Category: Quadrant

The discussion about what should and should not be ‘allowed’ on social media has been, to put it mildly, controversial. The latest PR panacea comes from Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook empire, which has unveiled something it calls the Oversight Board, as a self-regulatory initiative intended to appease critics of their

The case for anthropogenic (CO2 emissions) global warming (AGW ) rests not on an immutable law of carbon dioxide thermodynamics in the earth’s atmosphere but, rather, on a contorted, hyperbolic and misguided extrapolation of Swedish physicist Svante Arrhenius initial 1896 paper; On the influence of carbonic acid in the

Have you seen Torvill and Dean – Skating on Thin Ice?  I had the dubious pleasure of watching it the other night and seeing two highly talented celebrities lend their skills to the global warming/climate change/climate crisis bandwagon in a travel extravaganza, narrated by Stephen Fry, showcasing Alaska and

Some of us, or lefties anyway, imagine Black Lives Matter (BLM) to be a charity something like the Red Cross or Brotherhood of St Laurence but without the op shops, its founders akin to Florence Nightingale or Albert Schweizer. As Wikipedia puts it with a typical Left narrative slant,

In vintage Australia an attitude of mind prevails, encapsulated by the saying “She’ll be right, mate.” It’s a consoling, optimistic epithet. It gives rise to a species of presentism which collapses the future into today’s benign circumstances.  For example, China might be building its military assets, swallowing territory in

Our national capital was devastated and five million hectares were burnt by wildfire in 2003. The chairman of a parliamentary inquiry, which produced what came to be known as Nairn Report, stated The committee heard a consistent message right around Australia:- there has been grossly inadequate hazard reduction burning

You couldn’t describe my wife, Cathy, as a monarchist, not with that Irish Catholic ancestry on her mother’s side, but she shared my shared my sadness at the death at the age of 99 of Prince Philip, royal consort and a bloke who spoke his mind. Her interest in

Congrats to paleontologist Dr Tim Flannery for new international recognition in the peer-reviewed global climate literature. Dr Flannery is head of Australia’s Climate Council, a Fellow of the deep-green Australian Academy of Science, and previously federal Labor’s Climate Commissioner on a modest $180,000 a year for a three-day week. Now

Congrats to paleontologist Dr Tim Flannery for new international recognition in the peer-reviewed global climate literature. Dr Flannery is head of Australia’s Climate Council, a Fellow of the deep-green Australian Academy of Science, and previously federal Labor’s Climate Commissioner on a modest $180,000 a year for a three-day week. He

Among the many tributes paid to the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh KG AK, there was mention of the fact that he had visited the Commonwealth of Australia on some 21 occasions, including as a Royal Navy Officer prior to his marriage in 1947 to Princess Elizabeth Alexandra

Noel Pearson endorses and advocates the view that constitutional recognition of Aboriginal people is effectively bi-partisan policy and suggests  that such a ‘reform’ is inevitable.  He further insists a majority of citizens also support ‘Recognition’. But if constitutional recognition is to come to pass, there is one obstacle that will

If you haven’t heard of Cardi B, the rapper responsible for a sexually graphic hit that earned her a meeting with a fawning Joe Biden immediately before the recent US election, there is little chance another rising star will elicit a nod of recognition. This one goes by name