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

Catastrophic bias: if it bleeds, it leads

21 May 2026 9:15 pm

Sometimes it takes a while for rigorous data-based statistical research to catch up to what anyone with eyes to see…

The ABC and SBS have a problem

20 May 2026 2:41 pm

On the reluctance of Australia’s public broadcasters to adopt the (IHRA) definition of antisemitism

Albo’s big, fat pork pie

20 May 2026 2:10 pm

The Budget has signalled the return of ‘Albonocchio’

Standing on the shoulders of leftists

20 May 2026 12:42 pm

The unoriginality of the Albanese government

Bitcoin will be the death of Chalmers

20 May 2026 10:29 am

Young investors have had enough of excessive taxes

Of trust and trusts

19 May 2026 3:22 pm

Chalmers has set up a war against capital

Pure, bloody-minded politics

19 May 2026 1:42 pm

Pauline Hanson clashes with the PM over staff cuts

The aspiration deficit

19 May 2026 11:37 am

Five signs this Budget will neither galvanise growth nor rescue the young

What did I miss?

19 May 2026 8:38 am

Australia’s political week in fast-forward

We need to talk about Stafford

19 May 2026 8:03 am

...and how the working-class is shifting to the right

No wonder men are opting out

18 May 2026 7:49 pm

Dropping out of work and marriage because the women aren’t worth it

The address from the Monaro

18 May 2026 1:04 pm

Angus Taylor falls short of chainsaw-wielding Javier Milei

The illusion of ceasefire

18 May 2026 12:40 pm

The United States recently extended the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire for another 45 days, even as Hezbollah continued low-level attacks and maintained…

43 million by 2100 is a choice, not destiny

18 May 2026 11:43 am

With Asia’s population is set to fall – how ‘big’ should Big Australia become?

In search of a healthy majority?

18 May 2026 10:33 am

Reform UK must follow its leader’s policy instincts and adopt a changed tone

We have a liar in the Lodge

18 May 2026 8:51 am

The Prime Minister’s word is worthless

Angus Taylor’s Budget Reply follows One Nation’s lead

17 May 2026 3:17 pm

Pauline Hanson knows what Menzies’ forgotten people need

An economy up in smoke

17 May 2026 2:25 pm

Ordinary people built the economy, and only they can save it

A future, betrayed in Australia

16 May 2026 6:45 pm

This budget only makes it harder for young people to get ahead

Victoria, the Anchor Man State

16 May 2026 6:29 pm

In iconic comedy Anchorman, Ron Burgundy asks louche reporter Brian Fantana which cologne he intends to wear. Swinging open the…

The one word missing from the budget

16 May 2026 1:34 pm

Jim Chalmers summons the clouds of war as his budget backdrop

We had, ‘stop the boats’. Now let’s ‘stop the planes’

16 May 2026 11:55 am

A solution to Australia’s immigration imbroglio

Dancing backwards in high heels

supreme

16 May 2026 9:22 am

‘RBG: Of Many, One’ is a fascinating portrayal of the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

It’s time for the LNP to fight the Culture Wars

15 May 2026 9:33 pm

Crisafulli and the Stafford byelection are key to the Queensland Liberal revival

Australia’s prosperity problem is bigger than the budget

15 May 2026 6:34 pm

Governments once spoke about growth, expansion, and nation-building. Now they speak of resilience, affordability, and mitigation