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

Big tech eugenics

25 January 2022 4:00 am

Just when you thought the all-pervasive power of the State could not get any more intrusive, governments have begun manipulating…

An empire for me, but not for thee

24 January 2022 2:00 pm

Every January, Australians are reminded by the chattering classes that they should hang their heads in shame about the very…

Twelve questions for the next Covid media conference...?

24 January 2022 12:00 pm

I’ve not wanted to get bogged down in Covid, but the censoring of debate and the quality of information is…

All hail ‘Marshal’ Mark, the Canute of the West

24 January 2022 9:00 am

The announcement by WA Premier Mark McGowan last Thursday that he would continue to preside over a hermit kingdom indefinitely…

The political modellers have spoken: Covid is over in Britain

24 January 2022 4:00 am

The political winds have swung and Boris Johnson has some dignity to restore after the shameless hypocrisy of the ‘Partygate’…

The terrifying Quebec ‘Covid Youth’

23 January 2022 2:00 pm

A disturbing piece of footage went viral last week on social media. Originating in Canada, a Quebec talk show aired…

Nerds, nannies and dictators

23 January 2022 12:00 pm

Young nerds in Silicon Valley are now the rule-makers of culture across the western world. Culture, identity, and the conflict…

Talking Tonga

23 January 2022 4:00 am

For decades I have avoided listening to, watching or being interviewed by the ABC in preference to the Wilcannia Weekly…

The tyranny of good intentions

22 January 2022 11:45 am

Many are familiar with the term ‘fifteen days to slow the spread’. People were largely on board in 2020, given…

Freedom of political communication

22 January 2022 9:00 am

I suspect the people who voted for Alex Hawke and Scott Morrison will not be particularly persuaded by the seriousness…

Who runs Australia – elected politicians or shadowy bureaucrats?

21 January 2022 2:00 pm

Who runs Australia? Is it the politically accountable politicians elected through the democratic process? Or is it the unidentified, unelected,…

Net Zero frivolity and our emissions reduction fantasy

21 January 2022 12:00 pm

One of the most tragic aspects of the increasingly unhinged focus on reducing human CO2 emissions at ‘almost all costs’…

George Christensen is a litmus test for liberal politicians

21 January 2022 9:00 am

The second season of George Christensen’s political podcast, Conservative One: Pandemic Unmasked, has been extremely well received by Australians. Campaigning…

Melbourne’s medical nihilism in the time of Covid

21 January 2022 4:00 am

Victoria has activated state-wide Code Brown emergency measures for the first time in its history on January 18. This means that all…

Travel pass does not mean 'good to go'

20 January 2022 4:00 pm

My recent experience in departing and returning from and to Australia has demonstrated the complete disconnect between the Posing Politicians,…

Enough with the political correctness

20 January 2022 12:00 pm

People are intrinsically good and want to please each other. We may have our quirks and foibles, but to be…

Australian jobs held hostage by the 'Vaccine Wars'

20 January 2022 9:00 am

Of all the insanity of the last two years, I think one of the worst issues I have observed is…

Bread and games everybody, bread and games!

20 January 2022 4:00 am

Australia is set to achieve 180 per cent vaccination now that the evil Novak Djokovic is out of the way.…

Who owns Australia’s children – parents or the government?

19 January 2022 2:00 pm

There used to be a fundamental difference between the world’s socialist states and western democracies. Under a socialist system, children…

Forget peak Omicron, it’s peak accountability that Andrews fears most

19 January 2022 12:00 pm

While medical experts debate the timing of peak Omicron, the non-Labor side of politics hopes a different type of ‘peak’…

Did Australia buy tanks to protect Taiwan?

19 January 2022 9:00 am

Australia splashed out $3.5 billion on 120 specially re-enforced US military tanks and armoured vehicles, causing prominent political reporters to…

Australia stubbornly refuses to become a republic – with good reason

19 January 2022 4:00 am

Back in high school days, a group of fellow students at a model United Nations conference rankled the organisers by…

The strange emergence of the anti-vaxxer bogeyman

18 January 2022 2:00 pm

To Sir (!) Tony Blair, they are selfish idiots. To Bob Carr, they are simpletons. To the Archbishop of Canterbury…

Health fascism has become a Hollywood dystopian sci-fi

18 January 2022 12:00 pm

Some of you might recall the 2013 film Elysium starring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster. It is about a ravaged…

The Australian Republican Movement unveils another dud model

18 January 2022 9:00 am

The Australian Republican Movement’s (ARM) recently revealed model for a republic is as unsurprising as it is bad – which…