By John Stapleton After decades in mainstream journalism, and having written literally thousands of stories, there aren’t too many things I haven’t written about. But there was one story about the world’s last survivor of the Gallipoli campaign, Alec Campbell,… Continue Reading →
Steven Porter: Moree Three years on from Australia’s polarising Voice to Parliament Referendum, the debate over Indigenous recognition, sovereignty, and rights continues to resonate. In October 2023, Australians decisively voted No, rejecting the proposal to enshrine an Aboriginal and Torres… Continue Reading →
A new generation of podcasters is transforming Australia’s media. One of the best is property expert Scott Kuru. His signature blend of data, outrage, and calls to individual action paints a picture of avoidable decline accelerating through poor policy choices…. Continue Reading →
By Kya Raina Lal, Auckland University of Technology Fiji is at the centre of an illicit narcotics crisis described as a national emergency, driven by an escalating demand for hard drugs in Australia and New Zealand. Drugs, particularly cocaine and… Continue Reading →
Drawing on research from Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, Mindless exposes how education has been captured by radical ideas that elevate victimhood, identity politics and climate alarmism above learning. To watch the Sunday morning Cafe Locked Out… Continue Reading →
By John Stapleton War veteran and trauma specialist Dr Bruce Paix was arrested near Canberra airport while on his way to attend the Convoy to Canberra gathering. Cheering crowds celebrated Dr Paix’s release today, 11 February, 2022, as he was… Continue Reading →
Jeff Sparrow, The University of Melbourne When the University of Queensland Press cancelled the publication of Wiradjuri poet Jazz Money’s book Bila: A River Cycle because of a blog post by its illustrator, 60 UQP contributors signed a letter of… Continue Reading →
Professor Ramesh Thakur, one of Australia’s most esteemed academics. You can see his interview with Cafe Locked Out on X, YouTube, Rumble, Facebook and Substack. Here is the link on Rumble. A Sense of Place has just published the Revised… Continue Reading →
We sit down with Fred Pawle, one of Australian journalism’s great characters, to discuss his recently updated book Die Laughing: The Wild Life of Bill Leak. Though an ill-fit in corporate journalism, Pawle worked at The Australian for many years… Continue Reading →
While you might expect criticism from from their traditional opponents, the Australian Federal Government’s March budget has been met with almost universal condemnation. A country already reeling from the impacts of mass migration and a cost of living crisis is… Continue Reading →
My Angry Breast tells a personal journey through diagnosis, chemotherapy, mastectomy, and the aftermath of hearing those devastating words: “You have cancer.” Having experienced the trauma of a cancer diagnosis through her father’s final years, Robyn’s passion was to find a… Continue Reading →
Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra One Nation’s smashing victory in Farrer fires up the insurgent party, and casts fresh doubts over the future of the Liberal Party. The result could not be a more devastating rebuff for Liberal leader Angus… Continue Reading →
To watch the interview with Cafe Locked Out and Ian Williamson go HERE. A pristine stretch of the New South Wales far south coast – widely regarded as one of the most beautiful and untouched marine environments on Australia’s east… Continue Reading →
Watch the Rumble Interview HERE. Gender affirming care in Australia encompasses a range of medical, psychological, and social interventions designed to support transgender and gender diverse individuals in aligning their physical characteristics and social presentation with their gender identity. This… Continue Reading →
This is the story of how networks of Mates have come to dominate business and government, robbing ordinary Australians. Every hour you work, thirty minutes of it goes to line the Mates’ pockets rather than your own. Mates in big… Continue Reading →
By John Stapleton Four years ago Australia saw the largest demonstrations in its history, as hundreds of thousands of people descended on the nation’s capital. The Australian media and the Australian authorities colluded in lying about the numbers, and lied… Continue Reading →
John Stapleton Four years ago Australia hundreds of thousands of people march on Canberra, disgusted by the extremism of lockdowns and vaccine mandates. At its peak, more than 12 million people were under lockdown protocols. While the authorities managed to… Continue Reading →
By John Stapleton Four years ago the sedate public service infested Australian capital saw the largest protest gathering in its history. The public were well and truly over the draconian, and as it turns out entirely unnecessary, restrictions on their… Continue Reading →
By John Stapleton Four years ago the Australian government was faced with the closest thing the country has ever seen to a genuine People’s Revolution, as hundreds of thousands of people, furious over the excessive authoritarianism of the Covid era,… Continue Reading →
Interview by John Stapleton Johnny Allen was the motivating force behind some of the most exciting activity in Australia during the 1970s, from The Arts Factory to the Nimbin Festival to Cabaret Conspiracy. He will be remembered as one of… Continue Reading →
For anyone who knew him, there are memorial drinks in Sydney at the El Rocco Room corner Brougham and William St Kings Cross from 6.30 to 9.30 pm on Tuesday December 9! Stephen passed away after a long struggle with… Continue Reading →
Michael Gray Griffith There is so much space out here – it’s as if the gods left before they could bother with mountains, valleys, or grand forests. You could misplace an entire civilisation inside it. We did, and they are… Continue Reading →
Australian Federal Police Assistant Commissioner Cyber Command Richard Chin has announced that the Australian Federal Police are tracking a concerning rise across the industry in what are known as Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams. These involve cyber criminals impersonating a… Continue Reading →
Sean Tomlinson, University of Adelaide and Damien Fordham, University of Adelaide To a newly-arrived red fox, the abundant rolling grasslands and swamps of Wadawurrung Country, around what is now called Port Phillip Bay, must have seemed like a predator’s paradise…. Continue Reading →
The AFP has set up new National Security Investigations (NSI) teams to target groups and individuals causing high levels of harm to Australia’s social cohesion, including the targeting of federal parliamentarians. The NSI teams began operations in Sydney, Melbourne and… Continue Reading →
Tony Hughes-d’Aeth, The University of Western Australia A.D. Hope and Patrick White are towering figures of 20th-century Australian culture. Few cast larger literary shadows over the postwar period. White, with his dizzying, monumental novels and Nobel prize, holds pride of… Continue Reading →
By Erin Rolandsen: Beyond the Rage Machine Cybernetics pioneer Stafford Beer once said: “The purpose of a system is what it does.” If that is true, what, then, do we make of Australia’s systems? Everywhere we look, the systems designed… Continue Reading →
Lisa M. Given, RMIT University Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, has outlined an updated list of platforms that may fall under the social media age restrictions that will take effect later this year. While Australians expected platforms such as… Continue Reading →
Michael Gray Griffith: Cafe Locked Out In the trial of Paul Offe, the prosecutor, towards the end, left a free frame of the rear of Paul’s truck on all the screens of the court. On the top of Paul’s truck… Continue Reading →
50th Anniversary of the Family Law Act. Warnings that there were serious problems with the court came early. In 1985, only a decade after the court’s establishment, Australia’s proud old weekly The Bulletin ran a story on its front cover:… Continue Reading →
Joseph Janes, Swansea University Yaba, a cheap and potent methamphetamine-caffeine pill often dubbed “crazy medicine”, has become one of Thailand’s most pressing public health crises. Easy to produce and widely available, yaba is used by everyone from factory workers seeking… Continue Reading →
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