Politics
What did the election result say about Australia?
There was one small incident during the Voice Referendum that I never understood, and it has stayed with me. Standing…
Trump was not a significant factor, and that matters
Post-election there is always jockeying to write the narrative. Frequently these are either complete fantasy, or ‘faction’ – fiction based…
Dear LNP, think of Haidt!
The number of different post-mortems for the failure of the federal LNP may well soon outnumber the sands on Nine…
Zoe Daniel is done and dusted
It’s been an annoying weekend for conservatives, but the weather is always warm if you wait long enough: Zoe Daniel…
Let Barnaby Joyce lead
Technically, the Liberal wing of the Coalition is larger but lately the Nationals have been stronger. This is unlikely to…
Musings from a Dickson MP now twice removed
Early in the campaign, the following was begun with Flat White in mind. ‘It was the best of times, it…
Has the two-party system outlived its usefulness?
A popular English YouTuber made an interesting claim in response to Britain’s local elections on Thursday: the two major parties…
Voters want more hard Labor
With Labor’s sweeping victory at the 2025 election, future policy settings suggest themselves to ensure yet another term of Labor…
Time to make the Liberal Party great again
Australians have woken with a hangover. Whether from the resounding Labor win or the crushing Liberal defeat, it’s likely heads…
Liberals in name only
How factions have dismantled Australia’s alternative to Labor
Angus and Dan can save the Liberals
The mainstream media keep banging on about how the Coalition lost because they aren’t left enough. That is absolute nonsense.…
A great day for Albo’s Mediscam
Every time I see Albo wave his Medicare card around, I know he is gaslighting us. Labor has promised to…
Teal coffins, warm seats
While the voters wait for someone real
The Trump Effect on the Australian and Canadian elections
Revulsion at Trump almost certainly contributed to conservative defeats in two Anglosphere nations where Trump was simply not on the ballot
Welcome to the new Socialist Commonwealth of Australia
The Labor Party has been re-elected and will form Australia’s next government. The Opposition Leader, Peter Dutton, even lost his…
Voters go for Vegemite politics in ‘keep it local’ campaign
In what must rate as easily Australia’s most pedestrian election campaign ever – both major parties have taken the lowest…
One Nation the big winner this election
I’ve never underestimated Anthony Albanese for a moment. He is as asinine as they come. Ever since he came to…
Don’t blame Trump for this disaster – blame the Libs
Let me be crystal clear: the decision to distance the Liberal Party from Donald Trump was an unmitigated disaster. Anyone…
Peter Dutton concedes: it’s all over
We’ve been defined by our opponents which is not the true story of who we are
Election 2025: Peter Dutton vs. the world
Menzies’ party has been the most successful in Australian political history. Even in the last tumultuous decade, the Liberals have…
Election Truth Truck exposes Labor as anti-male
As our maddening election contest limps to a close, it might cheer you up to learn about our fun election…
What the Australian election means
In his political history of the 1980s and early 1990s, The End of Certainty, Paul Kelly articulated the tectonic shifts…
It’s not easy being Green… If we number every box
Australia desperately needs many electoral reforms, and there’s much debate to be had about them. We must face the reality…
When no means no
Does the Labor party need lessons in consent?
On 3 May, remember your Constitution
Let us be quite clear on this matter: it is irrelevant whether the Voice to Parliament is, to reference the…
