The Daily Telegraph exposed the latest example of political correctness gone mad by revealing in a March 30 that the University of New South Wales is teaching students that Australia was 鈥渋nvaded鈥 by Britain and was not actually 鈥渄iscovered鈥 by Captain James Cook.
Carlo Sands
A controversy broke out at Sydney's Mardi Gras on March 6 when organisers threatened to ban the No Pride In Detention refugee rights float if they criticised Opposition leader Bill Shorten's refugee policies.
I am not sure if I fully understand recent political developments, but the message I am getting from the Malcolm Turnbull government is that we have to send babies to hellish prison camps or else the gay lobby will persecute Christian students.
And we need a big increase in military spending or house prices will tragically collapse, or tragically rise, depending on which tragedy you wish to choose. Say what you will about the Turnbull government, it offers no shortages of tragedies.
91自拍论坛 Weekly is marking its 25th anniversary this week, which is a truly remarkable achievement for an independent paper without corporate funding 鈥 and one that could not be achieved without a lot of hard work over many years by more people than could be named.
Well my only New Year's resolution was to have no hope the status quo would somehow miraculously change itself in 2016 鈥 and it is a resolution that has proven all too easy to keep.
For instance, any hopes that changing the 鈥渇ive鈥 to a 鈥渟ix鈥 on the annual calendar would lessen the misogyny strangling decency in this country were pretty quickly defeated.
Red and Black Bloc banner on November 29.
A large-scale revolt of fans of the A-League, Australia's leading football (soccer) competition, has broken out. With several 鈥渁ctive support鈥 fan groups on an indefinite strike and fans from each of the 10 clubs protesting in one form or another, it is one of the largest sporting-related protests in Australia's history.
I just want to get this straight: we cannot help Syrian refugees, many of whom are fleeing from ISIS, because of the ISIS attack on Paris that was carried out by French and Belgian nationals?
Well, who knew a horrifying mass murder thanks to a terror attack in a major world city would lead to such bizarre responses? If only we had some precedent to warn us.
鈥淭here is a saying amongst them that all cops are bastards,鈥 Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm about the attitude of many fans of the Western Sydney Wanderers football (soccer) team towards the police force. 鈥淭he cops have earned that label, they have to un-earn it.鈥
When it was revealed last month that Malcolm Turnbull has in the Caribbean tax haven of the Cayman Islands, I'll admit I felt some relief. At least our prime minister appeared committed to helping someone's economy, even if It was just a banking system once described by Barack Obama as 鈥渢he biggest tax scam on record鈥.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu raised the odd eyebrow when he insisted in an October 20 speech that Adolf Hitler had no plans to exterminate Jews until convinced to do so by a Palestinian 鈥 the then-Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin al-Husseini.
The German government immediately responded by pointing out that 鈥渁ll Germans鈥 know their nation was responsible, which must have made for an odd phone call: 鈥淚s that Mr Netanyahu? Yes, hi, Germany here. Ah, we just wanted to 鈥 um ... this is a bit awkward but ... you know that whole Holocaust thing? Yeah? That was us.
If you are reading this, you are clearly at high risk of 鈥渞adicalisation鈥 鈥 a budding violent extremist probably only a few Triple J Hottest 100 tracks away from blowing up Parliament House, or at least picketing the offices of a classic FM station.
Somewhere wandering aimlessly through the hard streets of Sydney's North Shore, is a dishevelled man in a crumpled suit and a few days鈥 growth telling concerned passers-by, 鈥淚'm not crying, it's just the onion鈥 as he bites into his umpteenth bulb since Monday night, eyes red and flakes of onion skin around his mouth and down his front.
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