Peter Ridd was a professor at James Cook University who dared to question claims that the Great Barrier Reef is facing imminent catastrophe from climate change. Eventually he was sacked for not...
In calling the election yesterday, Scott Morrison insisted there was a clear choice between the Coalition and Labor. Sadly, at their core, there is not as much of a difference between the two...
US President Donald Trump’s endorsement of criminal justice reform is a landmark for conservatives. After campaigning as the “law and order candidate”, Trump has been won over by the argument...
The outrage mob is out in force following rugby star Israel Folau’s latest social media comments. The mob wants to more than disagree with Folau’s opinion, as is our right in a free...
Spare a thought for Chris Bowen. It turns out a number he has been quoting for some time is bogus. To be fair there is no reason to doubt that he relied on that number in good faith. Yet he has a...
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg claimed in his budget speech last week that the government had repaired the budget “without increasing taxes.” Unfortunately budget numbers and government rhetoric do not...
If it had spent its 5½ years in government delivering budgets like the one on Tuesday, the Coalition wouldn’t be in the position it’s in. The likelihood is the Coalition will lose next...
On Sunday night in Melbourne an event was held that was supposed to be a discussion/debate between Christina Hoff Sommers and Roxane Gay, two well-known feminist commentators. As it turned out...
What do Bill Shorten and Mike from Married At First Sight have in common? They are both gaslighting the entire nation. Gaslighting is when someone tells you a story so contradictory of known facts...
The famous American author Mark Twain is rumoured to have once said ‘If voting made a difference, they wouldn’t let us do it.’ The year 2016, though, was supposed to be the year where voting did...
American founding father Benjamin Franklin once wrote: “Any society that would give up essential liberty to obtain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.” Since...
EARLY last year a professor of physics at James Cook University was sacked – after a successful career spanning some forty years. Peter Ridd had won many university awards, including the inaugural...
