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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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Anthony Albanese buys $4.3 million house in the midst of a Housing Crisis: Political Suicide

With Matthew Camenzuli  Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s $4.3 million purchase of a flash house on the Central Coast has ignited a firestorm of criticism, primarily focusing on the timing, insensitivity to economic pressures faced by many Australians, and the… Continue Reading →

Classics of the Fatherhood Movement: Kangaroo Court by John Hirst

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 →

Dark Tourism: Attracting Visitors to War Zones and sites of atrocities in Israel and Ukraine 

Juliet Rogers, The University of Melbourne There is a disturbing trend of people travelling to the sadder places of the world: sites of military attacks, war zones and disasters. Dark tourism is now a phenomenon, with its own website and… Continue Reading →

United States makes Western Australia vital for Fighting its Wars and a Target for its Enemies

By Bevan Ramsden: Pearls and Irritations Successive Australian governments have allowed the United States to carry out a program of militarisation in Western Australia (WA) which has made it a vital US war-fighting base and thus an inevitable target for… Continue Reading →

‘It’s the crime of the century’: Leading Cancer specialist warns Australia on mRNA tumors, briefs Parliament

By Alison Bevege: Letters from Australia The covid gene-vaccines cause cancer. UK Oncology Professor Angus Dalgleish and US critical care doctor Paul Marik are on tour for the Australian Medical Practitioners Society. Nobody likes the topic of cancer. Sudden Stage… Continue Reading →

Classics of the Fatherhood Movement: Family Court Hell by Mark Harris

“Family Court Hell” by Mark Harris is a harrowing account of one man’s ten-year odyssey through the British family court system following the painful dissolution of his marriage. This book not only recounts Harris’s personal battle for access to his… Continue Reading →

The High Costs of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s Misjudgement: The Anniversary of Australia’s Voice Referendum

By Michelle Grattan This time a year ago, we were on the cusp of the October 14 Voice referendum. Most players were already aware it was doomed. Less understood was just how far-reaching would be the impact of what, in… Continue Reading →

Top Covid Health Official calls to scrap Australia’s Outrageous Misinformation Bill

By Rebekah Barnett: Dystopian Down Under A popular TV doctor and senior health official in Australia’s Covid response has cautioned against the “weaponisation” of misinformation, calling for the Australian Government’s revamped misinformation bill to be “rejected in its entirety.” Dr Nick Coatsworth,… Continue Reading →

Classics of the Fatherhood Movement. The Respondent: Exposing the Cartel of Family Law by Greg Ellis

Greg Ellis’s book, “The Respondent,” stands as a poignant and candid exploration into the labyrinth of family law, where personal lives are often shattered by systemic biases and legal machinations. Ellis, known for his roles in Hollywood, including the “Pirates… Continue Reading →

Australia’s COVID Jab Compensation Scheme no longer taking applications

From TOTT NEWS The compensation scheme established for victims of COVID-19 vaccine side effects has officially ended, despite the fact even more booster shots are on the way and the vaccine manufacturers themselves are now embroiled in a worldwide scandal… Continue Reading →

Robert Malone’s speech to the Japanese Parliament: Fifth Generation Warfare

The following is the text of Robert Malone’s speech at the Japanese Parliament. His new book PsyWar: Enforcing the New World Order, is released on 8 October. Building Resilience:  Countering Psychological Warfare for a Secure Future Psychological Warfare (PsyWar- targeting… Continue Reading →

The Bilderberg Group: Impacts on Australia

By Paul Collits Australia has experienced a considerable cultural shift, and it would be interesting to pinpoint exactly when and how it occurred. Once upon a time, Australians brought down “tall poppies”.  It was a national character trait.  It even… Continue Reading →

Truths: The Future of America First by Vivek Ramaswamy

Vivek Ramaswamy’s “Truths: The Future of America First” emerges as a clarion call for the conservative movement in America, aiming to redefine and rejuvenate the Republican Party’s vision. Ramaswamy, a first-generation American, entrepreneur, and former presidential candidate, uses this book… Continue Reading →

Australia’s New Censorship and Surveillance Beast is Tabled in Parliament 

By Minny Jackson  A new bill has just been introduced into the House of Representatives and it is a whopper.  The Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and  Disinformation) Bill 2024, which was tabled on 12 September, makes it a civil… Continue Reading →

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