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

Uniparty Hate Crime Bill won’t stop hate crime

10 February 2025 2:49 pm

The voting behaviour of senators on February 6 was bizarre to say the least. Labor’s Criminal Code Amendment (Hate Crimes)…

Support for Trump’s Gaza plan will soon emerge

10 February 2025 11:57 am

Donald Trump’s proposal to own and rebuild Gaza has been criticised by every expert and the Arab nations in the…

Coalition defend their support of hate speech laws

10 February 2025 10:09 am

The Coalition is facing extensive backlash following its decision to embrace Labor’s new hate speech laws. Despite having some of…

Australian company insolvencies

10 February 2025 8:18 am

ASIC released their latest insolvency statistics earlier this week and the results are concerning. A company becomes insolvent when they…

Boosting defence quickly and cheaply

9 February 2025 11:19 am

Indulge yourself with a fascinating read of Admiral Sir Reginald Henderson’s 1911 recommendation for the protection of Australia’s coast. The…

Hate crimes: a new woke attack against free speech

8 February 2025 11:19 pm

A new and unprecedented law has passed the chamber, marking an incredibly frustrating time for those conservatives who are paying…

Let the leftists have their own way!

8 February 2025 10:28 pm

Lefties say and do the dumbest things! When it comes to leftism, most of us have learned long ago that…

Will Trump inspire Dutton to undo the Uniparty?

8 February 2025 6:32 pm

There is so much hot air blowing around at the moment. Almost every leftie on social media is having a…

The DOGE-esque plan to save $90 billion

8 February 2025 8:47 am

We have been asking for some Trumpian politics, and perhaps we have found it in a press conference yesterday. One…

Voters want Trump, but with an Aussie accent

7 February 2025 4:22 pm

Conservatives are crying out online for Opposition Leader Peter Dutton to go ‘full Trump’, or at least ‘a little bit…

China now rapidly falling behind

7 February 2025 3:35 am

China’s autocratic President Xi Jinping has been reported many times as believing that America is in terminal decline. This has…

Trade wars: risks and opportunities for Australia

6 February 2025 11:53 pm

President Trump’s weaponising of trade may simply be applying pressure to correct what he sees as unequal access for goods…

Hamas and Putin

6 February 2025 11:31 pm

A two-state solution? Been there done that. Israel was state one, Gaza was state two. Gaza was under the armed…

Classical education can solve our school behaviour crisis

6 February 2025 11:05 pm

If the discourse within Australian education is to be believed, our classrooms have never been more inclusive, collaborative, interactive, empowering,…

The failure of the world wind leaders

6 February 2025 12:40 pm

Look at South Australia, Germany, and Britain. They boldly pioneered the green energy transition and now they are demonstrating that…

Info wars

6 February 2025 12:31 pm

In September last year, Russell Broadbent and a group comprising scientists, health professionals, lawyers, and academics, wrote to the Prime…

Dutton’s disunity: why the fight for sex-based rights is his to lose

6 February 2025 10:10 am

Peter Dutton has built his leadership around a unifying vision for Australia, positioning himself as the statesman who rejected the…

Dark oxygen vs green energy: a $16 trillion problem

5 February 2025 6:43 pm

‘Dark oxygen’ sounds sexy and mysterious, but science rarely delivers on its amorous threats. In this case, dark oxygen refers…

What Said, said

5 February 2025 4:31 pm

Decolonisation in the 20th Century wasn’t always a great success. Over a million people were slaughtered in communal violence when…

I know the antidote, Douglas

5 February 2025 3:00 pm

I had just finished watching the Netflix series, Lioness, the other day when I read your lament, Douglas Murray, in…

The political war on tomorrow’s children

5 February 2025 12:57 pm

Elon Musk, ever the provocateur, has made perhaps his most contentious appeal: the world needs more babies. His pro-natalist views…

How the ‘Normiecons’ still don’t get the New Right

5 February 2025 11:13 am

Every morning, I wake up and scan hopefully the opinion pages of The Australian for any sign of a sympathetic…

The growing advocacy of a fraudulent two state solution

4 February 2025 8:25 pm

In response to Israel adopting defensive measures in the wake of an unprovoked massacre undertaken by Hamas, a notion is…

Conservatives applaud Queensland’s pause on puberty blockers

4 February 2025 5:45 pm

The Queensland government has suspended puberty blockers for those under 18 due to concerns raised about state-wide paediatric gender therapies.…

Beer and spirits are too expensive, Mr Dutton!

4 February 2025 4:26 pm

It’s no secret that Labor and the Greens want you to ‘eat ze bugs’. The way our economy is going,…