Do you consent to what schools are teaching your children? I'll be attending a public forum next week where the Liberal Women's Council of South Australia and guest speakers will examine concerns about gender and sexuality content in schools, parental access to curriculum materials, and whether classrooms are teaching children how to think. With a focus on parental primacy and age-appropriate content, the event will explore how parents and educators can uphold educational standards, challenge ideological influence in classrooms and children’s reading materials. Hope to see you there. Register for this FREE community event via the link in comments.

I was joined by @paulgconlon this week to discuss Australia’s proposed Digital Duty of Care Bill, errors in the Bureau of Meteorology’s raw temperature data, and the future fund’s growing surplus.

If we want to reduce our reliance on mass immigration, we need to have more Australian babies.

I recently spoke with @NAffects, journalist and founder of @liber_net, about Australia’s proposed Digital Duty of Care Bill and its implications for free speech and privacy. We examined vague definitions of online harm, potential government surveillance through AI-powered "sock puppet" identities, plus the @AlboMP government’s failed world-first under-16 social media ban.

Rising mortgage rates are hitting household budgets. Most can cut back on their recreation, entertainment and discretionary spending, but few can overcome impact of job loss.

Is Australia’s foreign oil and fuel dependency a national security risk?

The Malinauskas government has spent $1.8 million on storage and maintenance for four hydrogen-capable gas turbines in the past financial year. Treasurer Koutsantonis previously said taxpayers were on the hook for $250 million to pay for the four turbines meant to drive the state government’s flagship $593 million hydrogen energy plan which was subsequently abandoned. The Energy and Mining Department started an open market process to sell the turbines in August last year but no sale has yet eventuated. Shadow Treasurer Ben Hood said, “Peter Malinauskas made bold promises about green energy....the Auditor-General shows more than $180 million has been spent on them so far." A state government spokesperson said there were no further comments to add....