In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Time to stash cash under the bed?
‘I wonder how many of you have savings locked away in the banking system where you think it’s safe? Well,…
A student perspective on the ‘lost boys’ in higher education
Recently, I came across a post from The Australian on X with the headline: Lost boys need a leg-up as…
Australians are paying for broken promises and election lies
Young Australians in particular are being treated with contempt
I am done with the debate. I want outcomes…
Antizionism takes a people’s liberation movement and reframes it as bigotry
Recession, this way comes
The long overdue correction appears to finally be here – courtesy of Labor
What David Pocock, and others, miss in the gas tax debate
There’s a reason the recent gas tax debate has cut through. Australians haven’t suddenly developed a deep interest in resource…
The Farrer by-election was worse than we think
The results from the May 9, 2026, Farrer by-election are in, and it is worse than you think. It appears…
Taxpayers despair at forking out for ISIS brides
Opposition Leader Angus Taylor offered two numbers that represent taxpayer-funded support. Pensioners: $31,309 ISIS Brides: $46,889 Taylor presented these figures…
Noblesse Oblige died last night
The LNP didn’t lose an election. It died of a 19th Century disease...
How counter-sovereignty is killing the West
Populism is a response to the attack on the nation state
War of the Worlds: Is the populist moment coming for Australia?
Watching the results for the Farrer by-election come in I was surprised at how high the final vote was for…
Angus Taylor: party of convenience, not conviction
There were hard lessons for the Liberals in Farrer
The death of decarbonisation
Headlining the latest climate talkfest taking place this month, The Guardian gushed, ‘Historic breakthrough: Colombia climate talks end with hopes…
Is Labor allergic to fuel security?
Albanese has been on an extended begging tour of Asia, promising who-knows-what in exchange for the odd shipment of fuel.…
The real story of the UK Council Elections
Reform’s win distracts from the real dark horse of British politics
Editor’s picks
Magazine
Thirty years boiling the frog
The technocrats lied to the bush. Now we are paying the price
Enlightenment is not a dirty word
Intellectuals ignore the fertile ground they spring from
