In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Clementine and Gillard? Together? Am I dreaming of a blight Christmas?
News headlines throughout 2020 have pretended to be concerned about the soaring male suicide rate. We’ve seen the government allocate unprecedented…
The world demands courage, not cowardice
The free world is looking to the United States with apprehension. Since Churchill handed the mantle to Roosevelt, the US…
Government by the people but not for the people
I’m no doubt in a minority, but I believe that the American governing model, with a Montesquieu-ian separation of powers…
There’s no point saying we’re outperforming all advanced economies if you’re introducing job limiting laws, Josh
The Morrison government has introduced a new industrial relations bill to parliament, with their hopes set on getting rid of…
The other coronavirus toll
We know all too well about the coronavirus death toll, but what about its household and financial impact? Treasurer Josh…
The states have hijacked power policy - and activists are coming for the sceptic's seats
State governments have now taken control of electricity policy from the Commonwealth. Although state control potentially allows alternative approaches to…
Meet Dictator Dan’s Department of Fairness
To be honest I really couldn’t believe what I was seeing. For all the spin-doctoring, the hundreds of thousands paid…
Bring out McGimp
Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan isn’t a native sandgroper. He’s from Newcastle and only washed up in the West thanks…
Dr Jill and the importance of being qualified
Dr Jill wants to be Dr Phil, that is the question: whether you are a wanker for calling yourself a Doctor when you’re…
All meat is plant based
Wandering recently through an arcade popular with the green smoothie set, I saw a sign boasting: “Plant Based Meat”. Someone…
Victimhood Incorporated
Thanks to Israeli scientists we now have a psychological profile of a large section of our population and the body politic: A…
Home ownership or super: the true retirement wealth issue
Another review of the retirement income system has come — and it seems, gone — without clearly having achieved its…
If the Morrison government cares about jobs, it can’t cave to union scaremongering
The naked cynicism of the union movement has been laid bare in its attack on the Morrison government’s very modest…
So now we can’t even talk transgender issues?
Question: How many trans activists does it take to change a lightbulb? Answer: The same number that it takes to…
Joe Biden: gone in 60 weeks?
Joe Biden is not meant to govern. If he manages, and whatever he manages, that’s all well and good, and…
How a conservative Supreme Court nobly upheld conservatism
It appears the United States Supreme Court has snuffed out Donald Trump’s last chance to save his Presidency. This is…
Who is compulsory super benefitting: ordinary Australians or the top end of town?
Mainstream Australians are being failed by the political class as the gap between two Australias continues to widen. This failure is…
You too can wallow in Waleed’s wisdom, thanks to their ABC
Waleed and Scott are two of ABC radio’s intellectuals. Doubtless, they’d correct me to say they are ‘the’ two intellectuals at…
How Australia failed the Covid-19 test
As the wintery Northern Hemisphere suffers through a surge in coronavirus cases, Australians feel the relief of low numbers and…
Daniel Andrews gender antics are a threat, not enhancement, to the fundamentals of our free, open, tolerant society
I grew up in Sri Lanka during a time of civil war. Anyone who criticised the Sinhalese-dominated government disappeared. And…
The MSM finally waves the right red flag
Beyond the shameless partisanship and lack of trustworthy professionalism lies a deeply disturbing truth. The mainstream US media — and I include…
Don’t put a pox on vaccination opponents
Letitia Wright is a talented, award-winning Guyanese actress who has broken the glass ceiling in superhero cinema and Hollywood. There’s…
Eton mess
The Duke of Wellington, one of England’s most celebrated and honoured military figures responsible for defeating Napoleon at the Battle…
Sorry ScoMo, but this is tepid tinkering with IR laws, not real reform
When the Prime Minister announced his five-point industrial relations package in May a senior adviser told me “This is not…
Conservatism in Australia isn’t AWOL, but instead flourishing quietly
In a recent Flat White item, Where is Australia’s conservative intellectual movement?, Jonathan Cole and Simon Kennedy argued that Australia, in contrast to both…