Hate Speech or Speech you Hate?
"The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article 19: Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and...
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In defense of Christianity & Christians
I am a flawed Catholic who was raised by parents, especially my mother who embraced the church. Throughout my childhood, I was...
The delcon's conundrum, which is the lesser of two evils?
Well, the starting gun has been fired and we are just over a fortnight into the election campaign. Bill Shorten and his...
Ignore the left at our peril. Lets push back!
What a week we all have just endured, Vegan’s on our streets and invading farms and now the sacking of one of...
It's time to get busy being a conservative online.
So many things in our lives become addictive, food, alcohol, smoking, drugs, gambling……The list goes on and on. Over the last 15...
Rodney Dearing and St Kevin’s Parish - a reflection of faith and community
When I contacted St Kevin’s Catholic parish in Ormond for this story I was given Rodney Dearing as the best person to meet for my...
Standing tall on both feet isn't sinister, it's courageous.
Words matter, misconstruing words can matter more, using words to raise emotions while empowering another agenda is deceptive, but for those who do not see...
The Great Reset, is it something to fear?
Recently a motion was put before our federal parliamentarians about "the Great Reset" a policy position of the World Economic Forum and it's founder and...
A bottle of whisky, Dan Andrews and my resilience
More to my surprise than anybody else’s, I have discovered over my adult life that I am a pretty resilient person. I have had to...
Is Christianity still relevant?
More people than ever before do not identify with any of the main Christian faiths. In the just released. census data, it shows that more...
Why Freedom is not free at all
I was raised to believe that through the sacrifice of my forefathers I lived in a country that embraced freedoms for the individual. Freedom to...
Pontificating Politicians, Elites and Media
The Cambridge dictionary meaning of pontificating is "to speak or write and give your opinion about something as if you knew everything about...
Trust in politicians, why would you?
The Age newspaper & ABC writer “Casey Briggs” wrote a curious article just before New Years claiming people had regained their trust in politicians due...
Have we seen the sequel of the Reichstag Fire and the arrival of Big Tech Fascism?
Nazi analogies should be used sparingly, but are often abused in the regularity of their use. Personally, I am extremely reluctant to use them, yet...
What’s happening on our streets?
In the past months papers across the country had stories of gang violence, stabbings, school and work bullying, street brawls and drug overdoses on Sunday morning...