Defence minister Linda Reynolds is a decent person. She is honourable and compassionate, as well as someone whose talents and…

The entrenchment of the political class in parliaments across the nation is a rising issue in Australian politics.  It is…

Question: What do you call a discussion between people who have no idea what they are talking about but are…

It’s constantly forgotten, but in Walter Burley Griffin’s plans for Canberra Capital Hill was supposed to be crowned with a…

That Craig Kelly does not believe he can speak “frankly” and “fearlessly” on important public policy matters such as the…

In the words of Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, Facebook has re-friended Australia. Yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg agreed to Facebook once again enabling…

The political and cultural Left claim that when it comes to the big issues they are not-playing-politics. They say it all the time. But they are currently…

The Brittany Higgins matter keeps moving on. The allegations are very disturbing. But there seems a more fundamental question not being…

Madonna, terrified of dying from the plague, has taken the vaccine. And no, we are not talking about Covid-19.  The…

The Liberal Party and its forebears have always given their members the right to speak out, particularly backbenchers. South Australian…

Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan is about smash the opposition in the March 6 state election. A thoroughly iffy, whiffy…

With Covid jabs now beginning to roll out, my sense is that we’ll soon declare victory over the pandemic and…

In his riveting but deeply disturbing new book, The Permanent Coup: How Enemies Foreign and Domestic Targeted the American President, investigative journalist…

It’s a pleasant surprise to read “The rise of the staffer brat” and see that at least someone agrees with…

That barrage of boos echoing around Rod Laver Arena last night was the sound of propaganda meeting reality. Tennis Australia…

For the Twitterati, it’s just a given. Either Tanya Plibersek or Penny Wong is the righful prime minister. The Twitterati…

The 1980s in Western Australia were heady days. Riding off the success of winning the rights to host the America’s…

Epidemics and pandemics of infectious disease have always played an important part in Australia’s history. Even so, until the advent…

The nation has had enough time over the past 12 months to form a clear impression of Victorian Premier Daniel…

Joe Biden’s decision to consider lifting sanctions on terrorist-operated Iran has lifted plenty of eyebrows.  The Iran nuclear deal never…

This article on the conduct of ministerial advisers first appeared in October 2016. It made such a mark that it…

The Australian government is completely out of line and out of its depth in intervening in the media industry as,…

The latest Hollywood cancellation has raised the usual hackles. But the problem is that a vacuum in virtuous authority is…

In the days of Kevin Rudd’s rise, The Australian’s late, great Bill Leak used to draw him as Tin-Tin. No…

Western Australians go to the polls in just over three weeks tomorrow, and despite the recent lockdown flap, Premier Mark…