Politics

Did my Coalition policy launch dream come true, and other thoughts

13 April 2025 5:57 pm

Here I am again, a glass of red this time rather than a gin and tonic. Goodness knows, I need…

Dutton’s tax-deductible interest for first homebuyers is a breakthrough

13 April 2025 11:56 am

Like many conservatives, I have been waiting for something original from the Coalition that will differentiate them from the socialists.…

Click-bait Bandt

12 April 2025 11:08 pm

One of our readers on Facebook observed that a recent article about Greens Leader Adam Bandt and his ‘right to…

Albo isn’t winning, but the Coalition is losing

12 April 2025 6:01 pm

Australians have every reason to be nervous about another three years of a Labor government. The last three years have…

I dreamt about the Coalition’s policy launch

12 April 2025 5:43 pm

The Coalition formally launches its election campaign on Sunday. After a fortnight of a Seinfeld election – an election about…

Greens announce dumbest policy ever: ‘renters’ right to solar’

11 April 2025 6:39 pm

Owning a rental property in Australia is becoming a complete farce. Why would you bother owning a rental property when…

The problem with modelling

11 April 2025 11:02 am

One of my economics professors at university once said that when someone tells you the results of their economic modelling,…

Adam Bandt tempts Albo with a couple of housing treats

10 April 2025 8:19 pm

If Prime Minister Albanese does not outright reject Adam Bandt’s demand to Grandfather negative gearing and scrap 50 per cent…

Ted O’Brien was all over Chris Bowen like a wind turbine on an endangered bird

10 April 2025 4:25 pm

From the National Press Club: I love the National Gallery of Australia (NGA), even if it’s gone so Woke that…

Conservatives want a dog in this fight

10 April 2025 2:53 am

Australia is in a very strange place, politically. The relationship between the voting public and its political class has never…

Angus goes to the mattresses, majority don’t like Adam

9 April 2025 9:00 pm

Your Correspondent in Canberra: It was quite the day in the election campaign. Adam Bandt addressed a sparse-looking crowd at…

Too skewed, too gentlemanly

9 April 2025 1:55 pm

So here’s my quick, two key takeaways verdict on last night’s Sky News Australia leaders’ debate. First off, the questions…

Here in Riverina, I’m taking the fight to the uniparty

9 April 2025 12:32 pm

I’ve spent my life in regional Australia. I’ve never seen the political landscape as broken as it is right now,…

Can bold energy policy turn the polls for Dutton?

9 April 2025 10:51 am

The Liberals are behind Labor in polls for the May 3 election. Can they reverse this? Here is a possible…

A ludicrous proposal to solve the housing crisis

9 April 2025 9:35 am

What if the rich and privileged had to rent out their extra rooms?

Chris Bowen’s 200 tonne carbon footprint nightmare

9 April 2025 2:09 am

It has been an existential election for Chris Bowen. Not only is the Climate Change and Energy Minister largely irrelevant,…

Albo and Dutton debate was a complete farce

8 April 2025 9:22 pm

Central to our two-party liberal democracy is political debate. Our system allows for peaceful revolutions at the ballot box. It…

Debates: sound and fury

8 April 2025 4:05 pm

Tonight Sky News Australia will host a town hall meeting/debate between Mr Albanese and Mr Dutton with an audience supposedly…

Liberal Candidate, Benjamin Britton, dis-endorsed

8 April 2025 8:39 am

The Liberals are not doing women any favours

The right-wing stupidity repeating Liberal Party history

7 April 2025 6:02 pm

‘Put the majors last’ is the slogan of low-information, low-effort voters who are fed up with being taken for granted…

Albo and Dutton do battle for the Port of Darwin

6 April 2025 9:37 pm

Leasing the Port of Darwin to a Chinese company for 99 years is easily one of the biggest national security…

Please be quiet

4 April 2025 9:39 pm

America’s political leadership is sensitive to criticism. We know this. High-ranking individuals within the Administration have told us. This has…

The whirligig of federal elections

3 April 2025 4:43 pm

On the eve of the previous Federal Election, I authored an opinion piece in this publication entitled, We need passion…

Angus Taylor’s Budget Reply leaves conservatives wanting more

2 April 2025 8:54 pm

From the National Press Club: Australia has had record numbers of business failures on top of declining productivity. That means…

A conservative action plan

2 April 2025 5:46 pm

The election is over, and the results are clear: the Liberal Party under-performed – badly. Because of that, Western Australia…