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Culturally, structurally, and ideologically rigged
Let me be clear, the federal election was rigged. Not with ballot stuffing or hacked machines but with something far…
Net Zero by 2050: nothing but a marketing slogan
A screen grab on Sky News Australia’s Outsiders during the election campaign showed Opposition Leader Peter Dutton saying words to…
Time to say ‘goodbye’ to Welcome to Country
A furore erupted recently over people jeering and booing during a Welcome to Country ceremony on Anzac Day in Melbourne.…
Greens leader Adam Bandt is gone!
While I don’t like the Labor Party, the gracious exchanges between Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese gave me some hope…
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, I salute you!
One of the conservatives who understands Australia better than most politicians has been returned to the Senate for the Northern…
Understanding Pope Francis
Memories and perceptions of Pope Francis are many and varied. To give a few examples, some will remember him for…
Liberals for Liberalism
In the midst of a shock election night, Sky News Australia panellists Murray Watt and Andrew Clennell both agreed heartily…
What did the election result say about Australia?
There was one small incident during the Voice Referendum that I never understood, and it has stayed with me. Standing…
Trump was not a significant factor, and that matters
Post-election there is always jockeying to write the narrative. Frequently these are either complete fantasy, or ‘faction’ – fiction based…
Dear LNP, think of Haidt!
The number of different post-mortems for the failure of the federal LNP may well soon outnumber the sands on Nine…
Zoe Daniel is done and dusted
It’s been an annoying weekend for conservatives, but the weather is always warm if you wait long enough: Zoe Daniel…
Let Barnaby Joyce lead
Technically, the Liberal wing of the Coalition is larger but lately the Nationals have been stronger. This is unlikely to…
Musings from a Dickson MP now twice removed
Early in the campaign, the following was begun with Flat White in mind. ‘It was the best of times, it…
Has the two-party system outlived its usefulness?
A popular English YouTuber made an interesting claim in response to Britain’s local elections on Thursday: the two major parties…
Voters want more hard Labor
With Labor’s sweeping victory at the 2025 election, future policy settings suggest themselves to ensure yet another term of Labor…
Time to make the Liberal Party great again
Australians have woken with a hangover. Whether from the resounding Labor win or the crushing Liberal defeat, it’s likely heads…
Angus and Dan can save the Liberals
The mainstream media keep banging on about how the Coalition lost because they aren’t left enough. That is absolute nonsense.…
A great day for Albo’s Mediscam
Every time I see Albo wave his Medicare card around, I know he is gaslighting us. Labor has promised to…
Performative diplomacy?
Australia’s greatest ever political strategist, Mark Textor, recently said to me: ‘People say that Donald Trump is erratic and unpredictable.…
Ukraine is not at war with Russia
Nobody declared war ahead of the invasion of Ukraine. It is a universally outlawed illegal invasion mischaracterised as a war.…
The Trump Effect on the Australian and Canadian elections
Revulsion at Trump almost certainly contributed to conservative defeats in two Anglosphere nations where Trump was simply not on the ballot
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