Dight Canning

Australian politics is no longer fit for human consumption

13 October 2024 11:57 pm

Dysfunctional, insulting, thuddingly tedious – rarely have our national politics been as bland, stage-managed, or inconsequential as they are today.…

Humiliated Victoria shamed on world stage

28 September 2024 1:57 am

Almost exactly a year after reviled Labor leader Daniel Andrews resigned his post as Victorian Premier – his legacy continues…

Two-time loser Bill Shorten ‘did it his way’

5 September 2024 6:46 pm

Federal Minister Bill Shorten has finally seen what voters saw years ago; he would never be Prime Minister of this…

Miracle worker Tim’s stellar career in the Labor circus

19 August 2024 12:20 pm

Say what you like about Tim Pallas – his career achievements are, by any measure, remarkable. From abattoir worker to…

Victoria’s government is rotting away

22 July 2024 1:01 am

Putrefaction anywhere is generally unwelcome, but when it occurs in government it’s particularly nauseating. We not only have to bear…

Ten-year Tim condemns Victoria to years of penury 

9 May 2024 1:03 am

Net debt in Victoria is forecast to hit $187.8 billion by 2027-28

Big bang fallout

20 April 2024 9:00 am

No one escapes the Lehrmann/Higgins ‘omnishambles’ unscathed

Victoria: rotten to the core

19 December 2023 1:27 am

The evidence is in. Victoria’s public service has become massively politicised, confirming what many suspected after nine years of Labor…

Dreamtime turns to nightmare for ‘Yes’

17 October 2023 4:30 pm

The emphatic result of the 2023 Voice Referendum is a triumph for democracy in Australia. It showcases for all the…

Albanese everywhere – but nowhere: the Voice has been overshadowed

13 October 2023 12:02 am

Politics happens in a context. This means that national leaders must operate in the knowledge that their plans will be…

Which premier is next?

1 October 2023 4:30 am

Political power is seductive. Just ask Victoria’s and West Australia’s now departed Premiers – Daniel Andrews and Mark McGowan respectively.…

‘An honour and a privilege’ to leave Victoria drowning in debt 

26 September 2023 7:03 pm

In the early afternoon on a glorious Spring day in Melbourne, Victoria’s 48th Premier made his announcement. Needless to say,…

Cheerless, friendless, broke – Victoria in 2023

23 September 2023 12:25 pm

The decrepit state of Victoria in 2023 is far, far worse than it was when Labor was dramatically booted from…

Budget ‘blame-game’ hits fever pitch

21 April 2023 4:00 am

If it wasn’t so serious it might work as a form of dark comedy or a pantomime for brainwashed adults.…

Blather, babble, blah – the death throes of ABC TV news

20 February 2023 5:00 am

That ABC TV news is dying is not in dispute. The remaining question is whether to switch off life-support or…

‘Howitzer Harry’: shots fired

15 January 2023 8:00 am

Let’s face it, Harry Windsor has taken the ‘festive season’ seriously and kept us all mightily amused with his ripping…

Victorian Labor: trashing public trust

24 November 2022 4:00 am

As Victorians head to the polls this Saturday they’re deciding much more than who controls the state’s finances for the…

Twenty years hard Labor

12 November 2022 11:10 am

On November 22, Daniel Andrews will mark exactly twenty years as a member of the Victorian Parliament. Just four days…

Diamonds are forever: Andrews puts a ring on it

1 November 2022 8:00 am

‘Bottom of the barrel politics’ is nothing new to Victorian Labor Leader Daniel Michael Andrews. He loves the contest and…

Victoria’s rotten body politic

24 October 2022 11:00 am

Democratic government is no longer about delivering election promises. Forget the promises. Forget even the broken promises – there are…

Victoria’s talentless politicians forfeit right to govern

12 October 2022 12:00 pm

The decrepitude of Victorian politics as the November election approaches is eclipsed only by the obscene self-indulgence of its practitioners.…

Victorian politics – a desolate landscape

23 September 2022 4:00 am

Just ten weeks from polling day and we are left to ask, could the political outlook for Victorian voters be…

Fiscal vandalism alive and well in ‘Danistan’

12 May 2022 9:00 am

Dodgy Labor Party politicking and fiscal vandalism are the enduring hallmarks of Daniel Andrews’ leftist government which, in just six…

Treacherous Turnbull?

5 May 2022 12:00 pm

Our remarkable nation has had thirty Prime Ministers since Federation serving thirty-five separate terms of office. Elections at the national…

Vicious, mean and never wrong - Labor’s ‘mean girls’

23 March 2022 9:00 am

The revelations since the recent tragic death of former Senator Kimberley Kitching have laid bare the despicable, vicious nature of…