Sunlight may be the best disinfectant, but an industrial solvent is even better. And keeping your house clean avoids attracting…

Labour appears to have won the Eden-Monaro by-election. Appears to have. That’s about as strong as we can get —…

I have never really understood all the criticisms of the ABC and their biases.  It is as if people think that the…

As China denigrates Australia in official state media, slaps restrictions on our exports, refuses to respond to Trade Minister Simon…

I love eating out. I love good food, but I hate food wankery. I hate food fads. I hate the…

There’s no hiding from the truth. Australia is being hit by a fully-fledged panic over the coronavirus — and those…

Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull have both got what they wanted. Abbott wanted to damage the party he was angry…

While we wait to see just who will be prime minister at the end of today (or if we’re heading…

Malcolm Turnbull rolled the dice. He won — but only just. The ambush worked — but only just. Paul Keating, of course,…

Well, whaddya know! It worked so well yesterday that the Greens have come back for an encore performance. Forget about…

“We, like, hate racism, right, so, like give us money?.” You guessed it. It’s the Greens: But wait. There’s more:…

The only poll that matters, we’re always told, is the one on election day. So we must regard yesterday’s ballots…

From today’s Australian, everything that is wrong with our politics in just one paragraph: There’s no need to add anything…

God bless her. Senator Sarah Hanson-Young must still be feeling the effects of the celebrations after she (just) retained the…

A stopped clock is right twice a day. Malcolm Turnbull? Well, he had some very good things to say about…

From The Age this morning: The horrific attack on pedestrians at a busy intersection in Melbourne’s CBD is not believed to be…

More may be riding on today’s Queensland election than the premier’s job. A far more important role, in Canberra, appears…

If Malcolm Turnbull was a character from Dad’s Army he’d surely be that old smoothie, Sergeant Wilson. He’d consider proceedings…

Spreading wild rumours isn’t responsible. It is, however, one of the simpler pleasures of life. In that spirit — and…

Why just stop at New England? Why not the whole country? Why not go to the people? The logic is…

EXCLUSIVE You’re a political party who appears to have reached – gratuitous Club of Rome reference – the limits of…

Late this afternoon, the Turnbull government lost a vote on the floor of the House of Representatives, 61 to 69.…

LNP Senator Matt Canavan stood down from his position as resources minister this evening while issues over his citizenship are…

Scott Morrison and Malcolm Turnbull have been far too clever by half with year’s budget. Yes, they’ve moved to blunt…