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In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Bracket creep and soft economists
The Albanese government reduced the Stage 3 tax cuts that were designed to address some the burden of bracket creep.…
Reason v magical climate thinking – voters have no choice
As Australians prepare to vote for the nature of their future on May 3, I can report that back in…
The 25 hard and fast facts that prove Labor is gaslighting Australians
There is a mountain of evidence to support Peter Dutton’s claim that young Australians are being indoctrinated with woke ideology at our schools and universities
Keen to punish the Coalition this election? It’ll cost you!
The Coalition may not be in its best shape, but when they were in power, most Australians were better off.…
The real crisis of Adolescence
While Stephen Graham’s new drama ‘Adolescence’ may exaggerate the links between knife crime and the digital manosphere, as well as…
The Project: snobbery masquerading as wit
By all appearances, Channel Ten’s The Project wants to be Australia’s answer to The Daily Show – news dressed up…
Matt Canavan: the perfect conservative
Listen… Senator Matt Canavan might not be as traditionally dishy as Alex Antic, but he made himself an incredibly attractive…
Lefty misogyny bingo: tick a box every time you hear Peter Dutton
The claim that Peter Dutton’s election policies ‘offer nothing for women’ is absurd. Lower fuel costs aren’t sexist. First-home support…
Housing policy debate mismatched with Australian culture
From the National Press Club: Housing policy is very tricky to balance effectively. There is no set formula because times…
Long live Chris Bowen!
As you pop your eyeballs back in place, lift your jaw off the floor, and pour a stiff drink after…
Wondering about winter
As I bask in the warm Autumn sunshine under a deep blue sky in Adelaide, I wonder when one of…
Trump’s tariff pause and the game theory gamble
President Donald Trump’s recent decision to pause tariffs for 90 days on most US trading partners – while escalating them…
Ignore the polls, it’s not too late for Dutton
Everywhere you turn, the polls say that Peter Dutton is losing the election and public vote is slipping through his…
Forget a tariff-induced recession, Australians have been in recession for two years
The standard of living in Australia has been in sharp focus during this election campaign. Both major parties have been…
Tone-deaf Greens disco on Anzac Day
Australia is in a strange space where the traditions that enabled our high standard of living are being taken for…
Albo’s ‘Blight on the Hill’ is blinding the MSM
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says she wants to ‘make Australia great again’. The reaction? ‘They finally said the quiet bit out…
Jacinta Price nearly won the election
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price should be the Leader of the Opposition, if for no other reason than she rubs the media…
Starmer says Net Zero nanny state will fortify UK against Trump’s Tariffs
Trump’s tariffs are set to ‘make Britain work again’. These were the assertions of Net-Zero nanny state leader, Keir Starmer,…
The Left’s eternal war against private schools
Here we go again… The socialist deconstructionists are flagging one of their favourite ideas, at least, that is the impression…
Ideas – the fuel for democracy
An Open Letter to the leader of the Liberal Party, Peter Dutton, who is vying to be the next Prime Minister of Australia
Ditching Albo for Plibersek won’t save Labor
‘Backstabbing’ is the leading cause of early demise amongst the Labor leadership. If Prime Minister Anthony Albanese finds himself feeling…
Did my Coalition policy launch dream come true, and other thoughts
Here I am again, a glass of red this time rather than a gin and tonic. Goodness knows, I need…
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