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Is 2025 the year the millennial boys wake up

As we stare down the barrel of 2025, this year is shaping up to be a reckoning—not just for Australia, but for a world that has endured a decade of progressive politics defined by ‘Cancel Culture’, ‘Me Too’, and the relentless pursuit of ‘Virtue Signalling’. All the while, the global economy has been led toward rack and ruin by its capture by the climate change catastrophists. Yet amidst the chaos, there’s a glimmer of hope:

Trevor Whittington December 20, 2024

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Labor’s left faces off in Tasmania

Tasmania, the island that gifted the nation Bob Brown and his Greens, now finds itself ensnared in the same ideological traps it helped set. This time, the prey is the state’s billion-dollar salmon industry, a rare beacon of economic prosperity employing over 5,000 people. Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek and her green disciples have their sights set on regulating the industry into oblivion. It’s a classic case of ideological zeal trumping common sense, and the

Trevor Whittington December 18, 2024

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Trump holds the Codes to Farm Machinery ‘Right to Repair’

As a second Trump presidency looms on the horizon, one pressing issue for America’s farmers remains unresolved: the unfetted right to repair their own agricultural machinery. With the American farmers at loggerheads with the big farm machinery manufacturers over who gets the right to access software locks to repair complex tractors and headers, what happens under Trump could impact Australian farmers ability to achieve the holy grail of ‘Right to Repair.’ The modern right-to-repair battle

Trevor Whittington December 17, 2024

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From Paddock to Plate to Purgatory: Why Jim Chalmers’ Future Fund Should Keep the Sheep

If renewable energy and affordable housing are such lucrative investments, then surely Australia’s sheep industry deserves a slice of Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ visionary portfolio? It’s hard to argue with this logic—unless you’re one of those bureaucrats or politicians who’ve spent the last decade convinced there’s no future in live sheep exports. In his latest attempt to channel Australia’s wealth into government-approved projects, Chalmers announced plans to steer the Future Fund toward housing and renewables, claiming

Trevor Whittington December 11, 2024

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Teenagers will always outsmart Politicians – The Absurdity of the Online Safety Bill

Remember when you were a teenager, it does not matter how long ago it was, we all at some stage were masters of defiance, we outwitted curfews, smoked behind the bike shed and sneaked a beer or two. Yet, Canberra’s rocket scientists of politicians have decided they can outsmart the current generation of youth with the Online Safety Amendment Bill which passed through parliament recently. This bill, which bans social media use for anyone under

Trevor Whittington December 11, 2024

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Closing the gap in connectivity (Part A)

PART A This week’s article is split in two over this and next week as there is just too much to cover when commenting on mobile connectivity. With election season upon us and rural mobile networks pushed to their limits during harvest, it’s an ideal moment to examine the persistent gaps and dropouts in mobile coverage. Before diving into the political and economic factors shaping mobile connectivity, let’s take a step back and explore the

Darren Brown December 5, 2024

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Lost in the signal – Mobile connectivity (Part B)

Last Post, I explored the history of mobile coverage in Western Australia. This week, let’s dig into what’s gone wrong and what can be done to improve connectivity in the bush, particularly following the recent shutdown of 3G. What Does “Good Coverage” Really Mean? To start, let’s clarify the difference between what you think of as good coverage and what your local telco—usually Telstra in the bush—considers acceptable. On many farms or rural properties, you’ve

Trevor Whittington December 5, 2024

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Premier Roger Cook: Keeps the green left out of the State

Western Australia’s Premier Roger Cook is becoming one of the more intriguing figures in Australian politics. His latest intervention—opposing the Federal Government’s “Nature Positive” environmental laws—must be leaving the Green Left spluttering into their organic green tea. Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s Nature Positive Bill, as initially proposed, was poised to deliver crippling delays to project approvals while entangling industries in layers of green tape. The legislation seemed almost nostalgic for a pre-mining, pre-industrial era when

Trevor Whittington December 4, 2024

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