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Academy of Science paper on climate “totally unrelated to science” says scientist

Andrew L. Urban While the Australian Academy of Science made a positive contribution to the inquiry into Kathleen Folbigg’s wrongful murder convictions, its submission on climate change is “totally unrelated to science,” says Prof. Ian Plimer. The Academy’s latest submission … Continue reading

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Terrorism to heroism – the Hamas trajectory

Andrew L. Urban How long before a gun toting, slogan chanting Hamas fighter (but not a female) is invited to address the UN General Assembly? The European Parliament? A Nobel Prize of some kind not far behind. A knighthood even? … Continue reading

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Voter fraud in US part of the mindset

Nothing illustrates a wart on the body politic like satire and the Babylon Bee is up to the task. This week it led with a headline “Latest Polls Show Biden Will Need Twice As Many Fake Ballots To Win Election … Continue reading

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It’s foreign to Australia all right!

Andrew L. Urban.  Foreign Minister Penny Wong spearheads the Labor government’s antisemitic tilt by ordering Australia to vote against Israel’s interests at the UN, supporting a motion to consider establishing a Palestinian state. That’s an attitude foreign to Australia, all … Continue reading

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It’s the energy, stupid!

Andrew L. Urban It took political columnist (ex ABC & Nine) Chris Uhlmann to sharpen the point that energy in the economy is the equivalent of oxygen in the air. In his May 4 column in the Weekend Australian (his … Continue reading

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Gaza’s ‘innocents’ back Hamas carnage

Andrew L. Urban As Israel movies in on the last of the Hamas terrorists embedded among the unarmed permanent and temporary residents in Rafah, the US and its echo in Australia, are demanding that Israel hold off. That Israel not … Continue reading

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The Resolute desk needs a resolute occupant

Andrew L. Urban Like others perhaps, I used to think that the ‘Resolute desk’ in the Oval Office of the White House was named to inspire the occupant to be ‘resolute’. A pleasing idea. If only … instead, it is … Continue reading

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Arrest that man

Andrew L. Urban That young woman, a student at some US college, screaming and banging a metal pot on a metal barricade reminded me of me at age three, screaming and banging on the door of the bathroom where my … Continue reading

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Moral disarmament of the West by woke

In a crowded function room in the Sydney CBD, British writer, author & commentator, BRENDAN O’NEILL, described the unfunny side of woke as an attack on Western society: its moral disarmament. He was here as a guest of the Centre … Continue reading

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How Penny turned into a farthing

Wong is wrong, writes MICHAEL GREEN, embarrassing Australia and diminishing herself.  In Senator Penny Wong’s speech to the ANU National Security College “Securing our Future”, on  9 April 2024, after acknowledging very important persons, Wong moves on to the now … Continue reading

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