A tribute to Michael Clarke
Michael Clarke announced yesterday that he would retire at the end of the Ashes series, along with getting trounced at Trent Bridge and handing the Ashes back after our fourth successive loss in England....
Australia generous to refugees
"Australia is considered to be the world's most charitable nation for resettling refugees, when calculated per head of population and by national wealth according to a Refugee Council report."
More evidence that taking control of...
Socialist scaredy-cats
Originally published August 9, 2015.
It's really quite hard to understand why Universities and both their academic and student bodies seem so debate-shy these days. As a first year undergraduate Boethius fondly remembers days spent...
Quote of the Day: Who read’s the Age…
The XYZ has questioned the so-called "independence" of The Age before, but we don't think we have managed quite a "burn," as this, seen on a Facebook group:
"A question for you people, does anyone...
The Animal Farm of Big Government
Australian politics has recently shown, by example, just how wasteful government is.
Government, as an institution, has become synonymous with ever increasing size, wastefulness, bureaucracy and entitlement.
It's not just entitlement for any poor Muslim in...
Abbott “Razor Gang” – XYZ predicts the future
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has announced the creation a "Razor Gang," in order to instil "root and branch reform" to "restore public confidence" in the parliamentary entitlement system.
The XYZ has never been shy of...
The aim of the game
John Roskam wrote an excellent piece in yesterday's Financial Review, on the issue of racism in Australia.
Roskam notes that "one of the things we've learned is that in Australia, the reaction of authorities to...
He said Jehovah! On name calling and offence taking.
There was a time when one could get one’s self quite literally killed for saying the wrong thing, at the wrong time, in the wrong company. As High Priest John son-of-Cleese found, quite painfully,...
Quote of the Day 07/08/2015 – XYZ nails it!
The XYZ has received a great deal of feedback, both positive, and, ah.... constructive, especially in recent weeks as our traffic has really started to gain some momentum. We deeply appreciate all who have...
