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The High Court and the carbon dioxide hoax
On October 7, 2026, the Australian High Court rendered a judgment that places another roadblock in the tortuous approvals path required to ensure the future of the Mt Pleasant coal mine in New South Wales.
What ‘Climate Justice’ Really Means
A Pacific tiny nation eyeing windfall 'climate reparations' and some litigious Dutch ladies have a greater say over Australia's climate policy than Albanese & Co Apr 28 2026 10 mins "I venture to list my favourite films across various genres, acknowledging that both the categories and my selections are highly contestable" Apr 28 2026 24 mins It is only recently that Aboriginality became chic. Don't fancy indigeneity?
Did we learn anything from the first global warming debate?
One of the enduring and acrimonious controversies in Australian politics concerns the disagreements between those who believe obstinately in the proposition that ‘global warming’ is caused by anthropogenic activity, and those who, lamenting the ideological basis of such a proposition, have scientifically disproven a link between human activity and rising global surface temperature anomalies.
The Green Road to Ruin
We have become hostage to the climateers' pseudo science and now, with the PM's eager blessing, national prosperity is at risk Sep 22 2025 11 mins While tattooing is often called 'body art', reality suggests be recognised as body kitsch Sep 22 2025 7 mins 'Dear reader,' the typo-prone publication's begging email begins, 'we’re funded by just 2.4% of our readers.' It seems even lefties can grasp the value of nothing Sep 21 2025 2 mins By any standard, the increasingly frenzied activity on the...
A slave-loving people
A few weeks ago, the Sydney-based Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) released an interesting report, warning that, ‘A culture of dependency and entitlement has taken root in the population and political behaviour has become only too willing to accommodate and encourage it in a feedback loop.’ More than half of the population relies on the government for their existence, whether it is through government employment, allocation of pensions or other benefits, or government contracts.
Paint it Green, Comrade
Net Zero is enabling Labor to pursue by stealth a policy of wealth redistribution and the concentration of political power May 14 2025 6 mins A contest between two second-rate candidates has given Liberals a new public face.
Rohan Buettel: ‘The Winter Garden’and ‘Wisteria’
The literal-minded obsession with laity participation and a dumbed-down misunderstanding of what people are capable of appreciating have had a destructive impact Mar 29 2025 15 mins Legacy media is billing the Opposition leader as a nasty clone of the US President, who at the same time is supposedly turning into Xi. One thing, though, is certain.
The Trumpification of Peter Dutton
Legacy media is billing the Opposition leader as a nasty clone of the US President, who at the same time is supposedly turning into Xi. One thing, though, is certain. It's all tosh Mar 28 2025 6 mins Beyond the usual electoral bribery there are core principles the Coalition needs to advocate and defend Mar 28 2025 9 mins The veteran editor wrote of wanting 'to coin a word or phrase.' In this, as in so many other things, he succeeded Mar 28 2025 27 mins May 3, eh?
Make it a Contest of Principles
Beyond the usual electoral bribery there are core principles the Coalition needs to advocate and defend Mar 28 2025 9 mins The veteran editor wrote of wanting 'to coin a word or phrase.' In this, as in so many other things, he succeeded Mar 28 2025 27 mins Darryl, my patient, was the bogan from Central Casting, the sort the middle classes ridicule.
Welcome to the New Apartheid
They're called 'national parks' but that will be a misnomer if control is handed to Aborigines and only Aborigines Feb 01 2025 8 mins As an adult I chose not to be jabbed for the Wuhan flu, but accepting the standard vaccination package for kids is nowhere so clear cut Feb 01 2025 5 mins Of all the rorts, scams, lies and rent-seeking that characterise warmism it is the brainwashing of children that is most profoundly disturbing Jan 31 2025 9 mins On July 3, 2022, NSW Liberal then-minister for...
After Covid, JFK Jr Doesn’t Seem so Nutty
As an adult I chose not to be jabbed for the Wuhan flu, but accepting the standard vaccination package for kids is nowhere so clear cut Feb 01 2025 5 mins Of all the rorts, scams, lies and rent-seeking that characterise warmism it is the brainwashing of children that is most profoundly disturbing Jan 31 2025 9 mins What did our political leaders and police think would result from turning a blind eye to escalating incidents of anti-Semitism?
Indoctrination Dressed as Education
Of all the rorts, scams, lies and rent-seeking that characterise warmism it is the brainwashing of children that is most profoundly disturbing Jan 31 2025 9 mins What did our political leaders and police think would result from turning a blind eye to escalating incidents of anti-Semitism? Jan 31 2025 4 mins Why fund jobs in remote communities with no prospects other than permanent reliance on government support?
Farms for food: fossils for fuel
A cover story in The Economist, entitled, The coming food catastrophe, compiled sobering facts regarding worldwide food production and distribution. The story described how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was an attack on the food-bowl of Europe. As this dreadful war drags on, the predictions of this story, written over two years ago, manifest themselves today.
Taming the wildfires
As we approach Spring, there is a heightened chance that wildfires might develop across Australia. The perennial question as to whether the traditional firefighting methods, such as back burning and ‘cool fire’ hazard reduction, are effective and sufficient to prevent conflagrations, will soon resurface in the press. Curiously, the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements established after the disastrous 2019-20 Summer bushfires did not directly address this question.
Nuclear is but the second option
One of the great aberrations of the executive state is the obstinacy, determination, and poll-driven enthusiasm with which governments (both Labor and Coalition) promote the Net Zero fantasy demanded by the Paris Agreement of 2015 – a toothless tiger as there are no penalties for non-compliance. This is a monstrous aberration because there is incontrovertible evidence that carbon dioxide, CO2, does not have a perceptible effect on the Earth’s temperature.
Glaciers, graziers, glaziers, and the strangler fig
A perfunctory search on Wikipedia informs that the Strangler Fig, , 'grows on another tree, using it as physical support, while also stealing sunlight, nutrients, space, etc. from it, which eventually kills the host plant'. When considering the current avalanche of UN/IPCC/COP 'climate change' diktats that are strangling industry and commerce, the analogy with the natural strangler fig parasite is apposite.
Glaciers, graziers, glaziers, and the strangler fig
A perfunctory search on Wikipedia informs that the Strangler Fig, , ‘grows on another tree, using it as physical support, while also stealing sunlight, nutrients, space, etc. from it, which eventually kills the host plant’. When considering the current avalanche of UN/IPCC/COP ‘climate change’ diktats that are strangling industry and commerce, the analogy with the natural strangler fig parasite is apposite.
In praise of carbon dioxide
‘The fundamental reason why carbon dioxide abundance in the atmosphere is critically important to biology is that there is so little of it. A field of corn growing in full sunlight in the middle of the day uses up all the carbon dioxide within a meter of the ground in about five minutes. Unlimited access to spectator.com.au and app The weekly edition on the Spectator Australia app Spectator podcasts and newsletters Full access to spectator.co.uk Or
Rejecting the Queensland Climate Transition Bill
In March, Greens MP Michael Berkman introduced a Private Member’s Bill, the Queensland Climate Transition Bill 2023.
Venous and lymphovenous lower limb wound outcomes in specialist UK wound and lymphoedema clinics
History Accepted 1 July 2023 Published online 18 August 2023 Published in print 17 August 2023 Acknowledgements: The authors would like to recognise all of those who kept the Pioneer service running for the benefit of their patients at great personal risk during the pandemic.
Taming the inflation monster
The Reserve Bank of Australia (‘RBA’) has raised the cash rate – the rate that banks pay to borrow funds from other banks in the money market – to 4.1 per cent. It is the 12th rate hike since May 2022 and the highest it has been for eleven years.
Redefining Capitalism: The Chalmers Prescription
Commentary The Australian Federal Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, recently published a 6,000-word essay, entitled “Capitalism after the Crises.” In it, he argues that it is Australia’s mission “to redefine and reform our economy and institutions in ways that make our people and communities more resilient, and our society and democracy stronger as well.” He advocates for a new, values-based version of capitalism.
A Tale of Two Countries: Lessons Australia Should Learn From Argentina
Commentary A survey by JP Morgan reveals that Australia’s business leaders are “cautiously optimistic about the economy,” while almost half expect a recession in 2023.
The War on Coal
Commentary On Nov. 25, the Land Court of Queensland rendered judgement in Waratah Coal Pty Ltd v Youth Verdict Ltd and blocked Waratah Coal’s thermal coal project on the grounds of climate change and human rights concerns. This 372-page judgement is important because it considers the alleged effects of the exportation of coal on climate change in the importing countries.
Our Sports Teams Are Turning Into Mouthpieces for the Climate Change Lobby
Commentary The Epoch Times recently reported that test captain Pat Cummins held a “Cricket For Climate” forum in Sydney, which led to a push for cricket clubs to install solar panels and speculations surrounding sponsorship from energy suppliers that utilise fossil fuels. It was also disclosed that a former netball captain sparked a revolt against sponsorship of Australia’s Netball team by mining company Hancock Prospecting.
The Never Never of Climate Change
Commentary On Sept. 8, the Australian Parliament passed legislation to cut carbon emissions by 43 percent below 2005 levels by 2030, and to achieve net-zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. The legislation, adopted with the support of the Greens and “Teal” independents, is one of the signature laws of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
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