Election Coverage
Please be quiet
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
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
From the National Press Club: Australia has had record numbers of business failures on top of declining productivity. That means…
A conservative action plan
The election is over, and the results are clear: the Liberal Party under-performed – badly. Because of that, Western Australia…
Conservatives would love Dutton to slash ABC funding
Panic entered the headlines earlier today when word leaked that Opposition Leader Peter Dutton might engage in a bit of…
Who has the courage to fix workplace law?
Will politics defeat sensible labour policy, just as it has with taxation, our disgraceful duplicative mining approvals procedures, and our…
Labor clueless on foreign affairs
Goodness knows why the Chinese government would want to put pressure on the Albanese government during an election campaign, but…
Labor and its gangrenous alliance
Labor and the Greens have been locked in an unofficial coalition for decades. Recently, they have been joined by the…
Tough love for the Coalition as its campaign is slow to get going
I’m writing this at lunchtime on Monday. In federal election campaigns, for logistical necessity major policy drops and media opportunities…
Federal Election set for May 3rd
So it begins. The most important five weeks of our lives. The Australia that is born on May 3rd will…
Budget reply: back on track
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton began his Budget reply by thanking Australians for listening and reminding them that they would soon…
The fringes of Australian politics
Something’s in the water. That is the best explanation we have so far for the escalation of bizarre behaviour happening…
Impossible business growth underpins house of cards Budget
From Parliament House, Canberra: Last year Australia experienced record numbers of business failures. While the percentage of businesses was not…
Dark humour: Labor brands itself the party of tax cuts
Can anyone think of a more efficient way to waste trees than printing copies of the Budget on the eve…
Budget 2025: out of ideas and full of fiscal analgesics
Keating predicted a Banana Republic and it is gradually coming true
Ask Chris Bowen anything!
Every now and then I do a ‘welfare check’ on Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen, who fled X…
Regional Australians are the biggest budget losers
From the Canberra Press Gallery: Regional Australia is the engine room of private sector activity in Australia. With the Budget…
Budget top priority should be income tax cuts
The Government didn’t plan to be giving today’s Budget, and the Opposition didn’t expect to have to give a Budget…
It was a mistake: Teal MP’s husband apologises for removing Liberal sign
The Federal Election hasn’t been called, but its annoying campaign antics have already begun. ‘Sign Wars’ are a common feature…
We can’t afford Albo’s phoney election campaign
From the National Press Club: Australia is in a phoney election campaign. We’re in that period where we know an…
Albanese’s $150 energy bill promise insults voters
I have no words… Anthony Albanese has promised to take $150 off our power bills if we give him another…
Peter Dutton must play for keeps
Peter Dutton and the Federal Liberal Party are now on the slide ahead of the upcoming Federal Election. The RedBridge…
One Nation means putting Australia first
When the Liberal-Labor uniparty is not ripping us off – they’re ripping us apart. That’s what it feels like listening…
Electric shock: it’s much worse than you think
Startled, I stared at my electricity bill. My consumption over the quarter had decreased by 4.62 per cent. The bill,…
Is labour market reform possible, or dead?
There is a glaring lack of enthusiasm for labour market reform coming into the federal election. Yet some maintain that…
