My petition to stop the debasement of the Australian War Memorial, that national shrine to those who died in Australia's service, has gathered 7000+ signatures in two weeks, so I am in no doubt the issue resonates with garden-variety Australians. But from politicians, including Coalition members, not even the courtesy of acknowledging my correspondence

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Left-wing, lately green-hued, governments, wreaking untold harm, would have been far fewer in the number but for sub-21-year-olds voting. Now George Williams, a constitutional scholar who really should know better, wants the voting age lowered to 16. As bad ideas go, this one takes the cake

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One need only follow debates on social media sites such as Twitter, where the Left's primitive groupthink and shrieking hysteria prevail, to realise raw emotion has long since replaced civility, rationality and reason. As Roger Scruton puts it, conservatives must 'rediscover what we are and what we stand for, and having rediscovered it, be prepared to fight for it'

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'. . . Igor, please listen. You must understand that by professing your support for Putin and his mob of murderers, looters and rapists you create an impression that the Russian-speaking people living in Australia are disloyal, ungrateful for all the help, care and freedom this generous country has given us . . .'

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Many Western pundits predicted the sweeping and unprecedented sanctions imposed after the Ukraine invasion would bring the Russian economy to its knees. That hasn't been case. Instead, the ruble has risen, unemployment is at record lows and, despite protests and dissent, Putin remains popular on the homefront. Meanwhile, the West sinks into recession

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To include in the Australian War Memorial any mention of the so-called ‘colonial wars’ and the absurd claim of 100,000 dead Aborigines would be not only an insult to those whom the Memorial is supposed to honour, it would also reject rational thought in favour of a gross falsehood. I have a petition that needs signatures if this travesty is to be stopped

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Conservatives have lost some battles -- quite a few, actually -- but not the war. The problem has been that, as outsiders, we seek comfort in the hope that the Left's war on everything we value will simply go away.  It won’t.  Those fighting for all of the woke causes will never give up.  Nor should we

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Only four currently serving Coalition politicians -- Jacinta Price, Matt Canavan, Alex Antic and Keith Pitt – turned up at CPAC. This was telling because if there was one theme that emerged from the weekend it was that conservatives need to stand up for what they believe in

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Of course, it’s not sufficient to condemn Giorgia Meloni's slogan 'God, nation and family', as the mainstream media and establishment pundits are doing. No, we must extol the polar opposites -- globalism, Gaia and good citizens who do as they are told. After all, ever-changing fads and fashions simply have to be respected

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In 1984's dystopian world New­speak cripples the expression of clear thought in plain speech, thus making 'thoughtcrime' impossible as there are no words in which to express it. The Left saw that as a really neat idea and assiduously promote the hobbling of language and meaning, especially in our schools and universities

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