In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Where the jackboot never fades
George Orwell once wrote: ‘All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely…
Transition teething problem or permanent disaster?
Politicians, regulators, and subsidy-seekers portray the present difficulties in the energy market as being part of the transition from fossil…
Setting the flacks loose on the hacks
It’s time for the flacks to be a lot tougher on the hacks. There’s absolutely no reason you should want…
The self-employed should be wary of Albo
September is ‘cuddle’ month for unions, employers, and the Albanese government. The soirée for the 100-or-so ‘stakeholders’, also known as…
Victoria’s choice: rail lines or the health system?
Victoria’s health system is in crisis and must be fixed. And because we are heading for record debt of $170bn,…
Carbon police and edible wind turbines
Old wind turbine blades could be recycled into GUMMY BEARS after scientists develop a resin that can be dissolved and…
Kerr and Whitlam’s unfilled advisory role to the Governor-General
In the autumn of 1975, the then Governor-General, Sir John Kerr, put a proposal to Prime Minister Gough Whitlam for…
What just happened in PNG?!
A troubling election in difficult times as Beijing creeps closer to the Pacific
Classrooms: an ideological battleground
The effects of leftist ideology that has infiltrated classrooms is damaging and should be of concern to every parent. Much…
Bingeing on safety is dangerous
My two-year-old daughter has had a shocking cold with a chesty cough for a few days now and it just…
Groan of Arc
Now I know how Joan of Arc felt – as the flames rose to her Roman nose – Bigmouth strikes…
Society is going to the dogs … and cats
The sexual revolution has brought us to ... this ... a brave new world?
Queensland disciplines its vaccine dissidents
Just when you thought we were finally through with vaccine-based discrimination, Queensland has managed to pull another absurd stunt. In…
Ben Falconer’s loss highlights WA’s terrible laws
Senior Constable Ben Falconer’s challenge to the mandatory vaccine directions of the Chief Health Officer for Western Australia and the…
Do the Libs have a ‘women problem’?
About 200 Liberal Party members attended in Western Australia a meeting that was described as a ‘polite discussion on party…
Microchipping kids? They’re not pets
Society should adopt a general rule: if the World Economic Forum thinks something is a good idea, we do the…
The unions are back in town
Following the 2022 election, there are already signs of an increase in union influence, with Labor’s planned closure of the…
Girls’ schools are for girls
When I was at University, I took old-fashioned Women’s Studies. We used to study things like the ways women become…
Christianity told to bow to Woke
There’s an old definition of news that goes like this: ‘If a dog bites a man, that’s not news. But…
Fighting back
Every day, men are mown down by petty bureaucrats revelling in their feminist-bestowed power to crush ordinary blokes. With my…
Burning forests to ‘go green!’
When Michael Moore’s documentary Planet of the Humans exposed the renewables industry as a hypocritical, money-making joke – an embarrassed murder…
The Harbour Bridge is rusting
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is rusting. The corrosion reveals how we are failing to preserve what has been handed down…
Welcome to Country: have we worn out our welcome?
Now that the Labor-Green alliance has formed a government, Prime Minister Albanese has informed us a referendum is needed to…
The bastards of Australia’s pandemic tyranny
The behaviour demonstrated by political leaders and public health officials within Western democracies will linger to their eternal shame. There…
Chairman Dan’s antipodean Venezuela
In her media realise dated August 17 and headed ‘Applications Open for Premier’s Spirit of Democracy Tour’, Minister Natalie Hutchins…










































