Angus needs time, but conservatives want a revolution
How to avoid world war three
Politicians used to be generals because politics was created as an extension of war. In the decades of peace, we…
Houthi pirates are Iran’s canaries: Will they drop off their perch?
The Houthi pirates have gone awfully quiet. For years, they have been holding the Red Sea shipping industry to ransom…
Chris Minns declares he’s leaving … eventually
Aw… but everyone loves him? At least, that is what I am told by a nauseating procession of Labor and…
Albanese’s catastrophic ‘deplorables’ moment
It’s possible to pinpoint the exact moment Democrat hopeful Hillary Clinton lost her presidential campaign. No, it wasn’t a dodgy…
When civilisations hesitate
‘Christianity was saved in Europe solely because the peoples of Europe fought.’ – President Theodore Roosevelt, Fear God and Take…
The case for American-Israeli intervention in Iran
Only a few days ago, on February 24, I argued that because of Iran’s: …egregious violations of basic human rights,…
Grief over Khamenei reveals a serious problem in Australia
I have always been very critical of Tony Abbott for his inability to recognise his enemies when they were standing…
Angus needs time, but conservatives want a revolution
The Liberal Party are searching for good news in the polls on the back of Angus Taylor taking over from…
We are in the final days of the liberal epoch
It is rare thing in the corporate wokeonomy that an important figure has the guts to speak out about important…
How do we teach ‘tolerance’ in schools?
Once again, we have some leaders inferring that the best way for children and young people to learn tolerance is…
ASPIRE’s defence of the culture wars
This week I represented the Institute of Public Affairs at John Anderson’s Aspire conference. Anderson believes Australia and the West…
Voters will keep voting Labor, even when dissatisfied
After Labor’s 2025 election win Labor Party President Wayne Swan said that Labor’s win was ‘wide but shallow’. Our latest…
The hour of your freedom is at hand
It took one American President, Jimmy Carter, aided and abetted by French President Giscard d’Estaing, to pull the rug from…
Did the First Fleet commit genocide through Smallpox?
Leading up to Australia Day a number of media outlets produced content claiming the First Fleet committed genocide by unleashing…
The Ayatollah is no A-more-ah!
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese finally found his spine and backed Donald Trump. In the process, he whispered to his dog:…
Iran’s Mullahs are nullahs
Iran’s Mullahs are nullahs. Memo to hate preachers in Australia on the military decapitation of the Islamic Republic of Iran:…
When the progressive Marxist left cries…
There is a reliable tell in modern politics when the progressive Marxist left erupts in outrage at the use of…
Beyond the campaign
As South Australians approach the March 2026 state election, public debate is narrowing around leadership, polling momentum, and cost-of-living pressures.…
Is global warming real?
How sure can we be that global warming is an existential threat? During her 2019 address to the United Nations,…
The silent war in Africa
In 1885, General Charles Gordon stood in Khartoum facing an army led by a man who claimed divine authority. The…
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner loses again – A victory for free speech | Celine Baumgarten S3 Ep 18
Celine Baumgarten (Celine Against the Machine) has celebrated her SECOND victory against the eSafety Commissioner. This wasn’t only a personal…
Did Donald Trump conquer the world with witty insults? | Joel Gilbert S3 Ep 17
Did Donald Trump conquer the world with witty insults? I’m joined by Joel Gilbert to discuss the genius of humour…
Digital tyranny or ‘child safety’? 😵 & the bitcoin revolution | Efrat Fenigson S3 Ep 16
When Australia’s Under 16 social media ban started locking adult political writers out of #Substack – it was just the…
Albanese discovers reality
On the last day of February, Anthony Albanese discovered that reality still exists. His statement supporting Operation Epic Fury –…
Unions lose the plot
Jonathan Rivett, a columnist with the Age, recently provided an answer to the question of why so few Australians join…
Australia’s most dangerous word
Ronald Reagan once joked that the nine most dangerous words in the English language were, ‘I’m from the government and…
Why the right keeps shooting itself in the foot on free speech
Freedom of speech is back on the conservative agenda. At the Aspire conference in Sydney last week, sustaining our freedoms…
Sympathy for the Devil
The death of Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, was confirmed on 1 March, provoking joyous celebrations in Iran…
Australia – the pretending nation
In the final years of the Soviet Union, a strange psychological phenomenon took root. The state’s economy was disintegrating, its…
Clerical error
Australia has long thrived within the protective orbit of two of history’s most benign empires: first the British, and then,…
Europe reverses on EVs
The European Union, like the United Nations, can often seem an unstoppable force of wokery, including on climate issues. Yet…
Iran vows to fight on
Situation update The Middle East conflict intensified dramatically on Tuesday, as Israel and Iran exchanged strikes across multiple fronts while…
The Gulf states have a big decision to make about Iran
Iran threatened harsh retaliation in the wake of the American-Israeli attacks that killed the country’s supreme leader and many of…
America won’t be cowed by these Iranian attacks
Many commentators are already claiming that the war with Iran is ‘spiralling out of control.’ I try not to be…
Britain has never needed an ‘Islamophobia’ definition less
For the first time, I am grateful to Zack Polanski. For, in branding Keir Starmer ‘Islamophobic’ simply for criticising Mothin…
What they don’t tell you about Christmas in New Zealand
‘I still think New Zealand the most beautiful country I have ever seen,’ Agatha Christie marvelled in 1922. Evidently she’s…
What will Jacinda Ardern do next?
When I first met Jacinda Ardern in the early 2010s, the notion that the young MP with the toothy smile…
The de-Wokification of New Zealand’s education system
The conservative coalition government of New Zealand came to office promising to wind back an enormous, government-run system of ‘Woke’…
Jacinda, Jacinta
I’m not a big fan of self-serving autobiographies, particularly of recently departed political leaders. I had briefly considered dipping into…
The inconvenient truth about polar bears
That glimpse of grandeur
The death of Robert Duvall the other week was a reminder of how long ago some of our cultural landmarks…
A hoard of lost treasure
Ray Lawler’s Summer of the Seventeenth Doll is the most celebrated of all Australian plays; and this story of the…
Strange and familiar
One of the excitements of seeing Ngaire Dawn Fair in the full trilogy of The Summer of the Seventeenth Doll…
Dark and stormy
The opening gala of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra this year with the renowned pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet seems in every way congruent…
‘He never drew a peaceful breath’: the tormented life of Henry VII
Have we ever had a more successful yet somehow forgettable king than Henry VII? A century ago, the Dictionary of…
Nights at the Lutetia – the dark history of a luxury hotel
The saga of the rise and fall of the Third Reich could be traced by following events in any one…
The woke wars intensify
Nigel Biggar was not an obvious target for cancellation. A New Labourite, a Remainer and a public supporter of gay…
Learning from history requires sophistication and skill
If you reckon you have an understanding of international politics today, you probably haven’t been listening properly. Vladimir Putin, Xi…
The Venice Ghetto was a landmark in the history of Jewish persecution
The word ‘ghetto’ is said to derive from the Venetian dialect term for ‘foundry’: ghèto. In the early 16th century,…
From enfant terrible to dame: Tracey Emin in her own words
On the eve of a major retrospective at Tate Modern comes this portrait of Tracey Emin as a painter, told…
Streamlined chic or lacy froth: royal style wars of the 1930s
The semiotics of clothes, especially royal ones, can be fascinating, sending out powerful messages. Think of the jewel-studded, pearl-strewn portraits…
Women have never had it so good as now
Unfortunately, Zoe Strimpel has a great point in Good Slut. Why unfortunately? Because as much as I sympathise with her…