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

Sixty years of hurt and seven Prime Ministers

20 July 2026 1:00 am

Andy Burnham has conquered Westminster, but government requires more than popularity, localism and Northern Soul

Victoria … now what?

19 July 2026 7:54 pm

Labor, Coalition, One Nation and ... uh ... the Greens? The state is in for a messy election this November

Why OpenAI and Anthropic will never see Wall Street

19 July 2026 12:08 pm

Chinese AI models have sparked concern about the affordability of American-made models and sent AI stocks reeling

Multiculturalism and social cohesion

19 July 2026 9:06 am

In addition to investigating and making recommendations to confront antisemitism, the Royal Commission established by the Commonwealth Labor government is…

A beautiful sight during the beautiful game

19 July 2026 8:15 am

Patriotism is the natural cure for racism

What did I miss?

18 July 2026 8:26 pm

Australia’s political week in fast-forward

The India question and Labor’s geopolitical ignorance

18 July 2026 1:46 pm

The Cocos (Keeling) Islands are too important to gamble with...

Stranger, which galaxy are you from?

17 July 2026 12:00 pm

When was the last time politicians asked Australians what they think?

How will the Liberal Party atone for their ‘failings’?

17 July 2026 1:42 am

I find it quite annoying that the media suggests that One Nation’s ‘slump’ in the polls (that keeps them 6…

A man on the train in Victoria

16 July 2026 11:45 pm

Who are the generational Labor supporters planning to vote One Nation in Victoria?

Net Zero prosperity, Net Zero children

16 July 2026 5:50 pm

When human prosperity is treated like environmental misconduct...

Hansonomics: ‘show us [our] numbers’

16 July 2026 1:10 pm

This wasn’t just a funny line from One Nation. It was an abdication...

Discontent mistaken for virtue

16 July 2026 12:55 pm

What drives progressivism and what is its cure

Australia must confront Iran’s shadow war on its shores

15 July 2026 1:04 pm

Recent warnings from Australian security agencies that hostile state actors, including the Islamic regime of Iran, are allegedly targeting teenagers…

Can One Nation break through the glass ceiling to the majors?

15 July 2026 3:03 am

In Australian political history there have been minor parties that were setting up for a big swing but ended up…

Four years of failure from Labor

15 July 2026 2:48 am

The Albanese government’s woeful living standards record

The Dartmoor Silence

15 July 2026 2:25 am

Ann Widdecombe and the price of conviction

What’s wrong with national service?

14 July 2026 5:00 pm

Maybe it’s time we also asked what citizens owe Australia

Were we lied to about skilled migration?

14 July 2026 11:46 am

We believe Australians have been lied to about skilled migration. And analysis of official data only exposes the tip of…

Don’t worry, Big Brother is here to ‘keep you safe’

14 July 2026 11:12 am

‘Overt Live Facial Recognition Technology’ reaches trial stage in Western Australia

The West’s circular firing squad

14 July 2026 9:46 am

Why is the Right held to a higher standard than the Left?

The Cyrus friendship

13 July 2026 1:22 pm

A 2,500-year bond Between Iranians and Jews

Before Lindsey Graham died

13 July 2026 11:52 am

Bringing Russia to the peace table could trigger another oil shock for Australia as loopholes close

Artificial Intelligence and the elephant in the data room

13 July 2026 11:00 am

Can AI be trusted as a reliable source of information?

We are happy to fuel everyone’s nuclear future except our own

13 July 2026 10:25 am

The nuclear economy offers Australia the chance not simply to dig wealth out of the ground, but to create it