For reasons that have again failed to excite the curiosity of the responsible minister, the national broadcaster seems to bear a persistent animus toward Christianity. Yet, in their attitudes towards women in general and domestic violence in particular, the followers of Jesus set the gold standard

Oblivious to Gaia's needs and rights, old people have long burdened society with their selfish expectation of a warm and toasty, carbon-spewing radiator by the rocking chair. Finally, in Victoria's proposal to legalise assisted suicide, we see the first step towards addressing this societal curse

Few would wish a return to those closeted days when policeman entrapped homosexuals in public lavatories and being actively gay was a crime. So why, with so much gained and attitudes transformed, do activists insist on making themselves so shrilly and insistently unpleasant?

As an ex-Muslim, one intimately versed in the Koran and the mindset of so many who take literally its arrogant and intolerant admonitions, few things distress me more than seeing every latest massacre followed by the warm and fuzzy pieties of those in the West who find convenient not to understand

The party whose leadership Malcolm Turnbull schemed so assiduously to seize was once a big tent with seating for all, from old-school Tories to libertarians. Now, sacrificed on the altar of one man's egomaniacal ambition, there is nought but division, betrayal and disgust

Three federal ministers recently were given the rounds of kitchen by Victorian judges, who declined to lock them up for alleged contempt. No doubt, through  gritted teeth, the politicos resented their humiliation, but they should have rejoiced. Little people are granted no such indulgence

The new measure of a government's competence is the same as the old: the number of bills passed into law. It is a line we haven't heard since the incompentocracy of the Gillard years, but the PM and his apologists have revived it as substitute for principle

If the only justification for sky-high immigration is it’s “good for the economy”, it is a policy fundamentally flawed. Judged through the prism of existing citizens' interests, there is no economic case that can justify the transformative changes  current policies are inflicting

The contest is unequal. Those who believe in nothing beyond this mortal coil are no match for those inspired by religious faith. The battle could be engaged, maybe, if the diminishing Christian alter ego of Western secularity were muscular. Unfortunately, from its leaders down, appeasement predominates

It is only a personal observation but it seems to me that the sympathy and sums governments are spending on deradicalisation programmes, Muslim sports and outreach campaigns just aren't working. Indeed, the more indulgences granted, the more pronounced that separatism becomes

What have they done to you, long-abused city of my youth? The pathetic, provincial insecurity of old is still there, just that these days it is expressed vertically by thickets of high-rise eyesores obscuring and overshadowing the architectural remnants of the gracious city that was

You expect the Left's scribblers to work themselves into a foot-stomping lather about Donald Trump -- outrage is, after all, what the Left does best. But what of your normally more sensible commentators? If he doesn't fit the presidential mould, so what! His policies are terrific

A young reporter of literary bent is sent in the late Sixties to cover a council meeting, subsequently filing an account that, much to the amazement of the chief sub, invokes Rabelais’ ‘Gargantua’. Spiked in 1967 and only recently re-discovered,  it deserves a run

The proceedings will begin with a committal hearing at which a magistrate determines if there is sufficient evidence to go to trial. But surely the first matter must be whether, because of leaks and the character assassination, the Cardinal enters court beneath a dark cloud of presumed guilt

Margaret Court opposed same-sex marriage and was lambasted as a bigot, with calls for the stadium bearing her name to be re-christened. Will those so quick to denounce an elderly lady ever notice that the AFL is in bed with two of the most gay-hating nations on the planet?

Unlike its British counterpart, Australia's national broadcaster insists that a right to privacy shields salary disclosure for the likes of Tony Jones, Barrie Cassidy, Jon Faine and all the well-heeled rest, not to mention their ABC partners, spouses and lovemates living well on the taxpayer dollar. Still, there are clues...

The ABC is tickled pink about the enormous splash its Canberra editor made on social media with a fact-free, opinion-heavy diatribe against Donald Trump and his administration. It seems the national broadcaster's yardstick for excellence is the number of visitors it gets from Twitter's sewer

Few can rival the Race Discrimination Commissioner for spotting what isn't there, the latest example being his gripe that too many white men occupy board positions he would prefer to see allocated to quota'd minorities. Somehow, though, racist policies afflicting Indigenous kids escape his attention

The pursuit of George Pell by leak, smear and ABC-style journalism has crystalised in charges and a court appearance set for later this month. It was a shocking process to watch, but not unprecedented. When the Left sets out to destroy an enemy no quarter is given

The Secular Party is unlikely to be a major player in upcoming elections, representing the monocular obsession of a cranky minority fixated on erasing the influence of religion in public life. Small it may be, but also useful as a reminder of the need to be very careful when making a wish