Talking to a teacher recently, an ex barrister/solicitor type, who looked stunned when I mentioned Chinese espionage agents operating in Australia. “Says who?” he asked, intimating I had totally lost the plot or worse, was into anti ALP conspiracies.. “Why on earth would they want to spy on us?” He asked as if I couldn’t [...]

Viv Forbes, chairman of the Carbon Sense Coalition, today came out in support of Earth Hour – but said it should be renamed “Blackout Night” and held outdoors, for the whole night, in mid-winter, on the shortest and coldest day of the year – 22 June in the Southern Hemisphere. “Spending just one night in [...]

First we have Rudd holding private, undisclosed talks with a Chinese Government minister as reported by Greg Sheridan; KEVIN Rudd’s semi-secret meeting on Saturday with Li Changchun, the Chinese politburo member in charge of propaganda, media and ideology, is one of the most bizarre episodes of his prime ministership. It is almost certainly more stupid [...]

The Real Debate Over at Kae’s website I came across this link to the The Skeptic’s Handbook Even if you are a died in the wool Chicken Little and member of the Church of the Latter Day Alarmists you should read it. Nothing like an alternative opinion sprinkled with facts to get you thinking. Another [...]

I’m disappointed but at least there are no Greens elected and the Environment Minister, Andrew McNamara, lost his seat. With the ALP losing between 8 and 10 seats it does bring us closer to power but there is a lot of work to be done. In a group discussing the election on Friday there was [...]

The ALP get a caning in todays Opinion page in The Australian with Michael Stutchbury, Economics editor writing on the problems of forcing the restaurants to march in step with hotels JUST as licensing regulations restrict competition in the hotel industry, working conditions in pubs have long been standardised by the award system and the [...]

THE Northern Territory Police Force is proud of its Aboriginal Community Police Officers except, it seems, when they act like Aborigines. Gwen Brown, 53, one of the most awarded and senior ACPOs in the Territory, has been sacked for hitting her nephew with a stick, but she says she has the cultural right to do [...]

Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just glad to see me? A FORMER soldier, John Radoll, suffering trauma from his time in the army took a loaded gun into a Brisbane nightclub because he wanted to impress women, a court has been told. It worked – Security evacuated the club. One [...]

Mark Steyn in the National Review Online on why the President’s presents won’t be eagerly anticipated abroad BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown thought long and hard about what gift to bring on his visit to the White House last week. The Prime Minister gave him an ornamental desk pen-holder hewn from the timbers of one [...]

Governor of Oruzgan, Assadullah Hamdam, says three men and a woman were killed when SAS troops went after the Taliban killers of a special forces soldier. Short answer. Tell the Taliban not to hide behind woman and children. Long answer. It is extremely unfortunate and no Aussie soldier would wish for it to happen but [...]