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Will Angus Taylor lead the Liberal Party to the left, right, or back to its base?
That is to ask last century’s question...
Abbott is right, Taylor might be able do it
There is a palpable, renewed optimism now that Angus Taylor and Jane Hume are at the helm of the Liberal…
The education industry continues to play with radical gender theory
Just when you thought sanity might prevail as more and more overseas doctors, health officials, and politicians are becoming aware…
Who is Angus Taylor, and can he defeat Albanese…
Angus Taylor has become Leader of the Liberal Party after deposing Sussan Ley. The leadership spill came after months of…
Words are not saving lives in Iran
February 14 has been designated worldwide as a ‘Global Day of Action’
Can Angus Taylor free Australia of the green energy nightmare
The renewable energy bubble is popping globally – though not in countries run by green socialist governments, including the UK,…
Liberals dodge near-death experience by electing Angus Taylor
After missing by a whisker being shot in the head, Donald Trump’s instinctive battle cry was to ‘Fight! Fight! Fight!’…
34-17 Angus Taylor ousts Sussan Ley in landslide
It wasn’t even close. No one will be surprised to learn that loyalty demanded is weak compared to loyalty earned. After months of…
Is weaponised interdependence today’s ‘nuclear deterrence’?
After the end of the Soviet era, Western nations and multinationals built an interdependent global economy on top of US-centred…
AI, Engels, Friedman – and a peace treaty with history
If Universal Income is rejected, the state will continue to find ways to intrude
Genocide is not what it used to be
Ongoing claims of genocide perpetrated by Israel have reached the point where it is, in modern terms, normative. That is,…
The Covid fad that just won’t die
Fidget-spinners, Pokémon GO, the skateboard, and Covid testing for major sports events – what is the odd one out? Covid…
Barnaby Joyce passes the pub test
How much money should the government make off your beer down the pub?
Angus Taylor quits shadow cabinet to challenge Sussan Ley
The Liberal Party is at the worst position it has been since 1944 when the party was formed
Why this crypto winter might be permanent
Just remember: there is no crying allowed at the crypto casino
Mono-fanaticism in a sunburnt country
The most effective political leaders are semi-housetrained polecats, which is also a famous insult. You cannot lay a glove on…
Hate speech and Islamic regulation
Just to recap on how the coalition got into its current pickle. In the wake of the Bondi massacre (December…
Liberals’ wheels fell off with the hate speech laws
The Liberal Party is a sinking ship. Sussan Ley’s team have been up late on WhatsApp to journalists who have…
Nationals taken hostage by the Thin Blue Ribbon
I watched a hostage video on Monday. With four Australian flags hanging in agony as a backdrop, Sussan Ley and…
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