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The reason Australia Day is celebrated on the 26th of January has little to do with the First Fleet. It actually marks the passing of a law in 1949 that made all of us — Indigenous and non-Indigenous — Australian citizens.

By Brendan O'Neill, The Australian. Editor's Note: Brendan O'Neill, editor of Spiked, spells out just how momentous Boris Johnson's landslide win is -- how it came to pass, and what it means for the future of Britain, as well as the utterly trounced Labour Party. [...]

For a whole range of reasons, I’m now convinced that President Trump will win a second term. Here are 20 reasons I’m almost certain he’ll be reelected in 2020.

Back in 2017 I flew down to Tasmania to interview the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Hobart, Julian Porteous. The Archbishop had been brought before the Anti-Discrimination Board simply for producing a booklet outlining the traditional Christian understanding of marriage. But the real reason I went [...]

You can’t board an aircraft without going through airport security. Everyone and everything that enters the plane is screened. Your luggage. Your backpack. Even you. Nothing gets through without security’s permission. They’re the gatekeepers. Now airport security is a powerful metaphor for understanding how our [...]

Wherever you look, socialism is sexy again. In the UK this week, Jeremy Corbyn is seeking election as the nation’s Prime Minister on a proudly socialist platform. In the US, socialist Bernie Sanders is making a second run for President, and he has the endorsement [...]

What are we to make of the Israel Folau and Rugby Australia settlement? It appears that they have kissed and made up – sort of. As most folks would have heard by now, the long-running stand-off between star rugby player Israel Folau and Rugby Australia [...]

By Greg Sheridan, The Australian. Editor's Note: Greg Sheridan describes the increasing violence and anarchy afflicting Western societies, without regard to democratic, reasoned decision-making or the good of the nation. How can we move forward in the face of dangerous hysterical activism? Support quality journalism [...]

Eight months after Rugby Australia sacked star fullback Israel Folau for expressing his faith on Instagram, the two parties have settled out of court for an undisclosed sum. Many Australians—and people the world over—have watched this story with interest, because of its implications for religious [...]

More coercive utopian governments pushing radical agendas and crushing our freedoms: I did a radio interview on Friday morning on how the dictatorial Dan Andrews’ government in Victoria is seeking to outlaw “conversion therapy,” and I said that the other Australian states would quickly follow [...]

Should a secular court have the power to decide if Izzy Folau is Christian? That’s what may happen if the Federal government’s proposed Religious Discrimination Bill – to have been tabled in Parliament last week – becomes law [UPDATE: it will be delayed until 2020]. [...]

Increasingly our options are being lessened as more and more companies and businesses push ungodly agendas: I had recently started an article on how Western Christians are to respond to the increased persecution, anti-Christian bigotry, and the ever-darkening times we live in. I had penned [...]

By Kevin Donnelly, The Australian Illustration: Johannes Leak. Editor's Note: Kevin Donnelly deftly exposes the dangers of contemporary culture's increasing forcefulness in policing language, demanding conformity to warped ideologies that distort the very fabric of our society. This unhealthy practice, with its roots in Marxist [...]

by William Kininmonth, News Weekly. The emergence of the Extinction Rebellion phenomenon over recent months has seen community disruption in many Western cities, heralded by a generally fawning and uncritical media. The tolerance of Western democracies has made it possible for a few determined protestors [...]

Smoking ceremonies are not a harmless cultural practice, argues Aboriginal leader Rodney Rivers. Rather, they have dangerous spiritual origins and should be avoided.

by Clare Bruce, Hope 103.2 We’re all familiar with the idea of child sponsorship, but most of us will never get up close to the profound stories of transformation that can happen in the lives of those being sponsored – and, at times, the sponsors [...]

The Victorian Government has already committed to prohibiting what it calls ‘harmful LGBT conversion practices’ and is seeking the community’s views on the best way to implement this ban. (due 24 November) Given the breadth of the definition of ‘conversion practices’ -- sometimes called ‘gay [...]

Sometimes it is a very good thing to be divisive: In more sensible times, it used to be the case that if you stood up in the public arena arguing for truth and for what is right, you were regarded highly. You were respected for [...]

Are the majority of Atheists and other non-religious Aussies right when it comes to religious discrimination in Australia? In the ABC’s ‘Australia Talks’ survey, involving 54,000 people from across Australian society, people were asked about the prevalence of religious discrimination in Australia. And when it [...]

by Chris McCormack, News Weekly Far from being a grassroots-driven, spontaneous protest against climate change, the Extinction Rebellion (XR) is an internationally funded, highly planned organisation that pays its supporters to protest, or more accurately, rebel. And it is determined to overthrow democracy. Paul Homewood’s [...]