John Stone

Australian notes

4 March 2023 9:00 am

When the Australian editorialises (24/02/23) that, ‘No one who has followed [its] reporting over decades could remain untouched by the…

Dis-con notes

19 January 2023 9:00 am

Labor’s Voice – going down together Appraising Peter Dutton’s performance here a fortnight ago (Return to the Fray, 7/01/23), I…

Dis-con notes

7 January 2023 9:00 am

A broad church is needed to win government

Dis-Con notes

28 May 2022 9:00 am

Watching results on Saturday night, my chief thought was less ‘Who’s going to win?’ than, rather, ‘Thank God that’s over.’…

Dis-Con notes

14 May 2022 9:00 am

In the Australian recently ‘a senior Liberal front-bencher’ reportedly said that voters ‘want to return us to office, but they…

Dis-con notes

16 April 2022 9:00 am

How often recently have you heard that ‘Ukraine has changed everything’? It has certainly changed my previously intended vote in…

Dis-con notes

23 October 2021 9:00 am

ScoMo will lose, thanks to net zero Last week I focused on the media noise over AUKUS and nuclear-powered submarines.…

Dis-con notes

16 October 2021 9:00 am

Two revolutionary ideas to keep our subs afloat In June 1989 Paul Keating memorably said, ‘I guarantee if you walk…

Australian notes

24 July 2021 9:00 am

Special Drawing Rights: one step closer to world government Even among this journal’s well-informed readers, how many have heard of,…

Dis-con notes

12 June 2021 9:00 am

Why no action on the ABC? What possible reason can any conservative have for voting for the Morrison government?  Neil…

J’accuse

26 September 2020 9:00 am

Falsehood and deception in the Ridd Affair

Dis-con notes

1 August 2020 9:00 am

Reshuffle revisited On 5 July we learned that the Minister for Finance, Senator Mathias Cormann, will leave parliament towards the…

Australian notes

13 June 2020 9:00 am

Chinese aggression and the New Cold War Over recent weeks commentators both in Australia and abroad have drawn attention to…

Dis-con notes

23 May 2020 9:00 am

Get a wriggle on, ScoMo Previous Dis-Con Notes (25/04/20 and 16/05/20) proposed eleven policy reforms for Prime Minister Morrison’s consideration.…

Dis-Con notes

16 May 2020 9:00 am

Well done, Angus Six weeks ago I advised the prime minister to undertake a ministerial reshuffle. Three weeks ago I…

Dis-con notes

25 April 2020 9:00 am

Some policy reforms, Mr Morrison Three weeks ago I advised Scott Morrison to dump seven Liberal and LNP ‘Duds’ from…

Dis-con notes

4 April 2020 9:00 am

Time for a re-shuffle, Mr Morrison Since its re-election the Morrison government has been beset by one ‘crisis’, real or…

Dis-con notes

27 July 2019 9:00 am

Wrong way, go back My last Dis-Con Note (‘Watching and hoping, Mr Morrison’, 13/07/19) pointed out that, despite his ‘miracle’…

Dis-con notes

13 July 2019 9:00 am

Watching and hoping, Mr Morrison   With our post-election parliament finally operative, what can we now expect from the new…

Dis-con notes

11 May 2019 9:00 am

How to Vote, conservatively With only a week until the election, we Dis-Cons (disaffected conservatives) face a dilemma. A Labor…

Dis-con notes

1 December 2018 9:00 am

Next please, PM Last week’s editorial, ‘In praise of the PM’, rightly gave Prime Minister Scott Morrison ‘full marks ……

Dis-con notes

20 October 2018 9:00 am

The UN at work A recent Dis-Con Note, ‘ScoMo’s (recommended) manifesto’, mentioned two international meetings in December pursuing the United…

Dis-con notes

6 October 2018 9:00 am

ScoMo’s (recommended) manifesto Everyone seeking, like myself, to avoid a Labor government must wish Prime Minister Morrison well. However, in…

Dis-con notes

8 September 2018 9:00 am

Does Morrison cut the mustard? The first quality Napoleon Bonaparte sought in his generals was that they were lucky. Scott…

Dear Paul

28 July 2018 9:00 am

Three major articles by the Australian’s editor-at-large Paul Kelly, and Tony Abbott’s even more major Heritage Foundation speech in Washington,…