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

No one should be scared to run for public office

23 March 2021 4:00 am

I mean we are damned if we do, and damned if we don’t. I am a woman, a mum of…

That other violence

22 March 2021 7:39 pm

There was an enormous outpouring of emotion last week when thousands of women and men marched the March 4 Justice…

Not OK, Boomers

22 March 2021 6:10 pm

‘There is the moral of all human tales;  ‘Tis but the same rehearsal of the past,   First freedom, and…

Taxpayers shouldn’t pay ABC fines

22 March 2021 2:09 pm

It’s down the line, I know. The trial hasn’t even started. But that doesn’t stop us looking ahead and being…

A fix for our new house price madness

22 March 2021 4:00 am

A common objection to the idea that planning restrictions make housing unaffordable is that some other factor is said to…

There’s no racism at Basketball Australia? Well never mind, all is not lost

21 March 2021 3:00 pm

A Human Rights Commission report into racism within Basketball Australia, released at the weekend, is a solution in search of…

Spectator Australia TV: Evan Mullholland on miserable Malcolm T, Dr Thomas Case on facemasks, Alexandra Marshall on Milo – and the one and only Mr Rowan Dean

21 March 2021 12:15 pm

It’s midday Sunday, so that’s Spectator Australia TV time. Catch the latest program here featuring Evan Mullholland on the miserable…

It’s Flannerying at the farm and we’re going under

20 March 2021 4:44 pm

Tim Flannery promised me a desert, but all I’ve got is this brand new murky-looking ocean full of confused kangaroos. …

Nicolle Flint slimer apologises to women - with one notable exception

20 March 2021 3:05 pm

It’s not nine months since ABC radio host and Adelaide Sunday Mail columnist Peter Goers tipped a bucket of sexist…

Where is Tim Flannery now?

20 March 2021 12:20 pm

I live in Sydney. My house flooded last week in the heavy rains. We’ll see what happens today. Where is Tim…

The warning from the West for Scott Morrison

19 March 2021 3:21 pm

The way Liberal parties in Australia constantly abandon their voters to embark on reckless climate agendas means that instead of cancelling Pepe le…

Redistributions: a break for Christian Porter, but the PM won't be happy

19 March 2021 12:43 pm

Finally, some good news for Christian Porter. The Australian Electoral Commission has just released its draft new electoral boundaries for…

Woke never sleeps

19 March 2021 11:30 am

Amongst the – perhaps rather courageous – group of friends and acquaintances who do not subscribe to political correctness quite…

The Liberal party needs its own ‘Great Reset’

19 March 2021 4:00 am

We’ve likely all heard of “The Great Reset”, the World Economic Forum’s plan to lead a post-covid global society, and “build a new social…

So the WA Libs were massacred? Even more reason to start rebuilding now

18 March 2021 5:56 pm

Saturday was a rough day for the Liberal Party in Western Australia. We knew it wasn’t going to be good,…

Big Brother is watching you... doing that

18 March 2021 4:36 pm

Sometimes senior police make remarks of such sheer stupidity that they appear deliberate; a deliberate attempt to say something that…

Nicolle Flint eviscerates Labor over its own woman problems

18 March 2021 3:04 pm

On Tuesday night, outgoing Liberal MP Nicolle Flint gave Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese, former deputy leader Tanya Plibersek and Labor…

So you think you’re not racist? We’ll just redefine racism

18 March 2021 1:25 pm

The ‘scourge’ of racism is allegedly ‘resurgent’ in Australia. Again. At least, it is according to Chin Tan, Race Discrimination…

Pirate Pete and the republican bin-feeders

18 March 2021 4:00 am

I have a certain affinity with the idea of an Australian head of state, although I must admit that it…

I, myself and me: an apology

17 March 2021 6:34 pm

With the way things are going, I wonder if we might start issuing apologies before we get cancelled. You know,…

Time to get real with GetUp!

17 March 2021 3:55 pm

Anyone who has had any significant dealings with GetUp! would know that it’s inappropriate to say that they’re economical with…

Green Eurocrats threaten our industries

17 March 2021 2:02 pm

The EU has long sought to impose its carbon dioxide abatement policies on the rest of the world. A major…

Blood in the water

17 March 2021 4:00 am

Tibet is a glass of water balanced at the top of the world.  It occupies the crumple zone leftover from…

Labor won in the West for all the worst reasons

16 March 2021 6:00 pm

Sometime towards the end of 2008, former Prime Minister John Howard came to Perth to give a speech on human…

No wonder ScoMo’s cautious

16 March 2021 4:26 pm

“We’ve been on narrow paths before, colleagues, and we’ve walked them together,” Prime Minister Scott Morrison told the joint Coalition…