In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Tony Burke’s troubling interview on our migration future
Immigration Minister Tony Burke’s interview with Pawan Luthra on The Pawan Luthra Podcast has been doing the rounds on social media…
The Liberals win Nepean, but have they lost the civil war?
Those who follow mainstream media might agree the result in Nepean is a glowing endorsement of Liberal Leader Jess Wilson,…
What is a woman? What is the NDIS…
If a group of leaders cannot define a man or a woman, how confident are we in their ability to…
Don’t miss the jazz renaissance happening all around you
Something miraculous is happening in jazz, and almost nobody seems aware of it. I came to jazz on my own.…
The path to change in Iran: pressure, patience, and the people
Sun Tzu, the Chinese strategist of the 6th Century BC, teaches that the highest form of victory is achieved without…
Anzac Day and the cost of silence
Anzac Day is observed every year on April 25 in Australia, a day that begins in silence and respect. It commemorates…
The men we have forgotten
Australia’s silence on male mental health and family-law marginalisation is an election issue that should cross the aisle
The other bracket creeps
Everyone knows about income tax bracket creep. Wages drift up with inflation, taxpayers slide into higher brackets, and the Commonwealth…
What if Snowy 2.0 was never a good idea?
In 2017, I wrote an article printed in The Australian on the March 28, titled: Snowy Two: Turnbull’s pipe is…
How a sexy plane upset the left
Leftwing politics, globally, is full of sexy planes. If you want to see a parade of private jets, attend a…
Labor’s disgusting intergenerational tax reform
Taxing older Australians will not make the young any richer
The high (moral) crimes of left-wing ideology
It is easy to forget that what we think of as ‘constitutional democracy’ covers fewer than half of the world’s…
Whitewashing fundamentalist Islam?
Given Iran is a despotic Islamic theocracy dedicated to destroying Israel and perpetrating a Jihad against the West, and given…
The battle for Farrer … and conservatism
While I am a Queensland Senator, the political battle taking place in Farrer is fascinating. Usually, a by-election triggered by…
The other strait we should be worrying about
A disruption to Taiwan’s semiconductor industry would trigger a shock far greater than any oil crisis
Let us forget Welcome to Country on Anzac Day
I had a great-uncle, the brother of my maternal grandfather, who died at Gallipoli. My father was in the RAAF…
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Who you gonna trust, baby?
Conservative leaders need to listen more closely to Shakespeare
A constitution to rule them all
How much power is concentrated in Pauline’s hands?
The lessons our schools need to teach
Today’s students are woefully ignorant of how our government works
