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Liars every one of them
If Covid really were a deadly disease that might strike anyone down at any time, no one would forget to do everything they can to prevent infection. The reality is that near enough everyone in our governing class understands that it is pretty well all a pretence with virtually no danger whatsoever to their lives…
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Allow health practitioners the freedom to speak honestly and openly
Let us assume, on really hardly any evidence at all, that our governments, state and federal, really are concerned for our health. But in a free society, there must be open and free discourse on every subject of interest to the community so that all sides of any question can be properly examined. Which brings…
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Guest Post: Lysander – Anti-Pell: A Faction Too Much Fiction!
I don’t know many Cats who had as much interaction with the Pell case that I had. Many of my dear personal friends are noted in his prison diaries, visited him, I had family members attend the court on the days that were open to the public and I personally liaised with Richter and got…
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Guest Post: mem – Getting Ready for Glasgow
The overview schedule for the COP26 which is to be held in Glasgow in the first two weeks of November 2021 has been released so participants can prepare for the various workshops. ‘COP’ refers to the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (‘UNFCCC’), which is the peak decision-making…
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Mater’s Musings #33: Of course they are!
Cut and pasted from yesterdays CHO Direction: COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination (Workers) Directions Ok, we kinda knew this was coming. Many hoped that such overreach wouldn’t survive court proceedings. After all, self-interest might kick in and see commonsense bubble to the surface, surely? SURELY? “Aha! We’ll thwart that self-interest angle”, says Dan and Brett. Clearly, Covid…
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Melbourne’ big issue of the moment
This was the front-page story in the Herald-Sun this morning, as you can see from the above: Gap grows between haves, have nots. And who are these have nots. The have-nots are the families in Melbourne’s newer suburbs where there are fewer swimming pools per head of population than in some other suburbs. Of course,…
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If only there were more of this
Insulate Britain activists attempted to block Wandsworth Bridge in South London, furious motorists weren’t having any of it & did what the police should be doing.https://t.co/EfqW8X26PB — Chris Rose (@ArchRose90) October 4, 2021
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My IEA article on Covid in Australia
The Institute of Economic Affairs in London [the IEA] has published an article of mine on Dealing with Covid-19 in Australia. Most of it will be old news for us in Australia but I end with two paras on what needs to be done now: Covid is disappearing as a lethal problem and is rapidly fading…
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The baker/ vax problem
The problem before us is whether someone that supports a baker’s refusal to make a ‘wedding’ cake for a gay couple could then oppose the same baker inquiring about their customer’s/ employee’s vaccination status and refusing
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Guest Post: Mem – Extrapolating Backwards or the Case of the Missing Dam
During the millennial drought (2006 -2010) there was great concern that Melbourne might run out of water. The Labor government in Victoria pushed for the construction of a desalination plant. Graphs and statistics were presented showing historical records of Melbourne’s water supply and usage, as well as projections for the future. All emphasized the
Yeah Dover. The hootie tooties are now a major world power.Cope! I never said it’s a major world power. You…