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

Let’s see if progressives really mean what they say

18 October 2020 5:00 am

Recent events have demonstrated that taking progressives on face value might be an effective way of stalling the rampant spread…

Will the #IStandWithDan brigade still unbutton for Sutton?

17 October 2020 3:44 pm

In August, Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton speedily catapulted to cult status as Australia’s most lusted after silver fox.…

How the Grey Lady went dark on Victorians’ civil rights

16 October 2020 9:13 pm

If you’re one of the five million people chafing under the Victorian governments unreasonable, unjustified and irrational restrictions at the…

An interview with the virus

16 October 2020 5:16 pm

Editor’s note: The Spectator Australia’s own Ian Hanke has conducted an exclusive interview with the Covid-19 virus following allegations earlier…

You’re only focused on case numbers, Dan? Here are the shocking stats showing why lockdown must end now

16 October 2020 1:29 pm

On 10 October, during his daily press conference, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said, “The only numbers I’m focused on is…

Twitter taps out

16 October 2020 11:52 am

There is a truth universally acknowledged that when Twitter mucks around with its shadowy algorithms, the whole platform reaches censorship…

How Daniel Andrews added another $400 million to the power bill

16 October 2020 5:00 am

The Andrews Government is not telling us but it looks like they’ve lost the taxpayer some $400 million in long…

Dear Mr Murdoch, please help us put your journos out of work

15 October 2020 7:34 pm

Abuse being hurled at media mogul Rupert Murdoch is nothing new. But using his own newspapers to criticise him?   Looks…

The dictionary is now a political weapon

15 October 2020 2:09 pm

The dictionary is now a political weapon, edited at will by sanctimonious progressives in order to dominate their ideological opponents.…

Chairman Dan, tribune of the former workers

15 October 2020 12:08 pm

The September unemployment figures are out — and we can clearly see results of the champion efforts of Daniel Andrews…

How good are today’s talking points?

15 October 2020 10:09 am

The Prime Minister’s Office was so pleased with today’s talking points that they sent them out to the media —…

A target of zero cases means zero jobs, zero freedom and zero hope. Here’s a better way

15 October 2020 5:00 am

Australia needs a COVID-19 reset.   After seven hard months of social isolation, economic pain and despair about the future, the…

What’s woke this week?

14 October 2020 6:27 pm

You may have noticed a disturbance in the force this week as the orbits of high fashion, academia and Hollywood collided to form a…

Their ABC and ‘secret lovers’

14 October 2020 4:08 pm

This morning Their ABC ran early news bulletins that used the phrase ‘secret lover’ referencing the Premier of New South…

Coronavirus tipped us into recession – a recession made inevitable by two decades of policy failures

14 October 2020 1:39 pm

There is a natural desire for people to compare this current 2020-21 economic recession to earlier ones, with the most obvious…

Busting the super fund spending rorts

14 October 2020 5:00 am

The 2020 budget will end the practice of super funds spending your money on themselves thanks to the “your future,…

Why I’m dressing as Daniel Andrews this Halloween

13 October 2020 7:30 pm

Halloween is the greatest moral dilemma facing Western Civilisation.  What started out as a bit of fun involving spooks and…

Not all in this together

13 October 2020 6:00 pm

When it comes to the coronavirus it is simply untrue, in many ways, to say that we’re all in this…

Australia must have nothing to do with UN Council of Human Rights

13 October 2020 4:24 pm

Imagine the outcry if Donald Trump appointed five members of the Ku Klux Klan to oversee race relations. There would…

What’s benevolent about ‘benevolent surveillance’?

13 October 2020 1:20 pm

Governments have shown a disturbing desire to control the behaviour of their citizens with technology. The NSW government intends to…

Parliamentary showdown looms today over Daniel Andrews’ freedom of movement bars

13 October 2020 11:37 am

Victorian Liberals will today move amendments to the controversial COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) Bill that will scrap the five-kilometre rule…

We know Daniel Andrews has maimed Melbourne. He’s also wreaking ruin in the regions

13 October 2020 5:00 am

The implementation of Victoria’s lockdown restrictions highlights the growing divide between Melbourne and regional Victoria. The Melbourne centric Victorian government…

Australia should treat China as a political psychopath

12 October 2020 7:35 pm

Lowy Institute fellow Alan Dupont, CEO of geopolitical risk consultancy the Cognoscenti Group, commenting on China and our strained relations…

Sorry Gladys, time to go

12 October 2020 5:16 pm

“I have always put the public first”, Gladys Berejiklian told a media conference this afternoon, following shocking, explosive revelations at…

Daniel Andrews’ top mandarin turns out to be a lemon

12 October 2020 2:35 pm

The Secretary of the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet Chris Eccles, who resigned today, revelled in his position as…