Acknowledging Hanrahan’s contribution to climate change science
It’s a little known fact that the first climate change scientist was an Australian man by the name of Hanrahan. Hanrahan lived a century ago and hailed from regional New South Wales. As a farmer, Hanrahan was acutely aware of the impact the changing climate wrought on his livelihood and was well placed to raise his concerns. If makes little difference if the motivation for his research was to save the world (which it was not) or to...
Abortion: the political death of Mary Wooldridge
Apparently, Mary Wooldridge was a future leadership prospect within the Victorian Liberal Party – a “premieral” foetus, one might say. And then some mean, nasty and hateful people terminated her, pulling apart her political ambition bit by bit and ejecting it unceremoniously into the bin labelled “Hazardous Waste – Do not touch”. What a pity. The weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth from the pro-abortion crowd has filled the air and...
Real compassion: a border protection policy that works
Apparently, there’s no compassion in a border protection policy that works. But there is more compassion in a failed joke of a policy that saw our nation’s borders left wide open while over 1000 people died while scrambling across the sea to get in. The Fairfax and ABC journalists are frothing at the mouth about compassion in every second article. But it is just a meaningless word. The fact is this: they want...
The Chief of Army’s speech writer’s preoccupation with the toilet
In January this year, the Australian Women’s Weekly ran a story with Lieutenant Colonel McGregor. This officer appeared, in uniform, in yet another publication supporting the ADF’s decision to allow its soldiers to frolic among the flowers in the transgender field. Predictably, the ABC also loves Lieutenant Colonel McGregor. McGregor will star again tonight. This time, the Prime Minister will introduce him. I say him...
The ABC of cars
Australians have more access to news, views and entertainment than ever before. So let’s cut to chase. The ABC and SBS are unnecessary and expensive state-run services and they should be flogged-off to the highest bidder. Sure, the 4,500 odd workers at these two organisations might face an uncertain future. But those that can compete in an open and free market will do just fine as part of a new commercialised media network. I’m sure...
‘The traitorous ABC’ or ‘A mug’s game with Indonesia’
The ABC’s decision to publish stolen top secret documents has clearly damaged Australia’s relationship with Indonesia. And for what? So smirking ABC journalists could thumb their nose at the new government that they hate so much. It cannot be for any other reason. It is not in the public’s interest to know about the contents of classified surveillance programs. If it was, they would not be classified. And it most certainly is not in...
