In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Good. Gooder?
For decades, Australian men have been caricatured as foolish idiots in advertising. Men are presented as stupid, useless or otherwise…
Cannes goes off the planet
Seemingly infected by Thunbergism, the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, set to run from July 6 – 17, has re-imagined itself…
WA Police’s abuse of Covid app data destroys the rule of law
John Locke, seen by many as the father of our Western Liberal culture, once said “the end of law is…
Victoria: the failed punk rock state
I’m not saying Johnny Rotten is a prophet, but he kind of is. The manic-eyed lead singer of the Sex…
Dark Emu: the turkeys fight back
Well, Peter Sutton and Keryn Walshe certainly threw the Tasmanian devil among the scrub turkeys supporting Bruce Pascoe, with the…
What are we to make of the Julie Bishop Barbie?
In a week where various state premiers are competing to steal your takeaway coffee cups in a ‘war against plastic’,…
Coal isn’t just an energy issue, but also vital to defence
Australia’s ability to produce unlimited electricity has almost been lost thanks to myopic politicians captured by climate zeitgeist. Our nation’s…
Why the minimum wage increase won’t help the low skilled and low paid
The Fair Work Commission yesterday announced plans to increase Australia’s national minimum wage by 2.5% on July 1 of this…
Melbourne University’s attack on freedom, on women – and itself
Melbourne University has warned staff teaching a course on feminism they must not say anything that could cause harm to…
High noon for academic freedom at the High Court
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of Curtin…
Sing me a ditty about Palestine
There is something profoundly disturbing and morally challenging in the way many view the Israel-Palestine conflict. The chant “from the river to the…
The Australian public dis-service: part II
On Monday, I wrote in these august pages about the lack of economic reform in Australia being a function of both poor quality…
A great badness is abroad
I was recently contacted by a highly intelligent woman whose granddaughter came home from school very upset about things she…
Desperate Dan is ditching democracy
It seems that the Victorian Labor government has become fed up with having to operate in a parliamentary democracy. The Age reports…
When’s Four Corners coming for Alfred Deakin?
When is Four Corners coming for Alfred Deakin? He’s been dead for 102 years so can’t sue, surely an advantage…
The western world’s elites conspire to outlaw cheap energy
Aspirations of the “have nots” or “have too littles” have, through their elected representatives brought an inexorable growth in the…
So much green globalist garbage – and now comes the last straw
The G7 conference has become an excuse for politicians to engage in an arms race of climate policies designed to…
Are we resigned to an early election?
After talk of an early election began in earnest in late January, polling suggested a majority of Australians were opposed…
Vaccine efficacy vs harms
Last week, the Therapeutic Goods Administration announced Australia’s second death likely caused by blood clotting from the AstraZeneca vaccine. This took the total reports of cases of…
Dear ABC, how did this get broadcast
One of the best emails I get in my inbox (after Spectator’s Morning Shot, of course) is the Fourth Watch Newsletter…
Operation weakened borders
As Tony Abbott’s immigration minister, Scott Morrison had one job: stop the boats. Stop the boats he did. He made…
Shining a light on Dark Emu
Finally, the spurious claims of Bruce Pascoe are coming under serious scrutiny from a source more credible than those alleged hotbeds of racism, Quadrant or the Dark…
The Australian public dis-service
Former US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld once quipped: “You go to war with the army you have, not the army…
The comic relief bombs as a nation waits for Dan Andrews’ return
Reports of Melbourne’s renowned theatres all being closed this weekend are false. A Daniel Andrews’s scripted tragicomedy Let’s Lock Up…
The whinging at Peta Credlin’s gong exposes the left’s double-standards
On the one hand, left feminists love to hurl tedious tantrums and screech that more women should be recognised in the Order of…
