Occasional snapshots from the news and current affairs … it helps if you keep up with the news
Multiculturism is the isolationist tribal version of cosmopolitanism. The former accepts cultural separation within society, the latter encourages a tolerant, peaceful coexistence. The failure to recognise this crucial difference back in the 70s resulted in multiculti politics ascending over the cosmopolitan possibilities of a nation built by immigrants. Unfiltered immigration missed the inflow of migrants whose culture directly confront Australia’s Judeo-Christian culture. Friction and conflict have followed. Anyone pointing this out, like Pauline Hanson, was labelled a racist. Yet as I write, a new poll shows Pauline Hanson as the favoured Prime Minister. The sound you hear is Labor heads (but not only) exploding.
Writing in Spectator Australia (14 June, 2026), Gabriël A Moens AM and Augusto Zimmermann explore the One Nation phenomenon, saying “In our opinion, rather than constitute a harmful political movement, what the ruling classes tend to describe as ‘populism’ represents no more than a popular support of ordinary citizens for politicians who bravely attempt to restore the democratic and egalitarian values and traditions of the West.”
Agreed. And all that denigration by the elites and the mass media kept public interest in One Nation throttled. Until now. Many say it was the Bondi massacre that triggered broad interest in ON, and that was no doubt at least partly true. But then as interest became familiarity, the attention grew and found not the racist scum portrayed but a party that, as they write, “now appears to far better represent the true voice of the average Australian who eagerly desires to restore the values and traditions that, in the past, led to the greatness of our once prosperous and harmonious nation.”
They argue that “The negative portrayal of the One Nation Party by sections of the media, ruling elites, and academic commentators constitutes a denigration of the will of the people. Quite frankly, it is a repudiation of democracy.”
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The Grace Tame controversy raises a question of profound importance for our times: her aggressive howl at the Sydney Town Hall demonstration, “From Gadigal to Gaza, globalise the intifada!” can only be considered intimidatory towards Jews. There is a strong argument that many Jewish Australians could reasonably experience the chant as intimidating because of the term’s association with violent uprisings and attacks on civilians. But instead of legal consequences, she has been hired to host an ABC produced podcast. No wonder the public looks to leadership that will tackle such instances with resolute action to help minimise such instances. Both the ABC and Tame have earned our contempt.
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Queensland geophysicist and coral reef scientist Peter Ridd told you so….After years of gloom and doom, scientists and global activists no longer believe that the world’s coral reefs are facing a tipping point to extinction because of climate change. A major new study that used machine learning to evaluate decades of realworld observations has identified 165,992 sqkm of potentially climate resilient reef locations spanning 71 countries and 100 territories and ‐ jurisdictions. About one third of the Great Barrier Reef was judged to be resilient to the impacts of climate change.
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The curious case of Clive Palmer’s big ad spend: for several weeks now, yellow (for prominence) ads proclaiming that “Australia needs a new deal” have been running mainstream print media in what looks like a multi-million dollar campaign … a campaign without an election? … but no-one is talking about it. They are just quietly taking the money. Here is a typical two-page spread.
