The wan initiatives Turnbull & Co attempted have painted as solutions to our domestic energy crisis are a chimera. Nor will any measures be effective until power producers and green-schemers are brought to heel, which neither of our chief political parties is ever likely to do
This complex 'green energy' mess you refuse to correct is costing Australians a wholly unnecessary $30Bn to $50Bn a year. Yes, you read that right: tens of billions of dollars squandered to pleasure rent-seekers and destroy thousands of jobs-- your political career among them
German soldiers during the Great War dubbed the Black Watch the "Ladies from Hell", presumably for their kilts and martial bearing, not because they accessorised regulation combat attire with a touch of lippy and a million dollars worth of taxpayer-financed silicon breasts. How times have changed -- although, as our politically correct ADF may well learn, enemies haven't
A body of opinion, admittedly small and premature in its pessimism, sees the SSM contretemps as having driven a wedge into the body of the church. While that appraisal goes too far, there is a definite rustle of disquiet in the pews as some seek to muffle dogma with social justice soft-headedness
In the upcoming October edition of Quadrant four writers address the case for changing the definition of marriage and find it wanting. Released early in response to the postal survey, Keith Windschuttle, Greg Walsh, Shimon Cowen and Michael Kowalik lay out the 'No' case
The unwatched and doomed nightly gabfest had two seats available for guests to discuss Tony Abbott's thoughts on climate change and energy policy. One might have been given to a sceptic in the interest of spirited debate -- but no, it was two warmists sprouting unchallenged, ABC-endorsed piffle
The ousted PM disappointed many conservatives by folding on 18C, putting Malcolm Turnbull in charge of the ABC etc etc. His address in London suggests, were he to replace the usurper, it would be a new and improved leader and Coalition. Meanwhile, he's infuriating all the right people
The urgers of Multiculti Inc promote a society of hermetic communities, each honouring its heritage while declining to share and adopt those of others. They could learn a thing or two from sheep breeders, who grasp that integrating lineages fosters strength and resilience
Having scoffed at power-market modelling, Josh Frydenberg drew comfort from 'expert' projections he finds more useful in extolling the latest, the very latest, clever scheme to keep the lights on, rent-seekers prosperous and electricity bills no higher than in 97% of the developed world
As the Coalition attempts to soften the economy-wrecking absurdities of the renewables it has assiduously promoted it faces a problem of its own making. Once you've fired up a generation that finds it easier to care than think, how to cool that activist ardour?
Hugh Hefner insisted he made the world a better place by way of large breasts and air-brushed pudenda, while Harvey Weinstein reckoned being a champion of liberal causes entitled him to starlets on demand. Neither noticed how times, as they say, are changing
Brexit, Trump, Macron, Wilders -- the final tallies list them all as winners, but the real victors have been the disgust and despair that directed voters to outsider alternatives. Democracy in action? Absolutely, but why does Lord Acton's famous maxim keep coming to mind?
Prompted by Jeremy Corbyn's performance in the recent UK election, Paul Kelly fears socialism's comeback. Rather, might it not be the Labour leader stands for something, however flawed, while Theresa May, like another alleged conservative leader much closer to home, represents nothing at all?
Two men or two women marrying each other would confound the common sense of yesteryear, being seen as ridiculous, which it is. Why is it not seen as ridiculous now? Take away common sense, erode respect for language and meaning, and guess what? Fads and transient fetishes flourish
According to Malcolm Turnbull, his National Energy Guarantee 'will lower electricity prices, make the system more reliable, encourage the right investment and reduce emissions without subsidies, taxes or trading schemes.' Every word is a lie
When Barack Obama appointed Jim Yong Kim as the institution's president, the emphasis switched from lifting the world's poor out of poverty to prioritising 'environmental sustainability', not least by banning Third World investment in cheap, reliable power sources
Ill-advised charity can lead the rational into fruitless efforts at opening the eyes and minds of dutiful leftists, the sort who fancy humankind can dictate climate and that boys are girls and vice versa. Noble exertions as they are, only the crunch of painful reality will banish those illusions
Only a fool would believe these rubbish tales of gay fear and coast-to-coast homophobia, yet that is what the rainbow urgers insist is endemic. So workshops are convened and employees -- even those who disagree -- expected to attend and bite their tongues. There's a word to describe such coercion...
After years of devious white-anting and courting the favour of the ABC as its indulgent ministerial overseer, Malcolm Turnbull knifed Tony Abbott on the premise that 30 losing polls marked him for execution. With his own tally now at 20 bad polls and growing, even he must hear the tumbril coming
No altruistic outfit, the company is pledged to profit and therefore delighted to have positioned itself in the best possible situation to exploit the distorted power market. A revolt by shareholders concerned for the nation's good might just get results