refusing election result

Can you really blame Trump supporters for refusing to accept the election result?

14 November 2020 7:24 am

It’s been a week and a half since Election Day and the results are still not certified — some votes…

Dominic Cummings leaves the building

14 November 2020 6:15 am

After a week of infighting in Downing Street which saw the resignation of Director of Communications Lee Cain and senior aide Dominic…

media press

Why would Biden grant the press access now?

14 November 2020 5:48 am

Joe Biden had barely finished his acceptance speech on Saturday when journalists, tired and weary of four years of mean…

Dominic Cummings’s departure is dangerous timing for Boris

13 November 2020 7:16 pm

Dominic Cummings didn’t angle for this job: Boris Johnson begged him to take it. The Tories faced extinction after the…

Cancel culture panel cancelled by cancel culture

13 November 2020 5:57 pm

Last Saturday I participated as a panellist at the Disrupted Festival of Ideas. Organised by the State Library of Western Australia, I was on…

That Murdoch media digital dominance in full

13 November 2020 3:07 pm

The concerted efforts of leftie bedwedders, axe-grinders, opportunists — and, most of all, censors who don’t want the Australian public…

It’s not just about him or Joe

13 November 2020 12:41 pm

Many – including our PM Scott Morrison with his unsubtle public phone chat the other day with Joe Biden, whom…

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The next American empire

13 November 2020 8:19 am

Americans have never been sure of their standing in the world, and the world has never been sure of Americans’…

Will the Australian way of life be a long-term coronavirus victim?

13 November 2020 5:00 am

COVID-19 has consumed the public’s attention for almost six months, but the economic crisis caused by devastating lockdowns has started to shed light…

Why No. 10 is cautious about the Covid vaccine

13 November 2020 3:41 am

The news about the Pfizer vaccine has persuaded Tory MPs that there is now a route out of this crisis,…

Britain’s economy has been bouncing back – but there’s a major caveat

12 November 2020 11:45 pm

Britain’s economy rebounded by a record 15.5 per cent between July and September, reflecting the relaxation of lockdown measures and increased consumer…

Young and free – but who’s Gert?

12 November 2020 8:47 pm

The Premier of New South Wales has suggested that one word of our national anthem should now be changed to…

The strange sexism of Anita Recount

12 November 2020 6:44 pm

Forget bonk ban. The real sex hang-ups — or more accurately — sexuality hang-ups seem to be from progressive types…

There’s no public service recession, new figures find

12 November 2020 2:23 pm

How much is enough?  How much should our children and grandchildren be forced to pay for the cowardice of our…

Why we need to stay concerned by debt

12 November 2020 1:07 pm

Government borrowings are skyrocketing as you read this. Unfashionable though it is to worry about this, there are still some of…

Men now make more beautiful women than women? This is progress?

12 November 2020 11:31 am

A transgender woman has been crowned Miss Intercontinental New Zealand. But it’s 2020, so you just know there will be…

trumpist agenda

The Trumpist agenda going forward

12 November 2020 5:25 am

While Donald Trump appears to have lost the 2020 presidential election, Trump’s agenda of populism focused on the working class…

Joel Fitzgibbon’s emphatic policy platform submission

12 November 2020 5:00 am

On November 30, the ALP will close the consultation period for its Draft Platform, the time when people can make…

China has taken control of Hong Kong’s legislature

12 November 2020 2:37 am

Hong Kong’s legislature has today moved one step closer to becoming a local branch of the Chinese Communist Party, after…

muslim voters

A third of Muslim voters backed Trump. Why?

12 November 2020 1:13 am

Donald Trump’s defeat in the election was widely predicted. What was less anticipated was the level of support Trump received…

Did Brexit boost Britain’s vaccine deal?

11 November 2020 11:13 pm

The government’s successful deal to secure 40 million shots of Pfizer’s vaccine is a political coup in more ways than…

Keir Starmer should welcome a Labour party split

11 November 2020 9:59 pm

‘A split party will be doomed to defeat,’ says Len McCluskey, with a hint of threat. The left of Labour…

By their actions…

11 November 2020 7:23 pm

There is much outrage and ridicule from the US Democrats and lefties in general that Trump isn’t conceding defeat, claiming…

Three key questions on the Pfizer Covid vaccine

11 November 2020 7:19 pm

News that the Pfizer vaccine is 90 per cent effective has sparked a number of questions about the prospect of…

Make America Great Again Again: Prepare for Trump 2024

11 November 2020 6:00 pm

Imagine Donald Trump acknowledging that he lost the election and placing a formal concession call to Joe Biden. Now imagine…