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Cory Bernardi will give the Liberals a real scare in South Australia
Cory Bernardi is a conservative. This is controversial. He is also the latest candidate announcement from One Nation after it…
Jacinta Allan’s unbelievable Pride comments
It’s not often I scoff out-loud scrolling X in the morning, but that’s what happened when I made the mistake…
Debt, debt, debt, debt, debt
There are a lot of people who comfort themselves by thinking that the Commonwealth government’s $1 trillion of debt is…
The death of debate: how media pluralism collapsed
From newspapers to platforms and the breakdown of civic discourse
Liberals’ last hurrah?
Outside of mortgage repayments, motor vehicle rego charges, and council rates, politics is like an annoying blowfly that interrupts the…
Can Angus Taylor save the Liberal Party from the rise of One Nation? | James Allan S3 Ep 15
Has the Liberal Party betrayed Australia’s commitment to #FreeSpeech and freedom of political communication? Can Angus Taylor unseat Sussan Ley…
What happened to the Gen Z revolution?
Western nations are experiencing a rising interest in revolution. Not the over-the-top French-style guillotine variety or a Maoist starvation leap…
The Minneapolis paradox: when Liberal democracy turns against itself
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, two deaths have crystallised a distinctly American paradox. Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse,…
Australia’s renewable energy or monorail policy?
I hate to infringe on the sacred writing territory of Labor Dry, but desperate times call for shameless imitation. There…
Why the merry-go-round can’t save the circus
There’s a special kind of panic that sets in when people confuse motion with progress. Things start spinning. Jobs change…
Banning of political parties and reasonable debate
Two possible consequences of the new hate speech legislation
Without the ribbon. Without the bracelet. Not without the fight…
The hostages are home. The symbols have come off. The responsibility has not. On Monday, January 26, 2026, I removed…
To be Australian
Toward the end of last year (before the Bondi terrorist attack), I was talking with a young woman whose parents…
The response to ‘Javid Shah’ was bullets
The uprising of the Iranian people, carried by the chant of ‘Javid Shah’, was drowned in blood. A chant that…
Cold feet on the leadership spill
The Nationals are very very very united behind David Littleproud, with the party room unlikely to second Colin Boyce’s leadership challenge. My…
I’m sorry, Prime Minister
On Australia Day, I found myself reflecting on the Prime Minister’s memorial service speech at the Sydney Opera House. And…
Why Western silence will burn Iran (and the world)
The year 2026 has marked a grim milestone in Iranian history. The recent report by The Times, estimating a staggering…
Hate speech laws under suspicion for two-tier policing
It has been a week since Labor’s rushed hate speech bill was chaperoned into law by the Liberals and already…
Flag-burning justifies audits of funding for activist groups
The evidence of disadvantage in Indigenous communities throughout the world is overwhelming. There ought to be funding for programs designed…
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