Can incumbents lose in the age of Covid-19?
Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan is about smash the opposition in the March 6 state election. A thoroughly iffy, whiffy…
You what, Tanya?
For the Twitterati, it’s just a given. Either Tanya Plibersek or Penny Wong is the righful prime minister. The Twitterati…
The West secedes – from reality
Western Australians go to the polls in just over three weeks tomorrow, and despite the recent lockdown flap, Premier Mark…
James Packer’s slipped Crown: a victim of sleaze – and snobbery
Melbourne legend tells that days before Crown Casino opened senior police visited the next largest gambling place in town, a…
Kevin Andrews’ defeat: a setback for ScoMo at the start of the parliamentary year
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has received an unwanted spanner in the works ahead of Tuesday’s return of parliament with barrister…
The Project’s outrageous anti-Israeli conspiracy mongering
Waleed Aly and his pals at The Project have reached a new low, last night broadcasting a segment blaming the…
Daniel Andrews’ state of disaster
A curfew from 8.00 pm to 5.00 am. A limit on travelling more than five kilometres from your home. An…
We don’t need new ICACs. We need a new political class
Sunlight may be the best disinfectant, but an industrial solvent is even better. And keeping your house clean avoids attracting…
EXCLUSIVE: What you haven’t read about Eden-Monaro and the Labor leadership
Labour appears to have won the Eden-Monaro by-election. Appears to have. That’s about as strong as we can get —…
The ABC of politicsÂ
I have never really understood all the criticisms of the ABC and their biases. It is as if people think that the…
EXCLUSIVE: Greens Senator ignores China’s belligerence; calls for cancellation of cooperation with US military during corona crisis
As China denigrates Australia in official state media, slaps restrictions on our exports, refuses to respond to Trade Minister Simon…
George Calombaris: now all too many of those underpaid workers will also soon be unemployed
I love eating out. I love good food, but I hate food wankery. I hate food fads. I hate the…
EXCLUSIVE: There’s no masking it – coronavirus panic is here
There’s no hiding from the truth. Australia is being hit by a fully-fledged panic over the coronavirus — and those…
Tony, Malcolm and Wentworth: the terrible truth
Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull have both got what they wanted. Abbott wanted to damage the party he was angry…
How soon our media forgot last week’s outrage
While we wait to see just who will be prime minister at the end of today (or if we’re heading…
Will we vote now before the party room?
Malcolm Turnbull rolled the dice. He won — but only just. The ambush worked — but only just. Paul Keating, of course,…
It worked so well yesterday, so…
Well, whaddya know! It worked so well yesterday that the Greens have come back for an encore performance. Forget about…
Never miss an opportunity
“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 stinks for the Turnbull Libs
The only poll that matters, we’re always told, is the one on election day. So we must regard yesterday’s ballots…
Everything wrong with Australian politics in just one paragraph
From today’s Australian, everything that is wrong with our politics in just one paragraph: There’s no need to add anything…
Senator Sea Patrol’s spectacular
God bless her. Senator Sarah Hanson-Young must still be feeling the effects of the celebrations after she (just) retained the…
Malcolm Turnbull is right on one thing
A stopped clock is right twice a day. Malcolm Turnbull? Well, he had some very good things to say about…
But it’s not terrorism
From The Age this morning: The horrific attack on pedestrians at a busy intersection in Melbourne’s CBD is not believed to be…
Wild rumour department: it will all be over by Christmas
More may be riding on today’s Queensland election than the premier’s job. A far more important role, in Canberra, appears…
Don’t panic, don’t panic!
If Malcolm Turnbull was a character from Dad’s Army he’d surely be that old smoothie, Sergeant Wilson. He’d consider proceedings…
