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2 months ago | 
quadrant.org.au | Augusto Zimmermann |Gabriël Moens |Tony Abbott |Matt Ridley
Say you write of the Koran's admonition that apostates must be killed. Well the new 'hate speech' laws might put you in jailFeb 19 202512 minsFailure can be more instructive than success, thus does Liz Truss' memoir chart how government can go off the railsFeb 19 20259 minsThe great thing about science is that it’s self-correcting.
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2 months ago | 
quadrant.org.au | Matt Ridley |Augusto Zimmermann |Gabriël Moens |Tony Abbott
Say you write of the Koran's admonition that apostates must be killed. Well the new 'hate speech' laws might put you in jailFeb 19 202512 minsFailure can be more instructive than success, thus does Liz Truss' memoir chart how government can go off the railsFeb 19 20259 minsThe great thing about science is that it’s self-correcting. The good drives out the bad -- or so I used to thinkFeb 19 202529 minsFor much of my life I have been a science writer.
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2 months ago | 
quadrant.org.au | Roger Franklin |Michael Connor |Augusto Zimmermann |Tony Thomas
If eSafety investigators can raise a fuss over posts that may be subjectively distasteful but are perfectly legal, what sort of a censorship shop is Julie Inman Grant running? Feb 08 20256 minsWhitlam fans see a romantic leader dealing with defeat.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
quadrant.org.au | Christopher Akehurst |Michael Connor |Kevin Donnelly |Augusto Zimmermann
A Catholic speaker at a Catholic university decries abortion, his audience walks out and a grovelling vice-chancellor apologises. There's something very wrong hereNov 21 20248 minsHow ever did Warra Warra Wai's compendium of absurdities find favour with a major publisher? Nov 21 202414 minsMichael Oakeshott captured in a few words the essence of a liberal education.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
quadrant.org.au | Augusto Zimmermann |Gabriël Moens
After 29 climate scare fests you might think the COP conventioneers would be running out of puff. But no, they're keen as ever on your moneyNov 19 202410 minsProgress is a funny thing. Some 60 years ago, the ABC radio soap opera Blue Hills tackled the same issues of racial identity that landed Andrew Bolt in so much troubleNov 19 20246 minsLula da Silva's activist judges are arresting priests critical of his hard-left policies.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
quadrant.org.au | Augusto Zimmermann |Gabriël Moens |Matthew White
Progress is a funny thing. Some 60 years ago, the ABC radio soap opera 'Blue Hills' tackled the same issues of racial identity that landed Andrew Bolt in so much trouble. Somehow, in our so-called age of tolerance, it has become so much easier to apply the gagNov 19 20246 minsLula da Silva's activist judges are arresting priests critical of his hard-left policies.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
quadrant.org.au | Augusto Zimmermann |Gabriël Moens |Matthew White
Progress is a funny thing. Some 60 years ago, the ABC radio soap opera 'Blue Hills' tackled the same issues of racial identity that landed Andrew Bolt in so much trouble. Somehow, in our so-called age of tolerance, it has become so much easier to apply the gagNov 19 20246 minsLula da Silva's activist judges are arresting priests critical of his hard-left policies.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
quadrant.org.au | Augusto Zimmermann |Gabriël Moens |Matthew White |Roger Underwood
Lula da Silva's activist judges are arresting priests critical of his hard-left policies. Our state premiers are taking noteNov 18 20248 minsMichael Wilding's new book cites Orwell’s injunction to avoid 'book-trained' socialists. He's right about thatNov 18 202413 minsDecades ago Phil Cheney laid down the science of bushfires and how to live with them.
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Nov 17, 2024 | 
spectator.com.au | Augusto Zimmermann
The end of the year could be the swansong for free speech in Australia. The Misinformation and Disinformation Bill, passed in the House of Representatives on November 7, has been submitted to the Senate for final review. If it passes there, digital media will be required to censor itself, thus cancelling all speech which is deemed to constitute misinformation or disinformation. Free speech implies one’s ability to express opinions without fear of reprisal.
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Nov 17, 2024 | 
spectator.com.au | Augusto Zimmermann
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) notes that over the past 50 years, there has been a steady decline in the proportion of Australians who report an affiliation with religion. Overall, affiliation with Christianity decreased from 52 per cent in 2016 to 44 per cent in 2021. That means the difference between the number of people who claim to have an affiliation with a religious denomination and those who claim not to belong to a religion is minimal.
