The architects and current beneficiaries of Australia's addled energy policies won't admit it, but the Paris climate accord is disintegrating. The US has bailed, Canada grows wobbly and Japan opens coal-fired plants. Meanwhile, our leaders remain resolute -- resolutely blind, that is

Overwhelmingly, in my view, only those whose self-esteem, character or, perhaps, intellectual capacity is well below par convert to Islam. It can’t be explained any other way. Human nature has its dark side and, for folks such these, Islam's dogma of innate superiority has a chilling appeal

Without impartial justice, the UK puts at risk a foundation of any free society. Indeed, official policy has already removed the chocks and encouraged that descent to gather pace. Regardless of Tommy Robinson's past, I am very worried by his imprisonment. So should we all

Conservatives express a view, a traditional view, and are accused of 'hate speech' , which means someone with a megaphone has taken offence. People lose incomes and careers, get bullied and are declared pariahs, so is it any wonder so many embrace plastic principles as their vocation

Yes, the headline above is an intemperate suggestion and need not be taken seriously, but given David Finnigan's attempt at humour, what's good for the grant-gobbling goose should work just as well for those who wonder how so much taxpayer money underwrites such a slight talent

Enoch Powell's 'Rivers of Blood' speech raised the alarm about what was, 50 years ago, but a problem in gestation. Today, co-driven by globablism and multiculturalism's purported role as the salve for the West's real and imagined ancient sins, the need for a rational approach to immigration is pressing

ANU's rejection of the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation has made it, in the words of one commentator, 'a laughingstock'. To that appraisal add a toxic and shameless hypocrisy which sees that university and others eagerly accept cash for 'Islamic centres' where Western ideals are actively opposed

Getting agitated over nothing and demanding others notice just how upset you are is one of our modern world's more peculiar fashion statements. Mostly it is as noisy as it is harmless -- until, that is, the person so afflicted attains a position where self-indulgent nonsense becomes official policy

The human race is going backwards, Trump being the last flicker of bright light before the candle goes out. Unless you share the cock-eyed optimism to which I am prone, it's a demographic certainty public policy can never shed the Leftist memes that shape it. Still, I live in hope. Make Australia great again!

Officially, Professor Peter Ridd was axed from James Cook University for allegedly mocking of its reputation as a home to serious scholars and research -- a handy way to avoid addressing his very specific charge that Reef scientists are playing fast and loose with facts

Explain why white men accused of pedophilia are allowed to be photographed and questioned by reporters on court steps, while Pakistani Muslims are not. Explain why a police force that took three decades to start dealing with Muslim rape gangs was able to arrest and incarcerate a journalist within a few scant hours. Explain why a man can be arrested for breaching the peace when no violence has taken place. To the British government: explain your actions, or open Tommy Robinson’s cell and let him walk free

In a case that hung entirely on circumstantial evidence and which saw the veracity of ancient recollections accepted by the bench,  Archbishop Philip Wilson was found guilty of covering up sexual abuse by a fellow priest. If Wilson isn't planning an appeal, he should

During our lifetime virtually all satire has been directed against the old conservative establishment, even after it had lost its monopoly position. Wolfe recognised our new masters and, with keen eye and sharper pen, illuminated this risen class of the inherently ludicrous and self-parodic

Rising CO2 levels haven't produced the soaring temperatures warmists so confidently predicted, but not to worry. In their latest grant-snaffling gambit, catastropharian careerists are saying greenhouse gases produce 'extreme weather' even without the missing heat. Yes, really

The first episode of 4 Corners' globe-girdling 'investigation' of the purported Russia/Trump conspiracy didn't cover any fresh ground. What it did was omit a wealth of essential background information, allowing host Sarah Ferguson to gabble breathlessly about the 'story of the century' that isn't

Somehow, despite its $1.2 billion-a-year penury, the ABC sent Sarah Ferguson and crew on a globe-girdling jaunt to pursue Donald Trump's alleged 'collusion' with Moscow. That James Clapper is one of the national broadcaster's go-to informants suggests truth will be a scarce commodity

The ADF public relations flaks have been making merry with Brigadier Susan Coyle's appointment as the first female to command a brigade, which for some might conjure images of  a blood-and-guts fighting femme. Good luck to her, but do bear in mind that this isn't an old timer's idea of a brigade

We are witnessing the dilution and deliberate deconstruction of our peerless culture. This isn’t just a matter of immigration and numbers, though these are much too high. Rather, it is question of a judicial and political class re-shaping our world as they wish it to be, not you

As might have been expected, Paul Ramsay's generous bequest to establish the Centre for Western Civilisation is under attack. It seems universities need money and lots of it, but coffers overseen by cultural conservatives are beyond the pale. Why, they might be "racists"!