The sails of the Opera House were used in a commercial advertising campaign by Samsung in the past. There were no protesting letters then. Thousands of people did not take […]
Read MoreHouse built on back of big gamble
The promotion of the Everest racing event on the sails of the Opera House is being unreasonably criticised. Commercialisation of publicly owned iconic locations is considered tasteless by protesters. In […]
Read MoreOz Day pub ban on nose
As predictable as clockwork, do-gooder ideologues are woken from their morbid dole-grabbing activist existences to protest their flavour-of-the-month causes, now unfortunately targeting Australia Day. The woke nonsense about our great […]
Read MoreSpain could learn from Oz approach
While the “rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain”, the post-flood mud (and a good dose of crowd indignation) was heaped squarely on regal shoulders during protests after Valencia’s […]
Read MoreSensible royal tradition flying out the window
A sensible tradition of the British Royal Family is to avoid having the heir and his/her family travelling together in aircraft, lest several successors are wiped out together in an […]
Read MoreAustralian Mary a real royal asset
As the sun rises on the shores of Denmark on a wintry Sunday morning on January 14, Australia and Scotland will also be basking in the joy of the coronation […]
Read MorePeter Pan fairytale
There is a wonderful irony in the publication of the fanciful novel Endgame, about the impending termination of the British monarchy, when its author Omid Scobie appears on TV with […]
Read MorePassage to India
While the legacy of the once expansive British Empire is often referenced in the context of the Australia Day “invasion” and matters driving the republican movement, other long-lasting effects on […]
Read MoreA royal wrangle
Susie O’Brien is right to argue that our social conflicts with others, whether football players or ABC commentators, must always be respectful and perhaps might be best summed up in […]
Read MoreCoronation and kerfuffle over King Charles
As the brilliantly linguistic Peta Credlin again lays out the case for maintaining our links with King and country, it seems the same sad panoply of try-hards continue their forlorn […]
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