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

China is afraid of Donald Trump striking a deal with Albanese

20 October 2025 11:22 pm

As Anthony Albanese touches down in America in preparation for his meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White…

Race at the top and the bottom

20 October 2025 6:34 pm

Which gap are we closing in the education system?

Albanese: stop wasting Australia’s potential

20 October 2025 3:39 pm

We’re broke when we should be rich

Is China saving the planet?

20 October 2025 1:48 pm

Plants like the idea of global warming

Barnaby Joyce mocks the over-reaching media circus

20 October 2025 12:00 pm

No, he is not Pauline Hanson’s heir

Craig Kelly to Andrew Hastie, ‘Don’t become Leader of the Liberal Party!’

19 October 2025 8:28 pm

‘If I was advising Andrew Hastie, I’d say, when the decision comes down and [the Liberals] bed-wet on Net Zero,…

Albanese faces the White House inquisition

19 October 2025 10:10 am

It won’t be long before Anthony Albanese sits down with Donald Trump in the White House and prays to God…

Don’t take your family to the broad church

19 October 2025 8:42 am

It’s time to call out the broad church. Of course, I revere former Prime Minister John Howard who coined the…

Global Anglicans ex-communicate Canterbury

18 October 2025 6:09 pm

Anglicanism has split in half

Climate education-by-feeling an assault on science

18 October 2025 5:46 pm

Knowledge evolves because it can be questioned

Albo the ‘Man of Lead’ while Chalmers has no clue

18 October 2025 9:27 am

Anthony Albanese, a Johnny-come-lately in the extreme, declared his idiotic support for a Palestinian state just moments before Trump’s negotiations…

Pauline Hanson is right about paper bags

17 October 2025 1:13 pm

One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson said the ‘quiet part’ out loud last week when she accused supermarkets of ‘overcharging for…

Demography Manifest

17 October 2025 7:15 am

Australians of European descent are projected to become a minority

Confessions of a ‘Pack Rat’

17 October 2025 6:33 am

My daughter calls me ‘Pack Rat’ because I find it difficult to throw anything away. My parents lived through the…

Israel’s Golden Age or the beginning of uncertainty?

16 October 2025 3:37 pm

History is replete with examples of strong and successful leaders who made celebratory statements following a protracted period of uncertainty…

Tony Abbott’s ‘Australia: A History’

16 October 2025 11:17 am

Australia’s best days are ahead of us

Statement from Jacinta Nampijinpa Price on the Voice

16 October 2025 1:08 am

It has been two years since Australia said ‘No’ to racial division

Australians all let us regret, for we were weak and blind

15 October 2025 8:45 pm

James Paterson’s speech is a good start, but the Liberals need contemporary solutions, not old habits.

Labor’s selective moral outrage over Candace Owens’ visa

15 October 2025 7:18 pm

The High Court of Australia has ruled unanimously to uphold the Labor government’s decision to deny US commentator Candace Owens…

Pauline Hanson calls on Albanese to return Palestinian refugees

15 October 2025 5:23 pm

Labor remains silent on the question

Remembering the Iron Lady

14 October 2025 11:22 pm

This week (on 13 October) marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Margaret Thatcher. Arguably, no Prime Minister since…

Two years since Victorians rejected the Voice – now we have a treaty

14 October 2025 9:20 pm

The end of equality for Victorians

Public health or political decisions?

14 October 2025 9:10 pm

Brett Sutton’s recent comments that some measures implemented during the pandemic were ‘probably never necessary’ is the kind of nuance…

Sussan Ley reshuffles the shadow cabinet deck chairs

14 October 2025 8:43 am

The moderates will never be modern

Trump triumphs as hostages freed while peace-haters howl

13 October 2025 8:20 pm

In a stunning diplomatic coup, the remaining living Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza have finally been released, marking…