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My editorial from the latest The Bolt Report - why Mick Gooda must resign as royal commissioner:

On The Bolt Report and radio tonight - Keysar Trad

On The Bolt Report on Sky News Live at 7pm tonight: 

Editorial - Mick Gooda must step down. An activist cannot be a judge or royal commissioner.

My guests:

Keysar Trad, the new president of our top Muslim body. On his plans and his controversial past.

In Straight Talk, Mark Latham on Julian Burnside and Donald Trump.

The panel: former Liberal frontbencher Sophie Mirabella and former Julia Gillard adviser Nicholas Reece, now...

Any more sightings of Turnbull’s Loch Ness Mojo?

Reader Peter of Bellevue Hill goes in search of Malcolm Turnbull’s elusive mojo.

Steven Scott, 29 February:

One senior Liberal who is close to Mr Turnbull told The Courier Mail the PM had been “waffling” too much in Parliament and was not delivering a clear message… “He’s got to get his mojo back.”

Mungo MacCallum, 22 March:

So having at last crossed his Rubicon as Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull will have to find his mojo and his moxie.

Madonna...

No whites need apply

Reader Andrew receives this racist email from Melbourne University:

Andrew is astonished to find that after all his studies, he is still not qualified for university jobs - or those that carry this racist caveat:

To think, I studied for over 8 years, obtaining a double major Bachelor degree with first class honours, completed a PhD in Classical Archaeology at Melbourne uni in 3.5 years (comprising 3 volumes) with the requirement of reading academic...

Turnbull Government fiddling as economy sinks and superannuants suffer

As I said in my editorial last night, the Turnbull Government is fiddling with trivialities while the economy is sinking. Name one thing of substance it has achieved in 11 months in office:

Financial Review agrees:

The Reserve Bank of Australia ... has cut its key policy instrument to levels where further reductions will have minimal impact in the event of another genuine crisis. That has raised the possibility that the next step could bring an...

A good read for Ho Chi Minh City

My book is living better than I am, visiting Santorini, London, Lake Como, Ithaca, Scotland, the Bay of Naples, Dubrovnik, Fiji, Aileron and the Andes. In between, it’s done some work in Kalgoorlie and the coal seam gas fields of Condabri, Queensland.





Now Worth Fighting For is hanging out in Vietnam with reader John Tyrrell, who drops me a line:

Here is your book at the Saigon Saigon rooftop bar of the Caravelle Hotel, looking down on the...

The rise of the neo-fascists

Another sign of the rise of the neo-fascists - Leftist authoritarians and racists resorting to mob violence:

A young white man wearing one of Donald Trump’s red ‘Make America Great Again!” hats was violently forced out of New York City’s City Hall Park by a screaming Leftist racist mob of predominantly self-described ‘black and brown’ activists–all while police stood by and did nothing.

Gold-medal sewage

Passed safe because the consequences of a fail would cost too much?

Athletes using Olympic water sport venues are taking extraordinary precautions as sites passed safe for swimming by the World Health Organisation were found to be contaminated with sewage, bacteria and garbage.

Officials moving sailing or rowing boats are using gloves, medical staff are on standby to treat any cuts, and athletes, who have been urged not to open their mouths if they fall in,...

Stitch-up: Turnbull Government makes an activist a royal commissioner

It is scandalous that the Turnbull Government could appoint an activist to co-head a royal commission and with a straight face claim his bias is appropriate and no problem. This is a complete stitch-up:

Indigenous leader Mick Gooda has been warned to leave emotion at the door as he takes up his role as royal commissioner, with prison officers fearing they already have been convicted by public outrage over the treatment of ­juveniles in the Northern...

Plotter paid

Your taxes, Malcolm Turnbull’s payola for a plotter:

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has thrown a key supporter a lifeline, employing recently dumped MP Peter Hendy as his chief economist.

Dr Hendy was turfed out by the voters of ultra-marginal electorate Eden-Monaro at the July election, with Labor’s Mike Kelly emerging victorious and ending the seat’s famed bellwether reputation.





It was at Dr Hendy’s Queanbeyan home - a short drive from Parliament...