In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Totalitarianism lurks beneath hate crime laws
In Australia, there are many ‘bad laws’ that seek to criminalise, rather than promote, free speech. For example, at the…
Slowing the rise of energy prices won’t save us
The price of energy has been killing our industries for years, although the rate of Australia’s deindustrialisation has been scandalously…
Will Australia learn from the Doge Revolution?
During the 1990s, I claimed that the then federal ALP government was introducing a ‘US-style culture of litigation’. Then Attorney-General…
Econocide: green subsidies are hastening our energy demise
In addition to bringing reduced emissions of supposed planetary warming CO2, government plans for wind and solar to dominate electricity…
Dear farmers, nobody wants to eat fungus-fed beef
Australian scientists announced this week that they have discovered a way to reduce the methane emissions from livestock. The research,…
Australia’s multicultural experiment failed
The claim that ‘Australia is the most successful multicultural nation in the world’ appears to be the dream that never…
The enemy within
The 61st Security Conference held being held in Munich from 14 to 16 February 2025 is aimed at providing opportunities…
Gaslighting
Censorship exists to protect bad ideas from public scrutiny. Because it is effectively a toxic four-letter notion, governments in thrall…
Is compulsory voting the cure to Gen Z’s political disengagement?
Here’s another reason, as if any more were needed, why Australian democracy is in trouble. The voting behaviour of Gen…
Mark Latham, ‘We are dealing with ingrained hatreds.’
Following the viral video that appears to show two (former) nurses and Bankstown Hospital threatening to kill Jewish people under…
Vance’s left-wing media interviews are a master class
It’s about time our politicians followed his example
Politics has no place in healthcare
One of my fondest memories as a nurse of ten years is looking after a Muslim man of Egyptian descent…
Matt Canavan responds to Hate Crime bill fallout
Following the fallout from those conservative senators who did not vote against the government’s Hate Crime Bill last week, I…
Don’t fall for Putin’s Nato furphy
As Trump and Putin spend over an hour on the phone today (Feb. 13 as I write) to talk potential…
A Soviet-style revolution in Victoria
A common feature of successful revolutions is chaos. Those who have sought change, and have succeeded, have very often not…
Enshrining free speech in the Constitution
I have introduced the Constitution Alteration (Right to Free Speech) 2025, the purpose of which is to enshrine freedom of…
DOGE this… The biggest scandal in American history
In an ordinary news cycle, the current President rescinding the former President’s security clearance would be a matter for the…
On mass immigration, we need to listen less to elite talkfests, and more to conservatives of the heart
What should be the most important issue of the 2025 Federal Election in Australia? Nuclear power? Whacking Woke? The gender…
Kerr’s own goal
The Sam Kerr saga has exposed the shocking hypocrisy of Football Australia and the identity politics at the heart of…
Victory for the Free Speech Union and Celine
Australia is caught in a tug of war between free speech and censorship. The former is overwhelmingly preferred by the…
Dutton should sound out Miranda Devine to be Washington Ambassador
The news that Australia does not get an exemption from Trump’s steel and aluminium tariffs is a failure of the…
The government never let a good crisis go to waste
That old political maxim, ‘Never let a good crisis go to waste…’ comes to mind when considering the government’s restrictions…
Labor policy makes gas more expensive
Sometimes politicians say things that are true. When they do, people often note that they are ‘saying the quiet part…
The Northern Territory has a vital role to play in defending Australia
In Australia’s latest National Defence Statement, it says that: ‘Australia faces the most complex and challenging strategic environment since the…
A crash course in tariffs
‘Tariff’ has staked an early claim to the title of 2025 Word of the Year. Highly relevant and commonly misunderstood…
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