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Rabz’ Radio Show May 2023 – Country and Western
As proudly declared by Bob of his eponymous Country Bunker to Jake and Elwood as the latter two search for gigs to raise some funds for the Penguin’s orphanage property tax bill. When you’re on a mission from God, all bets are off. Having said that, I am not a fan of this musical…
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Open Thread- Weekend 6 May 2023
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Rafe’s Roundup 6 May
Drop in and see what the usual suspects are up to Bettina Arndt and Alexandra Marshall are now on the list of usual suspects. CIS The Energy Realists The Conservative Vagabond Jo Nova Quadrant on line The Free Press IPA Climate and energy program The Sydney Institute Menzies Research Centre Mannkal Foundation Advance Australia Taxpayers Australian Inst…
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Environmentalism vs “green” power
How much longer can people who claim to care about the health of the planet put up with the wind and solar power industries? Public opinion in the US appears to be trending our way. An overwhelming majority of Americans say that conserving local land and wildlife is more important than building new sources of…
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Whats wrong with Australia
In a single job advertisement.
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Snowy2.0 update
Today there is a report in The Australian on the latest official news about Snowy2.0. It is still going on, so we can expect more bad news for some years to come:) My comment was published on line, with a reference to our briefing note 22.8 which shows that it is a dog of a…
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The people’s vote
This week in The Spectator Mike Ryan revived the idea of the citizen-initiated referendum. This is a welcome suggestion and it recalls the memory that in 1987 the Centre For Independent Studies published a very well researched book on the various forms of the citizen’s vote, including the provision for recalling politicians who don’t take…
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Why Tucker Had To Go
No one at present has been a thorn in the side of established liberal regime than Tucker Carlson. On any range of issues, whether immigration, gender ideology, endless war, COVID policy, Tucker has been relentlessly providing a platform to heterodox opinions across both the left and right, and by doing so, has done the most…
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Open Thread – Tues 2 May 2023
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Captain Cook, seaman
We read in The Spectator this morning that Captain Cook has been effectively cancelled in the National Curriculum for schools. To set the record straight, there is a stirring account of Cook’s career in the very first edition of Quadrant in 1956 which appeared in 1956. This is the article, with the editor’s introduction to…