In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Fox News is all Tuckered out
Perhaps it is surprising – perhaps not? – that one week after Fox News settled its alarming defamation lawsuit with Dominion, the…
Fear and loathing in post-Covid Australia
Three years ago, I was approached at a pub in Brisbane by a television station reporting on the mask mandates…
Australian productivity growth lowest in 60 years
Last month the Productivity Commission (PC) revealed that Australian productivity growth on the decade to 2020 was the lowest in…
Australia’s Korean War 70 years on
As we approach the 70th anniversary of the Korean Armistice Agreement (July 27, 1953), it is timely to reflect on…
Wartime history reduced to dust
Australians are about to celebrate Anzac Day and honour those who fought and died in all fields of conflict, including…
Only dead fish go with the flow
‘Australia is a great place to live!’ I would tell my audiences. ‘But it only has one major problem, it…
Everyone forgot about Earth Hour
Editor’s Note: Earth Hour is the creation of the World Wildlife Fund. It is an event during which companies and…
Does the Uluru Statement from the Heart violate the Constitution?
Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison was the first Australian leader to propose the addition of the ‘First Nations Voice’ to…
Tarantino’s ‘no’ on sex scenes is smart storytelling
US film director, Quentin Tarantino has told a Spanish newspaper, ‘Sex is not part of his vision of cinema.’ The Pulp…
Barry Humphries and ‘The Speccie’
‘But is it publishable, Rowan?’ That was the last exchange I had with Barry Humphries, on the phone earlier this…
The endless wind drought crippling renewables
The spectre of power failure is haunting Europe as Britain and Germany demonstrate that modern societies can’t run on wind…
Barry Humphries and his Dame
Several years ago, I found one of my parents doubled over in laughter – barely containing their brimming tears and…
Matt Walsh unmasks the vicious Left
Online activists are the new revolutionaries and, as with their historical counterparts, they are becoming radicalised and violent in pursuit…
Daniel Andrews’ greatest hits
A broken record couldn’t be so familiar. In front of the cameras, the Victorian Premier’s song is now a chorus…
Remember Menzies’ ‘forgotten people’
Another prominent former Liberal Party leader has warned the party against any further ‘shift to left’ calling instead for a…
What does Xi Jinping’s recent diplomacy flurry tell us?
Since declaring a decisive victory over the Covid pandemic in February, Chinese President Xi Jinping has engaged in an active diplomacy drive,…
The gap between worlds
The scariest thing about some political debates in Australia is not the polarisation or nastiness that can often arise –…
The Voice would rhyme
There’s a pub somewhere in the Aussie outback which displays a worn and fraying sign: ‘Free beer tomorrow.’ The larrikin…
Budget ‘blame-game’ hits fever pitch
If it wasn’t so serious it might work as a form of dark comedy or a pantomime for brainwashed adults.…
New Zealand’s Voice divided us
As a nation that stood proudly on the world stage as one of the most tolerant and inclusive societies in…
Big-Endians versus Little-Endians
Those who know their history will recall the Great Egg Rebellions of Lilliput waged between the Big-Endians who demanded that…
Three cheers for Jacinta!
Three cheers for Jacinta! Her promotion is good for Dutton, good for the Coalition, and good for the country. The…
Alan Jones: Is the US losing global credibility? Here is the answer…
You won’t read this on the front page or even hear it discussed; but, over the last few weeks, we…
Dominion over Fox
The defamation action by Dominion (makers of voting machines in the US) over Fox News was settled today for US$787.5…
The Liberals must champion economic responsibility
News last week that the Daniel Andrews-led Victorian Labor government is so desperate for cash they have approached his federal…
