It’s not that conservatives are lazy, but it must be admitted that the view of the ABC as a nepotism-riddled nest of Labor and Greens cheerleaders is, while in no way incorrect, short of the mark. There is also the issue of basic competence and professional ethics. Consider, for example, the national broadcaster’s sudden inability […]

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Friend of Quadrant Online Tati Sofaris writes: Got to give it to Chairman Dan, who can look the camera in the eye and insist his lockdown ‘war’ on COVID-19 is a stunning success. If viewers don’t notice the body of Victoria’s former health minister jammed beneath the bus he threw her under, or recall how […]

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It could be huge or it might be nothing, but the report out of Italy that the disgraced and newly fired Cardinal Angelo Becciu transferred a very large sum to Australia while Cardinal Pell was being framed and lynched is certainly fascinating. Citing Corriere della Sera, the Catholic News Agency reports: Italian media have reported […]

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From not too far north of the Victorian border, beyond the reach and jurisdiction of Daniel Andrews’ police force and its door-kickers and pregnant-lady-arresters, Peter O’Brien writes: Yesterday, Alan Jones highlighted an example of Chairman Dan’s bullying that deserves to be more widely known.  The person at the centre of the report, The Australian’s Rachel […]

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Today, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews did another of his star turns before the Melbourne press corps, announcing that he would be granting his subjects a number of reprieves from the arbitrary, largely unexplained and all too often capricious rulings on what is and what isn’t permitted. As of tomorrow, for instance, those who reside within […]

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Marc Hendrickx, author of of The Right to Climb Ayers Rock, has lifted his jaw off the floor to address Google’s compliance with a Parks Australia request that it black out, so to speak, a virtual tour of the monolith. He writes: Not happy with ignoring the wishes of past owners who encouraged visitors to […]

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On Tuesday an autistic teen became lost, and remained lost, near Warburton on the bushy fringe of greater Melbourne. That evening, when the alarm was raised, local volunteers turned out to search for the lad. Despite the would-be volunteers having extensive knowledge of the local topography they were told their help wasn’t needed and ordered […]

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At The Conversation, editor Misha Ketchell makes the sort of pronouncement you might expect from a former nob at Crikey! and ex-Media Watch scourge of all that is not politically correct. Beneath this headline — ‘Making sure we acknowledge Indigenous knowledge‘ — at the taxpayer-supported site where academics can bolster their tally of publications by […]

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Life can be most unfair, and few would be more aware of this than former Western Bulldogs ruckman Luke Darcy, who was cruelly stiffed for a Brownlow Medal in 2002. By every other reckoning — those of his fellow AFL players and Football Media Association, to name but two — he was that year’s best […]

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