The deaths of over 800 people during Victoria’s second wave of the covid19 pandemic have been the subject of three recent reports. The most prominent was the Board of Inquiry into the hotel quarantine fiasco; the second a Legislative Council report into contact tracing and testing; and the third an inquiry into two aged-care facilities…
In the lead-up to Christmas 2020, the communist Chinese Government has stepped up pressure on pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, arresting leading media businessman Jimmy Lai, above, and eight activists who protested last November at the University of Hong Kong. Mr Lai faces a charge under the national security law that could put him in…
by Keith Windschuttle Quadrant Books, BalmainPaperback: 408 pagesPrice: AUD$39.95 Reviewed by Peter Westmore THE LONG CAMPAIGN TO ‘STITCH UP’ CARDINAL PELL Meticulously researched, this book by Keith Windschuttle, the editor of Quadrant magazine, is an exposé of what the author describes as a multi-faceted campaign over several years to fit up Cardinal George Pell for…
When reports of the emergence of a new virus emerged from China in early 2020, the Beijing regime’s initial response was to claim that the virus outbreak was localised to Wuhan, a city in central China; there was “no evidence” of human-to-human transmission; and the authorities had it under control. The media were sceptical about…
