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

Tezza’s how-to-vote card

19 May 2022 9:00 am

Regular readers will know that James Allan and I agree to disagree on the direction of centre-right politics. There is…

History stands against Albanese

19 May 2022 4:00 am

If the polls are to be believed, a thumping Labor victory is to be expected at this week’s election.  This…

'Commie' Twitter employees vent about Musk

18 May 2022 4:30 pm

Everyone guessed that the poorly-adjusted, short-tempered, activist-Millennial employees of Twitter would have trouble adjusting to the ‘New Normal’ of Muskdom…

Fishnets and Lego: Australian Museum gets a wake up call

18 May 2022 1:55 pm

It’s hard to know what’s worse – that Australian Museum staff allowed a man wearing women’s lingerie to play with…

MoodSnap! Technology for mental health

18 May 2022 1:00 pm

We’ve all become familiar with integrated app-based health platforms like Apple Health, Google Fit, and Fitbit allowing us to track…

Will Albo follow in the footsteps of Jacinda Ardern?

18 May 2022 12:30 pm

Will the Australian Labor Party follow in the footsteps of New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern? Australia is one of the least…

California’s Woke dreaming – is it time to wake up?

18 May 2022 11:00 am

Some of us baby boomers remember the heady days of the flower power era; the spirit of peace and goodwill…

Pandemic reckoning: Australians deserve a review

18 May 2022 10:10 am

It seems the pandemic has disappeared – from our TV screens at least. Last week, the Prime Minister and Opposition…

Samuel Griffith Society: 30 years standing up for the rule of law

18 May 2022 9:00 am

The Samuel Griffith Society was established in 1992. Named after the first Chief Justice of the High Court, its motto is…

A masterclass in how to lose an election

17 May 2022 2:00 pm

If the Coalition loses the coming election, they have nobody to blame but themselves. Labor are pathetic, making promises without…

Australia set to sign Geneva’s Global Pandemic Treaty

17 May 2022 12:10 pm

The ‘New Normal’ of medical fascism is coming regardless of how Australians vote at the federal election. Having acquired a…

The Seinfeld election: a show about nothing

17 May 2022 12:00 pm

With the virus abating, and with the confected anger over supposed government inadequacies for compensation owed to those harmed by…

Progressives prefer to keep ‘their’ women ignorant

17 May 2022 9:00 am

On extremely rare occasions, news stories about political focus groups reveal something interesting. Last Friday, Newscorp reported on a group…

Lockdowns did more harm than good

17 May 2022 4:00 am

Third World v. First World: what’s the difference? In a nutshell, the way they make public policy. For the most…

Frocky horror picture show

16 May 2022 2:00 pm

Running alongside the gladiatorial spectacle of two men locked in verbal combat across Australia [Scomo and Albo] is another, only…

Sergeant Bruno's big mistake

16 May 2022 12:00 pm

A Victorian policeman is under investigation for posting online that there are only two genders. And so he should be!…

Australia needs a Ron DeSantis

16 May 2022 9:00 am

There is a craving for the principled defence of liberty in Australia, given our experience of reverting to a penal…

Miserable Ghost: a rite of passage for former Prime Ministers

16 May 2022 4:00 am

What was the label that Malcom Turnbull gave to former Prime Ministers Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott after being ousted…

The NSW Department of Education must be held accountable

15 May 2022 12:30 pm

Here I was thinking the Covid madness was finally over, but gosh I should have known better than to imagine bureaucrats would…

The strong stink of an election on the nose

15 May 2022 9:00 am

The Liberals cannot be trusted to control Australia without adult supervision, but to replace them with an ALP/Green/ABC/Teal government would…

Will Australia vote for freedom?

15 May 2022 6:00 am

Freedom marches popped up across Australia in capital cities ahead of next week’s federal election. The messages written on their…

Nuclear: a powerful future

14 May 2022 12:00 pm

As a Merchant Navy navigator, I knew the range and durability of my ship were intrinsically limited to the fuel…

The spirit of conservative vision

14 May 2022 9:00 am

One of the principal election strategies employed by Scott Morrison is the argument that Anthony Albanese and the Labor Party…

TweedleScomo and TweedleAlbo

14 May 2022 6:00 am

As we watch our present Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, and the man who seeks to replace him, Anthony Albanese, crisscross…

Fifty shades of Covid

13 May 2022 4:00 pm

[Calm down, it’s satire.] She slowly slipped her mask down and removed her gloves. Then lowered her second mask. That…