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The Greta cult: its creepy Travis and Iris dimension

Politicians who insult Greta Thunberg are ‘absolutely ridiculous’: Turnbull. Politicians “from Donald Trump down” who insulted teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg made themselves “absolutely...

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Liberté, égalité, fraternité, stupidité

France usually shrugs at sex scandals but not this one. Paris: A sex scandal brought an end to the campaign of a Paris mayoral candidate on Friday, an unusual episode in a country with a reputation for...

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Apparently not

Julia Baird, ABC, today: Can’t we all agree killing women and children is wrong? ABC, August: Abortion bill passes NSW Lower House to cheers and applause. No, I’m not comparing medical personnel who...

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The Ridiculous Doctor Miles

IN Bernard Lane’s excellent report for The Weekend Australian on the astounding debacle that is Queensland’s draft LGBT conversion therapy ban, there is this era-defining smithereen on the cancellation...

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Casinovirus: addicted unis comp Chinese students

IN Vegas, ‘whales’ gamble so much the house lays on all sorts of complimentary goodies to reel them in: flights, rooms, food, booze, the works. This is standard practice the world over. Core earners...

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The Grumpy Four

Head of Royal Children’s Hospital condemns racism against Asian medicos. The head of Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital Emergency Department has called out as “racism” the refusal of families to...

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Uniquely Aware

George Clooney ‘saddened’ by alleged child labour on Nespresso coffee farms. Having grown up working on a tobacco farm from the time I was 12, I’m uniquely aware of the complex issues regarding farming...

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Pray that the left’s sick Greta fetish doesn’t end tragically

Her refusal to shake David Maria Sassoli’s hand is not what concerns me. Her appearance does, though.

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Sense of humour placed in lockdown

Coronavirus ‘I Was Only 19’ parody removed after ‘uncomfortable’ Schumann speaks up.

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Curiously …

If you’re on the board of a care home company, a pandemic is one of things you think about as a potential damage to your business because of the number of older people it’s going to take out of the...

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The Wellington Massacre

The woman who moved to confiscate guns opens fire on the innocent AT a time when everybody’s nerves are frayed by a pandemic, when there seems to be enough death and dying in the world – actual,...

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Love or cruelty?

The would-be First Lady again intervenes to cover for one of her husband’s senior blank moments: Jill Biden is emerging as a real villain in this campaign. How can she keep doing this to her...

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A clash of ideologies

I have just picked up from the local op-shop for a mere $2 a quite prescient book published in 2008 written by someone named Dan Gardner. Its title is: Risk: The Science and Politics of Fear. Have so...

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At long last a practical suggestion to deal with the economic consequences of...

From The Onion, of course. This, however, not from The Onion, but seems related. It is a story you will see today, if you see it at all, and never again after: Former Senate Staffer Who Opposes Trump...

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Big Wheels Keep On Earning

TO the best of my knowledge, not a single Australian parliamentarian anywhere has solemnly announced his intention to forego, say, twenty percent of his taxpayer-funded salary or – if he cannot...

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Moral Distancing

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For Queensland Labor, coronavirus a disappointment so far

Committee recommends Queensland legalise voluntary assisted dying. Chief promoter of the cause, David Muir – chairman of the far left-wing Clem Jones Trust (mentioned here in November) – wants pandemic...

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If you don’t need to do it, don’t do it. I know I’m asking a lot, but it is a price worth paying. It’s going to save lives.” – Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews wants couples who don’t live together...

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Predictable: legal team opts for boilerplate ‘high bar’ lament

Found out in the end, Cardinal George Pell’s accuser – no doubt briefed by his lawyer on PR tonality – pretends the system is to blame for not sustaining a bullshit story like his: It is difficult in...

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A Friend Indeed

The terrible treatment of journalists during the long running Pell saga has been disgraceful. That High Court judgment must have been traumatic for them. Journos, I hear you, I read you, I believe...

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