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...
The lilting sound of Allahu Akbar on New Year’s Day
In a little over four months, Australians will begin commemorations to mark the 100th anniversary of the First World War. These events will remember the tremendous sacrifices endured by our forbears a century ago. And they are well worth remembering. Australians today are lucky indeed that they have not had to suffer them. Nearly 40 per cent of the male population aged between 18 and 44 put on a uniform between 1914 and 1918. Every...
Dying in Syria is the best thing Caner Temel ever did for Australia
Sometimes timing is everything. Ten days ago I warned that the Australian Defence Force was playing with fire by deliberately seeking to recruit Muslims. My speech at the International Symposium on Liberty & Islam can be found here. And now, right on cue, it’s been revealed that an Australian soldier has died in Syria while fighting for al Qaeda. But I’m not talking about that timing. Blind Freddy could see this coming a mile...
Criticising Islam, gays sets army major up for a fall
Sydney Morning Herald columnist, Paul Sheehan, interviewed me last weekend at the Q Society’s International Symposium on Liberty & Islam. Today he writes about my speech regarding the ADF’s approach to religion, particularly Islam, and the fact that it holds the religious belief of our enemies in higher regard than the Christian faith held by most soldiers and Australians. The full text of my speech can be found here....
Susie O’Brien, the National Curriculum and the Vandals
Let’s not bandy with words. The National Curriculum is a disgrace. The printed copies serve no value whatsoever. Laws prevent them from being used to belt new-age edu-babblers around the head whenever they utter their nonsense and, because they are double-printed, they serve no use as scrap paper either. The online versions simply join the vast amount of pointless drivel forever circulating in bits and bops across the ever-more...
The Australian Defence Force & Islam
On Sunday, 9 March 2014, I was given the opportunity present at the First International Symposium on Liberty and Islam in Australia. This was a great conference and the Q Society deserves credit for the work put in to organising a very professional event. Below is the full text of my speech. ***** Thank you. First up I would like to thank the Q-Society for organising this important event. It has been fantastic to meet with so many...
First International Symposium on Liberty & Islam in Australia
For those not aware, the First International Symposium on Liberty & Islam in Australia was held over the weekend in Melbourne. It was a great event and I am very thankful for the Q Society for organising it and providing me with an opportunity to speak. I thoroughly enjoyed the main event on Sunday – there was a great line-up of presentations and you can read the full text of my presentation on the Australian Defence Force...
What do Vietnam Veterans think about the desecration of the Australian Army uniform at the Gay Mardi Gras?
The Australian Army Training Team – Vietnam was the most highly decorated Australian unit in that war. It fought some hard battles and was filled with hard men. One of them was Ian Felton. He served 20 years as a soldier in the Australian Army, rising through the ranks to become one of its senior soldiers – a Warrant Officer Class 2. Ian has recently written to the Chief of the Australian Defence Force to express his...
Defence: FOI documents reveal Defence ‘comfortable’ supporting political activity, Christian vilification at Mardi Gras
Documents obtained via Freedom of Information reveal that senior officers believe Defence is now ‘comfortable’ being seen to support political activity for homosexual marriage and that it is acceptable to vilify Christianity but not other religions, specifically Islam. These beliefs were based on the decision by the Chief of Defence Force, General David Hurley, to allow uniformed participation in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras....
The Rainbow enters the Australian War Memorial
The Australian War Memorial has embraced the rainbow. Apparently uniformed ADF participation in the disgraceful and offensive Mardi Gras is now worthy of a place alongside galleries devoted to deeds of valour in Flanders, Tobruk and Vietnam. The names of those killed fighting for this country now share a space with tributes exalting those who prance down Oxford Street. It is an insult of immense magnitude. You can see the online...
