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In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.

Budget 2026 losers and biggest losers

12 May 2026 7:54 pm

The budget byline is ‘Reform and Resilience’

Rubio is coming…

12 May 2026 5:30 pm

My pick for the next President of the United States

Sex matters, but where are the men?

12 May 2026 3:20 pm

Men must join with women in raising their voices

I am done with the debate. I want outcomes…

12 May 2026 1:22 pm

Antizionism takes a people’s liberation movement and reframes it as bigotry

Recession, this way comes

12 May 2026 10:57 am

The long overdue correction appears to finally be here – courtesy of Labor

What did I miss?

11 May 2026 10:58 pm

Australia’s political week in fast forward

What David Pocock, and others, miss in the gas tax debate

11 May 2026 3:09 pm

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

11 May 2026 1:54 pm

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

11 May 2026 11:25 am

Opposition Leader Angus Taylor offered two numbers that represent taxpayer-funded support. Pensioners: $31,309 ISIS Brides: $46,889 Taylor presented these figures…

The 1932 ghost

11 May 2026 10:59 am

Why Chris Minns should be looking over his shoulder

Noblesse Oblige died last night

11 May 2026 10:26 am

The LNP didn’t lose an election. It died of a 19th Century disease...

How counter-sovereignty is killing the West

10 May 2026 10:28 pm

Populism is a response to the attack on the nation state

War of the Worlds: Is the populist moment coming for Australia?

10 May 2026 8:16 pm

Watching the results for the Farrer by-election come in I was surprised at how high the final vote was for…

The Farrer earthquake

10 May 2026 1:37 pm

How the commentariat got it wrong

Angus Taylor: party of convenience, not conviction

10 May 2026 2:15 am

There were hard lessons for the Liberals in Farrer

The lottery of life

10 May 2026 12:51 am

Why motherhood remains the greatest privilege

The death of decarbonisation

10 May 2026 12:42 am

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?

9 May 2026 10:24 pm

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

9 May 2026 6:26 pm

Reform’s win distracts from the real dark horse of British politics

Between hope and heartbreak

9 May 2026 2:39 pm

A view from the Iranian diaspora

The Left’s never-ending search for victims

9 May 2026 1:50 pm

Bankrupting the free world with the Cloward-Piven Strategy

Was the Biden Administration anti-Christian?

9 May 2026 1:16 pm

The US government recently released a report that alleges the previous Biden Administration may be guilty of religious discrimination in…

Our fossil-fuelled world

8 May 2026 7:19 pm

Queensland’s David [Crisafulli] is going to have to slay some federal and environmental Goliaths

Big government plans to bailout big media

8 May 2026 11:31 am

Massive new media subsidies to be funded by new digital media tax

Experience matters

8 May 2026 9:25 am

We don’t have a cent to spare