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The Scrub Bulls of Mildura

Michael Gray Griffith: Café Locked out The station was so vast and remote that chances are the bull had never seen a fence or a house. Now in his prime, he was the king of this harsh terrain—a king who… Continue Reading →

Failure: Family Law Reform Australia. Extract. From the Introduction.

Community radio program Dads On The Air was in a singular position to cover and even at times to contribute to the years of government reports, committee inquiries, public debate and media coverage on reforms promoting cooperative care of children after divorce. While… Continue Reading →

Surveillance tech is changing our behaviour – and our brains

Kiley Seymour and Roger Koenig, University of Technology Sydney From self-service checkouts to public streets to stadiums – surveillance technology is everywhere. This pervasive monitoring is often justified in the name of safety and security. But our recent study, published… Continue Reading →

The Repellent Personality of Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister of Australia

With Fred Pawle, Spectator Australia, Sky News, Macro Business, Danger Dan and Others As the joke goes, MAGA is coming to Australia. Make Albo Go Away. The Federal Election in Australia is most likely to be held, assuming the AIs… Continue Reading →

Whales Can Live Way Longer than Previously Thought

Greg Breed, University of Alaska Fairbanks and Peter Corkeron, Griffith University, Australia Southern right whales have lifespans that reach well past 100 years, and 10% may live past 130 years, according to our new research published in the journal Science… Continue Reading →

Classics of the Fatherhood Movement: Of Boys and Men

To mark the 50th anniversary of the Australian Family Law Act in 2025 A Sense of Place Magazine is running this series Classics of the Fatherhood Movement. Also, keep an eye out for the upcoming book from A Sense of… Continue Reading →

20 Years On: the Boxing Day Tsunami

The Australian Federal Police are today remembering the victims and families impacted by the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami and reflect on the support and assistance provided by Australian law enforcement and forensic specialists as part of the large scale international response to… Continue Reading →

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has a Man Problem

Michelle Grattan: University of Canberra Women and their issues were at the centre in the 2022 election. They were an important reason why Scott Morrison was turfed out of office. Morrison, his party and the government were seen to have… Continue Reading →

That’s A Wrap: Rebekah Barnett

One of the brightest stars of Australian journalism to have emerged from the Covid era, Rebekah Barnett has now been honoured with a Fellowship from the Brownstone Institute, one of the world’s leading academic think tanks. A Sense of Place… Continue Reading →

A Time Of Hope: Brownstone Institute

Over the past four years, trust in all the systems that were supposed to make modern life run smoothly has been steadily eroded, even to the point of utter collapse. At the same time, we find ourselves strangely optimistic about… Continue Reading →

Michael Leunig: The closest thing Australian cartooning had to a prophet

Richard Scully, University of New England; Robert Phiddian, Flinders University, and Stephanie Brookes, Monash University Michael Leunig – who died in the early hours of Thursday December 19, surrounded by “his children, loved ones, and sunflowers” – was the closest… Continue Reading →

Classics of the Fatherhood Movement. Legalizing Misandry: From Public Shame to Systemic Discrimination Against Men

To mark the 50th anniversary of the Australian Family Law Act in 2025 A Sense of Place Magazine is running this series Classics of the Fatherhood Movement. Also, keep an eye out for the upcoming book from A Sense of… Continue Reading →

Leunig’s Last Clue: Vale Michael Leunig, Leading Australian Cartoonist

With Michael Gray Griffith: Cafe Locked Out One job of great artists is to navigate our human soul and bring back any clues they find for us to ponder. In a time where our perceived identity could support us all,… Continue Reading →

A Memorial To A Tribute: The Martin Place Siege

Fred Pawle The tenth anniversary of the deadly ‘siege’ in Martin Place, Sydney, valiantly avoids using the M-word. There was a touching ceremony in Martin Place, Sydney, earlier this month as some of the most senior politicians in the nation… Continue Reading →

Failure Family Law Reform Australia: Extract

IT REMAINS surprising that the ultra-woke extremist ideology which is synonymous with the Family Court of Australia evolved in the Land Down Under. For Australia, founded as a penal colony, has always been associated with anti-establishment sentiment. In the early… Continue Reading →

MAD – Misinformation and Disinformation Bill Passes Australia’s Lower House

Australia’s left adopted almost all of its policies from the American Democrats, including extreme levels of censorship. A prime example of the deliberate crushing of the voices of ordinary Australians by the nation’s elites is the Albanese government’s Misinformation and… Continue Reading →

Australia’s Misinformation Bill and Freedom of Speech

Professor Anne Twomey, University of Sydney The federal government’s proposed legislation on misinformation and disinformation has passed the House of Representatives, but faces a rocky time in the Senate. Opponents have dubbed it the MAD Bill, and it has certainly… Continue Reading →

Classics of the Fatherhood Movement. Not Guilty: The Case in Defense of Men by David Thomas

To mark the 50th anniversary of the Australian Family Law Act in 2025 A Sense of Place Magazine is running this series Classics of the Fatherhood Movement. Also, keep an eye out for the upcoming book from A Sense of… Continue Reading →

Australian Whistleblower Police: Reluctant Enforcers for Feminist Domestic Violence Regime

By Bettina Arndt The feminists have it all sewn up. All it took was very effective bullying of politicians to have draconian legislation pushed through various state parliaments resulting in unproven domestic violence accusations flooding our criminal law system. My… Continue Reading →

They Are Scrubbing the Internet Right Now

By Jeffrey Tucker and Debbie Lerman: Brownstone Institute Instances of censorship are growing to the point of normalization. Despite ongoing litigation and more public attention, mainstream social media has been more ferocious in recent months than ever before. Podcasters know… Continue Reading →

The Chairman’s Lounge: The Qantas Controversy Engulfing Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

The release of “The Chairman’s Lounge” by Joe Aston has thrust Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese into a whirlpool of controversy, questioning his integrity and closeness with corporate entities, particularly Qantas Airways. This essay delves into the ramifications of this… Continue Reading →

Australia’s Covid-19 Inquiry Report: 996 pages of Manufacturing Consent. Democracy Theatre for Stupid People.

By Alison Bevege: Letters from Australia The Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet has released the Covid-19 Response Inquiry Report and it is 996 pages of exactly what you would expect. It’s an exercise in what Noam Chomsky called “manufacturing consent”. It’s… Continue Reading →

Powder keg in the Pacific

By Alfred McCoy: Pearls and Irritations While the world looks on with trepidation at regional wars in Israel and Ukraine, a far more dangerous global crisis is quietly building at the other end of Eurasia, along an island chain that… Continue Reading →

Classics of the Fatherhood Movement: The Myth of Male Power by Warren Farrell

To mark the 50th anniversary of the Australian Family Law Act in 2025 A Sense of Place Magazine is running this series Classics of the Fatherhood Movement. Also, keep an eye out for the upcoming book from A Sense of… Continue Reading →

YouTube Deletes Cafe Locked Out’s Kulture Page Dedicated to Australian Protest Songs

By John Stapleton The appalling eradication of Australian culture at the hands of American behemoth tech companies continues apace. Australia adopts all of its policies, including mass migration and climate change, from America. This includes the current censorship push known… Continue Reading →

As We Sit and Squander: Trigger Warning

By Fred Pawle Even now, 90 years later, we don’t fully understand how Nazism came about. From the lofty height of hindsight, we simply conclude that its evilness and inevitable demise should have been blindingly obvious to everyone at the… Continue Reading →

Classics of the Fatherhood Movement: Who Stole Feminism by Christina Hoff Summers

To mark the 50th anniversary of the Australian Family Law Act in 2025 A Sense of Place Magazine is running this series Classics of the Fatherhood Movement. Also, keep an eye out for the upcoming book from A Sense of… Continue Reading →

American based Australian author Miranda Devine pens an Absolute Blockbuster in Lead Up to American Election

The father of much admired journalist Miranda Devine was the legendary Frank Devine, a grand old man of Australian journalism who held a number of senior roles within the Murdoch Empire, including as editor for a decade of Readers Digest,… Continue Reading →

Proposed Hate Speech Laws Abound in Australia

By Rebekah Barnett: Brownstone Institute Victorians could go to prison for up to five years for hate speech under new anti-vilification laws proposed by the Victorian Government. Under the proposed laws, it would be an offence to “incite hatred against, serious… Continue Reading →

Social media footage reveals little-known ‘surfing’ whales in Australian waters

Vanessa Pirotta, Macquarie University As humpback and southern right whales return to Antarctica at the tail end of their annual migration, east coast whale watchers may think the show will soon be over. But some whale species are still here,… Continue Reading →

MAD – Australia’s Insane Mal And Disinformation Legislation. Could Senator Alex Antic Be Locked Up??

By John Stapleton Of all the many things that Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese did not mention prior to his election an eternity ago, that is in May of 2022, was that he would be launching some of the most… Continue Reading →

The making of Australia’s first Dark Sky Community at Carrickalinga

Sharolyn Anderson, University of South Australia In a world increasingly illuminated by artificial light, the beautiful night skies of a small coastal town in South Australia have attracted international recognition. Carrickalinga on the Fleurieu Peninsula is Australia’s first official Dark… Continue Reading →

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