Andrew Bolt's Blog, page 7

Why are the Chinese funding Julie Bishop’s division?

Is Julie Bishop our Hillary Clinton? And I mean in a bad way:

Chinese businessmen with links to Foreign Minister Julie Bishop have donated half a million dollars to the Western Australian division of the Liberal Party during the past two years, political disclosures reveal.





All the donors have links to the Chinese government, and the vast bulk of the money was given by companies with no apparent business interests in WA. Ms Bishop, the leading federal...

Another fine mess - super for fat cats blow

Another massive blowout, thanks to Big Government:

Generous pay rises awarded to senior bureaucrats in the wake of the global financial crisis will boost their pensions by millions of dollars, as the government faces another massive blowout to the nation’s superannuation lia­bility, which soared by $80 billion to just under $250bn last year…





Although the major federal defined benefit schemes were closed to new members in 2005, they still have more...

The Left’s new war on Australia Day - and Western civilisation

Most Aborigines now also have ancestors from Europe or Asia, which makes this rejection of Australia Day even more self-hating. The City of Fremantle announces:

Last night Fremantle Council made a decision that it will not go ahead with fireworks to celebrate Australia Day in 2017 and beyond.

The City will instead be presenting a family-friendly event to celebrate being Australian on an alternative date. This will be an occasion people can all celebrate...

People scared of ideas should not go to university

Just when all seemed lost, the University of Chicago has sent the incoming class of 2020 a letter rejecting the now-fashionable demands for “safe spaces”:

You will find that we expect members of our community to be engaged in rigorous debate, discussion, and even disagreement.  At times this may challenge you and even cause discomfort.

Our commitment to academic freedom means that we do not support so-called “trigger warnings,” we do not cancel...

Book goes Napoleonic

My book is on an odyssey, visiting Alaska, Bath, the skulls of Montpellier, York Minster, Shanghai, Croatia, Ho Chi Minh City, Santorini, London, Scotland, Ithaca, the Bay of Naples, Lake Como, Dubrovnik, Fiji, Aileron, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, the Andes, the Northern Territory, the Whitsundays, Kalgoorlie and Condabri, Queensland, before invading Australia’s most Left-wing Parliament - an experience which convinced one reader at the...

Tips for Friday, August 26

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UPDATE

My editorial from The Bolt Report - No, Treasurer, we do NOT have a revenue problem:

On The Bolt Report and radio tonight - They’re all big spenders, now. A party for Mao. What Islam?

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

Editorial: How did the Turnbull Government go in 11 months from saying government spends too much to saying governments don’t tax enough?

Guests:

Why are the town halls of Sydney and Melbourne been hired out for a party for a mass-murdering dictator? Chongyi Feng, an associate professor in China Studies at the University of Technology Sydney, on the pro-Beijing groups pushing the...

Betts the healer

How classy is Eddie Betts?

ADELAIDE Crows footballer Eddie Betts says he has forgiven the woman who threw a banana at him during the Showdown against Port Adelaide — and does not want her to be banned for life.

Betts told FIVEaa he wanted Alexandra Pelosi, 27, to be welcomed back to football rather than face punitive action for her actions, condemned across Australia as racist.

“I don’t think she should get a life ban. I think she should come back...

Book blooms

My book is on an odyssey, visiting Alaska, Bath, the skulls of Montpellier, York Minster, Shanghai, Croatia, Ho Chi Minh City, Santorini, London, Scotland, Ithaca, the Bay of Naples, Lake Como, Dubrovnik, Fiji, Aileron, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, the Andes, the Northern Territory, the Whitsundays, Kalgoorlie and Condabri, Queensland, before invading Australia’s most Left-wing Parliament - an experience which convinced one reader at the...

Column - Why are gay-marriage supporters so scared of Australians?

WHY are same-sex marriage activists so scared of Australians and so against giving them a say? Why are they rewriting history to pretend an Irish-style public vote on same-sex marriage will unleash terrible gay-hatred?

Activists, politicians and journalists are now demanding the Turnbull Government call off its planned plebiscite next year. Labor leader Bill Shorten claims it will just be “a taxpayer-funded platform for homophobia”. Former High Court...