You were only supposed to blow the doors off!
Liz Truss’s new book blames the Bank of England for her downfall. Australia, which has lost a bond market fight of its own, should read it as a warning rather than a vindication
Frankfurt says ‘non’
France is testing whether Europe’s lender of last resort will actually lend. Australia should not assume that distance will protect it
The tiger in Antalya
Canberra heads to next month’s UN climate summit holding exclusive authority over the negotiations and almost no leverage
Rumble in the shallows
Coogee’s impromptu surf wrestling drew a crowd no marketing budget could buy. The real question is whether it could survive being bought...
Albanese is talking to empty rooms
Australia went to New York to ask the world for a seat. The world was at dinner...
The load-bearing wall: Vale Dr Dale
Dale’s tenure at HIA was the age of uncomfortable truths delivered in plain language
The cheque from Berlin
Germany wants to help pay for Britain’s nuclear weapons. Pause on that for a moment...
Who owns Australia? Don’t ask. Nobody knows.
Australia just crossed a trillion dollars in debt. The truly comic part is that nobody can tell you who holds the IOUs
The undefended flank
For every dollar spent protecting nature, roughly 40 dollars are spent undermining it
Students waste their time and energy protesting Pauline
Political passion in the young is not the problem. Its direction is...
Single point of obsolescence
Australia could find itself without a credible undersea force
The Dartmoor Silence
Ann Widdecombe and the price of conviction
What if Binface wins?
A key lesson for Australian political observers
The sun never goes down on the American Empire
On June 17, 2026, Donald Trump signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran at the Palace of Versailles. The symbolism…
Is Aukus in disarray?
The communiqués say no. The fleet says otherwise
The Isfahan discrepancy
When an American F-15E Strike Eagle was brought down over Iran on April 3 by a shoulder-fired missile, the Pentagon…
Should the ABC be privatised? A modest valuation…
There is something exquisitely self-referential about the ABC reporting on its own strike. It is the media equivalent of a…
Caught in the crossfire: 115,000 reasons to worry
The Iran war’s cascading impact on Australia
The Canzuk-Aukus convergence: two alliances hiding in plain sight
Mark Carney’s Canberra address and the Geelong Treaty reveal the architecture of a powerful middle-power bloc ready to be assembled
Barry Humphries’ bronze legacy
Why Adelaide’s statue matters in the Age of Outrage
Have tariffs ever worked? (asking for a mate)
China’s trade surplus hit $1.2 trillion in 2025 – a record, up 20 per cent from the previous year’s record…
Operation Enduring Farage
Why an American liberation of Britain would be greeted with tea, scones, and bunting
One God, one people
Or endless fragmentation?
Australia’s distant thunder
Would Canberra march to Europe’s drums?
Australia braces for the Fergie Files
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is very obviously SATIRE. Australia has weathered many royal curiosities: monarchs who won’t visit, Governors-General who…
