Andrew Bolt's Blog, page 8

Savva explodes

Niki Savva, Malcolm Turnbull’s fiercest media supporter, has been goaded beyond endurance:

… the extreme Right and the delcons ... adept at dropping bile, then squealing like little piggies if anybody dares bite back ... bully, intimidate, offend, smear ... groupthink always precedes, then dictates, a group rant ...  viciousness ... invective ... no fact left untwisted, no insult withheld ... the loonies of the Right ... like throwing bananas at indigenous...

Nothing to see here, says the government as its subs spring a leak

I thought a massive leak from the builder of Australia’s submarines - a leak detailing how (different) subs for the Indian navy worked - might actually concern the Turnbull Government.

But, no.

Cameron Stewart:

The government yesterday missed its chance to reassure Australians that it takes the security of Australia’s future submarine program seriously.

Reacting to the massive leak of secret documents from the French shipbuilder DCNS on India’s new...

Turnbull’s terrible choice: a Labor super tax or nothing

The Turnbull Government faces a nightmare choice with its plans for a new superannuation tax - and the easiest option may be to give up.

The choice is this:

- make a deal with Labor to get the package through the Senate, which means essentially passing a Labor tax that hits the Liberal base even harder.

- make a deal instead with the Greens, who’d want an even bigger tax.

- make a deal with Pauline Hanson, Nick Xenophon and three other crossbench...

Morrison warns: change or risk recession

Treasurer Scott Morrison issues the warning we need:

“A generation has grown up not ever having known a recession, of seeing unemployment rates at more than 10 per cent, with one million Australians out of work or mortgage rates at 18 per cent or where inflation is actually a problem, rather than an aspiration.”

In addition, Mr Morrison will say that on the current settings, a generation of Australians are likely to never pay tax, setting up a new divide...

Mike Baird’s dare: if you don’t like me banning stuff, vote me out

I don’t think it is wise for a politician to issue this invitation, especially in the context of seeming headstrong:

The Premier said “of course there will be (a backlash)” from the greyhound ban, but voters “will have their right, come election-day in 2019 to pass judgment on decisions we’ve made”.

Turnbull turns up

The chairman of the Prime Minister’s Indigenous Advisory Council does not let his position stop him from calling things out:

On The Bolt Report and radio tonight - why fear a same-sex marriage poll? And a Yes Minister tribute

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

Editorial: What are opponents of the same sex marriage poll so scared of? And some rewriting of history.

Guests:

David Cook, moderator-general of the Presbyterian Church, on how his ministers will fight back if the Turnbull Government changes the Marriage Act.

Rabbi Shlomo Cowen, son of former Governor-General Zelman Cowen, on the Jewish resistance to same-sex marriage.

Mark Latham...

Who let them in?

Yet another armed robbery by youths of African appearance - this time at a McDonald’s in Chadstone. No mention on the Victoria Police news site.

Claim: alleged killer in Townsville attack cried “Allah”

Too soon to confirm what was said and by exactly whom:

A FRENCH national accused of killing a British backpacker and wounding another allegedly shouted about Allah during the stabbing frenzy.

Australian Federal Police are now involved in the investigation, with police expected to examine whether the man – who had been in the country several months – has any link to terror organisations…

Police were called to a building at Home Hill, south of...

The price of a wicked law - and the Turnbull Government’s cowardice

This is the cost of the wicked law that the Turnbull Government refuses to reform:

Calum Thwaites ...  had hoped to be sent to teach in remote schools in the far north of Australia on his graduation from the Queensland University of Technology. But this is no longer an option.

“I am sure that some students and parents would go straight to Google and put in my name and read that I’ve been accused of ­racism in this big 18C case,” the 24-year-old told The...