept the pressure to achieve net zero, the likelihood of reaching global net zero by 2050 is close to zero.
Greens deal ominous signal of the dangers of a minority government
The last week of this year in parliament signalled that a possible Labor-Greens minority government in 2025 would be a retrograde step and soon have the nation in decline in real terms.
Last Post: Government must take the blame for power disruption
Last Post: Government must take the blame for power disruption
It’s time we cut ties with ICC and support Jewish Australians
Among the first actions Peter Dutton should carry out if elected to government must be a formal withdrawal of support for the two UN resolutions shamefully supported by Australia a fortnight ago.
Energy crisis underscores insanity of Bowen’s agenda
Welcome to the world of Chris Bowen’s renewables superpower fantasy, where Sydneysiders are asked to switch off electrical appliances between 3pm and 8pm, exactly when they are most needed.
Welcome, Sir Humphrey Appleby
Was Chris Bowen a script writer for Yes Minister in a past life? I ask only because he appears to be channelling Sir Humphrey Appleby in blaming the current power crisis in NSW on a lack of coal.
Government runs risk of nation being seen as anti-Semitic
Are we now banning people from coming to Australia for being conservative? The government is sending a strong message to anti-Israel agitators: “We hear you, keep going.”
Last Post: It’s a bit rich for China to prescribe our foreign policy
China has been suggesting that when faced with Trump’s policy of tariffs, Australia can rely on the newly forged ties with the Xi Jinping government, despite the recent trade bans it imposed.
China has prepared us for the economic cost of looming trade war
China has shown that it is perfectly happy to use trade as a weapon of foreign policy, as it has recently done to us. And it routinely subsidises its own exports.
Game of handouts won’t be enough to save the economy
The socialist-leaning Labor government of big spending, big ideology-based ideas devoid of proper due diligence, and a glorification of the trade union movement has failed.
Last Post: Medicine for the nation from Dr Chalmers isn’t working
The Treasurer has the economic gearstick jammed in reverse. He needs to flick it into neutral and then forward.
Social media policing at risk of becoming Chinese-style control
The government is trying to control every aspect of our lives, thoughts and actions. The social media law will be a backdoor introduction of a digital ID for everyone, including adults.
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