The power exercised by the global health establishment in the name of saving lives makes a striking parallel with that of the medieval Church in the name of saving souls. Back then the clerical authorities' focus was on identifying and silencing heretics. Today, as US Surgeon-General Vivek Murthy and others have made clear, questioning their edicts is a burning offence

Masquerading as progressive reform, Labor's platform seeks to replace 'heteronormativity' with what might be termed queernormatvity. What this means for freedom of speech, religion, thought, conscience and the right of parents to bring up their children in accordance with their own convictions is horrendous