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Former US diplomat urges us to put Australia first at Paris climate talks

Australian Conservative | February 20 2015

Former US ambassador to the UN John Bolton has rejected the suggestion that an international deal on substantial carbon emissions reductions will be achieved at the Paris talks this year.
Human rights report shows Abbott Govt must support Bob Day’s 18C bill – IPA

IPA Media Release | February 12 2015

“There is no excuse for the Abbott government to not support the Racial Discrimination Amendment Bill 2014,” says Simon Breheny, director of the Legal Rights Project at free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs.
Spill matter is behind us, now back to work for you, PM Tony Abbott says

Tony Abbott | February 9 2015

“The Liberal Party has dealt with the spill motion and now this matter is behind us.” Read Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s statement following this morning’s party room vote.
Dumping Abbott could keep Libs out of office for a decade – UK conservative

Australian Conservative | February 6 2015

Changing leaders could put the Liberal Party out of power for a decade, former Thatcher adviser John O’Sullivan told ABC Radio National’s Between the Lines yesterday.
PM Tony Abbott calls on party room to defeat leadership spill motion

Tony Abbott | February 6 2015

“I have spoken to Deputy Leader Julie Bishop and we will stand together in urging the Party Room to defeat this particular [spill] motion,” Tony Abbott said today. Read the PM’s full statement.
Abbott Govt must further reduce the regulatory burden on business – IPA

IPA Media Release | February 4 2015

“Living standards will go backwards unless the government does more to address the sharp decline in Australian productivity,” says James Paterson, Deputy Executive Director at the Institute of Public Affairs.
“There are lessons in this result for all governments” – PM Abbott on Qld election

Tony Abbott | February 1 2015

“There are lessons in this result for all governments, including the Federal one,” Prime Minister Tony Abbott said today. Read The PM’s statement on the Queensland election.
Nation can’t rest on its laurels – PM Tony Abbott’s Australia Day message

Tony Abbott | January 26 2015

We can’t rest on our laurels and everyone has a part to play in sustaining a country that is strong and prosperous, free and fair.
IPA welcomes Productivity Commission inquiry into effects of minimum wage

IPA Media Release | January 23 2015

“A Productivity Commission investigation of the harm caused by the minimum wage will hopefully be the first step towards its eventual abolition,” says Dr Mikayla Novak, Senior Research Fellow at the free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs.
Islamist reality dawning and more economic woes – Cory Bernardi looks ahead

Cory Bernardi | January 21 2015

The year ahead is one that I expect will be marked by significant change. A change in public attitudes, a change in the global economy and change in global politics.
Paris slaughter renews debate about Section 18C of Racial Discrimination Act

Australian Conservative | January 13 2015

The murderous attack on the office of French magazine Charlie Hebdo has renewed the debate in Australia about Section 18C of the federal Racial Discrimination Act 1975.

Hot Topics

Nuclear Royal Commission a boost for SA, subs – Bob Day

Family First Senator Bob Day today welcomed the South Australian Government’s move for a Royal Commission into the nuclear industry, saying the decision has enhanced prospects for submarines to be built in South Australia.

“Haven’t you learnt anything?”

“My European Jewish brethren are in danger. Again. European streets are ringing with “Death to the Jews” and “Gas the Jews” – ugly mobs, salivating for Jewish blood. Again,” writes Michael Galak at Quadrant Online.

Climate alarmists turn back the clock

The unrelenting war on carbon fuels has some zealots advocating “Zero Emissions”, while also, incredibly, opposing nuclear and hydro-power. They would take us all back to the BC Era (before coal).

America’s retreat from responsibility

It comes as no surprise to hear those who have long bemoaned Pax Americana celebrating the superpower’s shrinking presence on the world stage. There is grave cause of concern, certainly, but the real problem is Washington’s neo-isolationist refusal to lead, Quadrant editor Keith Windschuttle writes.

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- In 2015, an ABC presenter’s chair for a conservative – Tom Switzer gets a show
  
  The ABC will give a presenter’s chair to a conservative in 2015 when former editor of the Spectator Australia Tom Switzer goes to air with a new weekly current affairs program on Radio National.
- An outbreak of politeness on Q&A: this might be the reason why…
  
  About half way through last night’s edition of ABC1’s normally feisty Q&A, this tweet appeared: “Great diversity of opinion expressed politely tonight…”. A tweet earlier in the program might explain why.
- Tom Switzer provides a reality check on the G20, Abbott and CO2 emissions
  
  Take a trip to the Guardian Australia Edition for a common sense take on Tony Abbott and the G20 meeting, and where we’re at following last week’s Obama-Xi Jinping emissions accord.
- How to handle interruptions on ABC1’s Q&A – a lesson from Rowan Dean
  
  Right-of-centre views were well represented on Monday night’s edition of ABC1’s Q&A panel program. It recalled the 11 Feb. edition of the program last year when George Brandis and James Paterson had a very good time at the expense of the lefties.
- The Spectator Australia says deficit tax suggestion hits electorate “like a kidney punch”
  
  The suggestion of a deficit tax suggests the Government has already thrown in the towel, according to a hard-hitting editorial in The Spectator Australia this week.
- Chris Kenny recalls his ABC experiences
  
  Chris Kenny, Australian columnist-blogger and host of Viewpoint and Friday Live on Sky News Australia, recalls his experiece with the ABC for the “Diary” column in this week’s edition of The Spectator Australia.
- Can you bear it? ABC’s News Breakfast awards “campaign winning” moment to Kevin Rudd
  
  Last Saturday, in their special election morning edition of ABC’s News Breakfast, Michael Rowland and Virginia Trioli took a look at “the great campaign moments this year” and announced awards for campaign winner and loser.
- Tom Switzer in the WSJ on Abbott’s triumph
  
  The Spectator Australia editor Tom Switzer wrote an excellent opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal on the federal election.
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Popular Recent Stories
- Abbott Govt should reject call for higher taxes on Australians: IPA
  
  The Abbott Government should publicly reject the OECD’s recommendation to slug Australians with higher taxes, according to free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs.
- Australia one of the highest taxed countries in the world – new IPA study
  
  Australia has become one of the highest taxing nations in the world, says Dr Mikayla Novak, Senior Research Fellow at free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs.
- Senator Bob Day starts the nuclear sub debate
  
  Why isn’t the Government exploring the nuclear submarine option for Australia, South Australian Family First Senator Bob Day asks.
- Senator Bob Day’s Budget prescriptions
  
  Massive spending reductions will help address the Commonwealth public debt interest which grows and grows from $13.4 billion last year to $17.9 billion in 2017 a $4.5 billion increase in interest payments.
- UKIP success has a message for the Abbott Government, FF Senator Bob Day says
  
  The UK Independence Party’s success in this week’s Rochester and Strood by-election seems to indicate that the British Conservatives have abandoned the things that are most important to people, Family First Senator Bob Day told the Bolt Report.
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Notes and Comments
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