Category Archives: Australian Story

David Bidstrup guest post. “Fith-20″ (the new old disease)

Posted on 7:18 pm, September 18, 2020 by Rafe Champion

There is a very dangerous disease sweeping Australia. It manifests in the complete inability of those afflicted to engage in rational thought processes. It seems to affect those people who are in “leadership” positions more than ordinary folk, although the … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian Story, Guest Post, Oppressive government | 7 Comments

It’s that Dan is really really stupid that makes it so much worse

Posted on 12:04 am, September 15, 2020 by Steve Kates

See what they’re saying about us around the world: Australia Is A Full Scale Pilot Test For The New World Order Several journalists and content creators have noticed that Australia looks like the most totalitarian police state that has existed … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian Story | 103 Comments

If you read one op-ed today …

Posted on 12:55 pm, September 13, 2020 by Sinclair Davidson

David Penberthy is really good: I am less interested for the purposes of this column in Dan’s totalitarian credentials, impressive as they may be, than in the blind, Kool-Aid skolling fanaticism of his loyal army of followers, who would have … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian Story, COVID-19, Culture Wars, Hypocrisy of progressives, Politics of the Left | 86 Comments

Pregnant Women Matter?

Posted on 10:57 am, September 4, 2020 by Rafe Champion
Posted in Australian Story, Rafe | 6 Comments

The return of the Eureka Stockade

Posted on 5:39 pm, September 3, 2020 by Steve Kates

I don’t know if anyone else has commented on this, but I find it interesting that this protest was to be in Ballarat, the same city as The Eureka Stockade. I no longer expect the same result if it goes … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian Story, COVID-19, Economics and economy | 18 Comments

Can we avoid becoming the white trash of Asia?

Posted on 10:22 am, September 2, 2020 by Rafe Champion

How long can the economy and household budgets survive the lockdown and the amount of transient power that will infect the grid before the rush to RE is finished? Our chances will improve if we can have a wide-ranging and … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian Story, Rafe | 40 Comments

Perhaps it’s because of our penal colony roots

Posted on 2:52 pm, September 1, 2020 by Steve Kates

There were two articles in the Australian today discussing more or less the same issue. First from Adam Creighton: The COVID-19 panic is unnecessary — it is much less threatening than we think. And then from Nick Cater: Founded on … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian Story, COVID-19 | 75 Comments

The world is laughing at us

Posted on 11:57 pm, August 29, 2020 by Steve Kates

That’s from Johannes Leak in The Oz today, reminding me of my post on August 6: The Melbourne Syndrome. As I wrote then: The Covid pandemic has brought on our modern version of The Stockholm Syndrome: “feelings of trust or … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian Story, COVID-19, Politics of the Left | 132 Comments

Do not doubt that Victoria has become a police state

Posted on 11:30 am, August 26, 2020 by Steve Kates

Let me preface this with a quote from a Letter to the Editor at the Oz. I had to leave for the UK recently…. Extraordinarily, after all the tribulations leaving Australia, I entered the UK by merely sliding my passport … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian Story, COVID-19, Politics of the Left | 63 Comments

Nice unemployment if you can get it

Posted on 8:43 pm, August 23, 2020 by currencylad

Tonight: Take it and go: Seibold offered $1 million to walk away from Broncos immediately.

Posted in Australian Story, Finance | 13 Comments