In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Their ABC presents: Jimmy Barnes, the China expert of the Largs Piers Hotel
Jimmy Barnes is better known for his screaming than for his expertise on foreign affairs which, of course, makes him…
The compelling case for replacing stamp duty
Grey-haired Australians can sit on their porches and yell at lawn-trespassers to their heart’s content. But they need to stop…
What’s the magic word, Lidia? Justice?
As any toddler will tell you, there’s usually a way to get what you want. There’s a magic word to…
The Andrews government pre hotel quarantine report manoeuvrings defy reality
With only weeks to go before the final Coate Inquiry report into Victoria’s shameful hotel quarantine fiasco is released, things…
Daniel Andrews abortion doublethink
Cognitive dissonance, thy name is Victoria. How else to explain a state in which the miscarriage of a wanted baby…
Talk is cheap – just like we want our electricity to be
Guardian Australia staff have been doing cartwheels around the office after the latest Essential Research findings. “Three-quarters of Australians back…
Hello, Kevin. Want some good news on media diversity?
As Kevin Rudd continues on his strange search for affection and respect through Twitter tantrums demanding media diversity by attacking…
Why is the Coalition planning to give more money to the ABC?
Given the spite and the scorn with which many at the national broadcaster view the Coalition and mainstream Australians, one…
Parents targeted in Daniel Andrews’ latest gender theory folly
While 98% of Australians are happy being women or men and the overwhelming majority of children and teenagers are happy…
Questions raised about the Oxford AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine
As discussed in this publication by Professor Jennifer Rogers last week, there have been discrepancies in the data reported by…
Ok, Twitter. Let’s just get this straight…
Ok, Twitter. Let’s just get this straight… You take down a New York Post article on Hunter Biden — effectively…
China is deliberately singling out Australia to intimidate the region
Yesterday’s ugly, viciously confrontational Chinese tweet insulting Australia has been instructive to onlookers. Flat White asked a seasoned Asian diplomat…
This is why you don’t toss the keys to the bureaucracy
In April, the South Australian Parliament passed the COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020, an Act designed to “make various temporary modifications of the law…
Australia’s premiers: the fear mongrels
Anything can be characterised as a threat to national security under China’s recently introduced laws in Hong Kong. It’s a…
Deconstructing Trump hatred ahead of 2024
Why is Donald Trump the most loved and hated president since Abraham Lincoln? At face value, the left’s hatred for…
The Greens: the seasons are now Autumn, Winter, Spring and Climate Change
The Greens are blaming their political opponents for summer. Of course, summer happens around this time in Australia every year.…
Why we should close down Canberra
The go-to quote for the illiberal intelligentsia to justify their suppression of speech comes from US Supreme Court Justice Oliver…
Victoria offers all the help in the world to enter LGBT life, but wants to ban receiving help to leave it
Last week Victoria introduced ‘must stay gay and trans’ legislation to parliament. While the bill outlaws already illegal monstrosities such…
Maradona should warn us: excusing our sports stars’ bad behaviour has become an Australian pastime
Last week, I received a blunt text message. “Maradona. Should be a lesson to every child.” In other words, a…
Dictator Dan is still mad on muzzles
Daniel Andrews has celebrated zero cases of coronavirus and a month of no community transmissions by mask-shaming long-suffering Victorians. “Good…
Where’s the diversity at the ABC when it’s only white people talking left wing dross?
Former Race Discrimination Commissioner Tim Soutphommasane yesterday slammed the ABC for using too many white-skinned Leftists to present its news…
Daniel Andrews queer theory tyranny
While Christian Porter has delayed the introduction of the Religious Freedom Bill until 2021 due to COVID-19, Daniel Andrews is…
The great public policy Razzie awards
For the third year running, independent research undertaken by two philosophically opposed Right and Left think tanks — the Institute of…
Prayer illegal? In Australia?
What tumultuous times they are in which we live? Not so long ago In Australia it was a criminal offence…
Our universities: foundering in the shallows of farce and incoherence
As noted by the British Conservative politician Michael Gove in Celsius 7/7, whereas classical Marxism defines the revolutionary struggle in terms of the workers…