The Pacific wants cash, not ‘gifts’

8 July 2022 8:00 am

My favourite grandson, Asher, outspokenly declared to me at the age of 8 what he didn’t want for his Christmas…

BoJo – the schizophrenic conservative

8 July 2022 5:00 am

Boris Johnson has resigned as Prime Minister of Great Britain. Boris was a great friend of Australia who even spent…

Listen to Reagan: governments don’t solve problems

8 July 2022 4:00 am

It was the astute Ronald Reagan who gave us the quote: ‘Government does not solve problems; it subsidises them.’ I…

Boris was never Trump

7 July 2022 10:20 pm

The urge to compare Boris Johnson to Donald Trump was always irresistible. It has been fun, too. Both men are colourful…

How Carrie helped blow it for Boris

7 July 2022 10:10 pm

Of course it is sexist to blame the woman. But, in the case of Carrie Johnson, it cannot be said…

Boris Johnson says goodbye – reluctantly

7 July 2022 10:03 pm

Boris Johnson has announced his resignation. Speaking outside 10 Downing Street, the Prime Minister confirmed that he would reluctantly leave…

Full text: Boris Johnson’s resignation speech

7 July 2022 10:00 pm

Good afternoon, everybody. Thank you. It is clearly now the will of the parliamentary Conservative party that there should be…

Boris should leave No. 10 immediately

7 July 2022 9:24 pm

Boris Johnson should stand down with immediate effect. Yes, he has managed to fill various cabinet posts. But he will…

Could Boris Johnson last until November?

7 July 2022 8:42 pm

The prime minister is resigning today, and staying on as caretaker till the autumn, but that leaves very big decisions…

The real reason Boris has gone

7 July 2022 7:39 pm

Boris, your leader, hasn’t gone because he handled ineptly the fall-out from deputy chief whip Chris Pincher’s well-lubricated non-consensual bum-fun.…

The Tories will miss Boris now he’s gone

7 July 2022 7:14 pm

Boris Johnson was often talked about as the luckiest politician on earth — and in a sense he was. Outrageous…

Boris’s premiership in seven graphs

7 July 2022 6:50 pm

Boris Johnson has just resigned – forced out by the sheer number of resignations, leaving him without a government. He…

Full list: Tory endorsements for next leader

7 July 2022 6:19 pm

Boris Johnson will today announce his resignation as Prime Minister, with an official statement outside Downing Street expected later this…

Live: Boris fights on as cabinet resignations continue

7 July 2022 4:27 pm

Boris Johnson is fighting on as Prime Minister, after sacking Michael Gove from the cabinet on Wednesday night. He may…

Suella Braverman announces Tory leadership bid

7 July 2022 3:41 pm

Boris Johnson has so far had four cabinet ministers resign and sacked one – in the form of Michael Gove. Now,…

Questioning the pro-choice propaganda

7 July 2022 12:28 pm

You must have seen the horrific story reported out of Ohio. A 10-year-old child became pregnant through sexual abuse. Under…

Challenge to WA vaccine mandate set for July 13

7 July 2022 12:00 pm

After six months and some delays, Senior Constable Ben Falconer’s challenge to the WA mandatory vaccine directions is due to…

Australia’s true ‘voiceless’

7 July 2022 10:00 am

The Aboriginal bureaucracy, and possibly some Indigenous people themselves, have been agitating for a ‘Voice’. Surprisingly, these advocates think that…

Live: Michael Gove sacked as Boris Johnson begins reprisals

7 July 2022 8:27 am

Michael Gove has been sacked from the cabinet, as Boris Johnson attempts to reassert control after today’s 41 ministerial resignations.…

RIP medical privacy

7 July 2022 8:00 am

While the rest of the world moves on and ditches Covid for its new fling ‘Monkey Pox’ – Australia is…

Watch: Douglas Murray clashes with Alastair Campbell

7 July 2022 6:54 am

As the news rolled in that Michael Gove had been sacked by Boris Johnson, our own Douglas Murray was on…

Boris Johnson will go down fighting

7 July 2022 6:49 am

Tonight it is clear that the only way Tory MPs can remove Boris Johnson is through the new 1922 executive…

Water: it’s always too much, or not enough

7 July 2022 6:00 am

Australia has, throughout its history, been a land of drought, floods, and fire. It is recognised as the driest inhabited…

Boris skewered – for one last time?

7 July 2022 4:37 am

A brutal encounter at the Liaison Committee this afternoon. Boris was grilled for two hours by a gang of aggressive…

Munchausen’s by proxy: the UN & WEF made the world ‘sick’ for profit

7 July 2022 4:00 am

Abusive parents have been known to make their children appear sick in order to gain attention, fame, and fortune. Sometimes…