Qantas Vs Unfair Work Australia

October 31st, 2011

Union thugs have been squealing like stuck pigs since Qantas chief, Alan Joyce, blindsided them with his decision to ground the airline.  Their first response was to play the race card by claiming it will result in the ‘asianisation’ of our national airline. Somebody should tell these morons that the White Australia policy was buried years ago – by a Liberal government!

Unions have been waging an industrial terror campaign against Qantas to force them to accept their demands for more pay, less work and security for jobs that won’t exist with new technology.  Union leaders have boasted that they intend to do Qantas over slowly to get their way. Read the rest of this entry »

Republicans muted during Royal visit

October 23rd, 2011

Republicans have been remarkably muted during the royal visit by Queen Elizabeth 11 and the Duke of Edinburgh. The unwashed ferals occupying Martin Place protesting against democracy, greed and anything else that threatens their welfare cheques have received more coverage that the usual cohort of republican sympathisers from the commentariat.

Democracy is indeed a major impediment to the republican cause.  At the 1999 referendum more than a million Australians voted to retain our constitutional monarchy. The highest proportion of votes for a republic came from the inner-urban areas of Sydney and Melbourne.  The only area that registered a majority vote for a republic came from the People’s Republic of Canberra. All other states and territories rejected it. Read the rest of this entry »

Labor’s coalition of clowns deliver carbon tax

October 17th, 2011

Julia’s pledge that ‘there will be no carbon tax under a government I lead’ is now one of the great lies of Australian politics.

One can only wonder what was going through Kevin Rudd’s mind as he kissed Julia on the floor of Parliament after the historic vote. Was his tongue in his cheek? Could he feel an election coming on? Julia, it seems, not only had her eyes closed for the joyous moment but she obviously has her ears closed to what working voters are saying about her carbon tax.

Whilst Julia, Kev and their coalition of clowns (Oakshott, Windsor, Wilkie and Bandt) were kissing, whooping and giving self-congratulatory high-5s, most working Australians were bracing for the cost of their indulgence. Read the rest of this entry »

If you want to experiment with drugs – don’t go to Bali!

October 10th, 2011

The Bali arrest of a 14 year old for alleged possession of cannabis is a tragic reminder of the perils of associating with illegal drugs in overseas countries.

Whilst social media crosses international borders seamlessly our attitudes towards international law have to be adjusted at each entry point.  Our liberal approach to law and justice allows a great deal of latitude for people to push the boundaries of anti-social behaviour.  This is not the case with our Asian neighbours in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.

One can only wonder what these countries have to do to warn Australian visitors of the consequences of using drugs under their legal systems.  Australians have been executed for drug trafficking and others will languish in third world prisons for the rest of their lives.  Each of these cases has generated headline after headline on our news bulletins.  Customs officials advise departing passengers of the dangers of dealing in drugs.  The warnings are even more prominent at the entry points and in popular tourist areas. Read the rest of this entry »

A Bolt in the coffin for free speech!

October 2nd, 2011

‘War is peace; freedom is slavery; ignorance is strength; and now… white is black?’ wrote a cynic in response to the judicial decision which found that Andrew Bolt had offended some fair skinned aboriginals in his newspaper column for the Herald-Sun. Bolt was questioning the aboriginal status of some fair-skinned activists who benefit from grants available to those in the know within the aboriginal industry.

This is the industry where billions of taxpayer funds are allocated for aboriginal welfare but by the time the money flows through the bureaucracy there is little left to help those for whom it is intended. The parlous state of aboriginal townships and outstations is evidence of this. Read the rest of this entry »

Public figures fair game for headline hunters

September 18th, 2011

During the war in the Pacific a sanctimonious senior officer complained to Prime Minister John Curtin about some of the character traits of his Commander in Chief, General Thomas Blamey.  Blamey had a reputation as a womaniser and enjoyed more than a few beers.  Curtin’s response reflected the moment.  ‘We need a general to win this war – not a Sunday school teacher!’

The times also reflected a lack of media intrusion into the lives of public figures.  Media cycles were more leisurely and limited to newsprint and radio.  Television had not arrived and ‘internet’ was not yet a word.

Fast forward to the new millennium and we have a 24/7 news cycle. The media industry has exploded and expanded.  It now includes newspapers, radio, television, the internet, social networks and twitter.  News is instantaneous and the competition to break it is intense. Read the rest of this entry »

London riots – could they happen here?

August 15th, 2011

As last week’s riots set London ablaze the NSW Parliament debated a Bill that seeks to toughen penalties for graffiti vandals and a magistrate granted bail to a serial teenage criminal who has committed 50 offences.

In Parliament Labor-Green members argued that graffiti is ‘art’ and the perpetrators shouldn’t be punished.  In court the magistrate released the 15 year old teenage crim who led police on yet another high-speed, high-risk chase in a stolen car despite the fact he has already breached bail 32 times.

In Sydney’s inner-west and eastern suburbs organised ethnic gangs run drug-syndicates and money laundering operations with little fear of prosecution.  In today’s society gang leaders are accorded celebrity status and flaunt their wealth with impunity.  Out in the west lawless teenage gangs roam the streets with menace at night.

Smart phone technology now allows moronic mobs to assemble and re-assemble into feral battalions to wreak havoc at will.  Frontline police know they won’t be backed by politically correct superiors or a left-leaning judiciary so they tread carefully. They have every reason to do so as criminals know their ‘rights’ and can use the current legal ‘system’ to destroy careers. Read the rest of this entry »

A free press: the good, the bad and the Greens!

July 31st, 2011

The Greens attempt to curb media criticism of their extreme left policies is true to form.  Freedom of ideas and expression are the great gifts of democracy. Ideological censorship as practiced in communist and other totalitarian regimes is the antithesis of democratic political doctrine.

It is therefore no surprise that the Greens, whose roots are entrenched in communist ideology, want to curb media attention on their policies.  It is ironic that the Greens and their cheer squad in GetUp recently praised Julian Assange because of his success in exposing secret documents illegally hacked on Wikileaks.  Assange has become a cult hero for GetUp and the Green-Left political alliance.

The News of the World hacking scandal in Britain exposed their ideological hypocrisy.  Although there is no evidence of such practices in the Australian media the Greens have now seized upon the likelihood of it happening here to curb criticism of their Carbon Tax. Read the rest of this entry »

Congestion taxes and tolls

July 3rd, 2011

Sydney’s road and rail network is a symbol of NSW Labor’s self-indulgent incompetence.  It is an unholy mess that will require major surgery to fix.

The cancer began when former Labor Premier, Neville Wran, sold off the transport corridors given to him by the Federal Coalition Government at the time.  Wran sold the land for a short term political gain.

He was later followed by former Labor Premier, Bob Carr, who was elected on a promise of scrapping t tolls on the M4 and M5 in 1995.  Further investment in transport infrastructure was not possible because of the cost of Carr’s commitment.  Factional infighting between Carr, his Treasurer, Michael Egan and Roads Minister, Carl Scully scuttled plans for a third lane in the M5 East tunnel.  Western Sydney motorists have suffered ever since. Read the rest of this entry »

Bend over Australia – here come the Greens!

June 26th, 2011

Australians who voted Green in the last election are about to discover the cost of their folly. The warm and fuzzy feelings they felt on election eve will soon evaporate as they open their electricity accounts, gasp at their water bills and fill up their cars.

But if they think the price of electricity, water and fuel are high now, they ain’t seen nothin’ yet!

Greens Senator Bob Brown will emerge as the most powerful politician in Australia with the swearing in of his new Green Senators on 1 July 2011.  Brown’s team of Green radicals will then hold the balance of power in the Senate.

The most extreme of the new bunch is former Socialist Party member, Lee Rhiannon.  Her parents were lifelong members of the Communist Party.  She was a leading activist against our troops who fought the communists during the Vietnam War.

Rhiannon held the NSW Labor Government to ransom during her 10 years as a Member of the Legislative Council.  Her radical Green policies have forced rural families off land they have farmed for generations, crippled our timber industry and locked recreational fishermen out of their favourite spots. Read the rest of this entry »