In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Matthew Guy is literally history
The Victorian Liberal Party is very likely to change leaders, again, roughly 100 days out from the Victorian state election…
How the Liberals stuffed up the Senate
In March 2016, the Turnbull Liberal government joined forces with the Greens to amend the Commonwealth Electoral Act and abolish…
A bigger problem than Morrison’s predilection for portfolios
We must correct the secrecy and overreach of power seen in the pandemic
Self ID ‘wild card’
The Herald Sun is reporting that the women in the Dame Phyllis Frost Correctional Centre in Victoria are objecting to what they call…
Eat what we tell you
Carbon ratings, meat taxes, and lump sums to allow the poor to 'buy animal products'...
The dangerous zealotry of trigger warnings
The toddlers who attend our sandstone creches to earn their arts degrees – all the while feigning hurt from micro-aggressions…
The political quad that rules Australia
Australia is being run by a political quad who, despite appearances of difference, believe the same things. From New South…
Australia needs a vibe shift
America’s new right gives hope – and blueprints – to Australian conservatives
New Zealand’s Three Waters coup
New Zealand’s mainstream media has finally named the elephant in the room. Late last month, the nation’s biggest newspaper, the New…
Climate virtuoso Europe destroys Oder river
Fifty years ago, environmentally conscious Westerners were worried about the pollution that often accompanies the trappings of civilisation. Rubbish is…
Sovereignty is a colonising concept
Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe entered the Parliament’s Senate chamber with a black power salute and proceeded to disrespect the oath…
Has Pelosi helped square Xi’s Chinese puzzle?
Napoleon was supposed to have said, ‘Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.’ China is…
Neutered ‘Voice’ a bureaucratic mess?
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s proposed Voice to Parliament is something that a lot of right-wing commentators want to hate, but…
Carbon squeeze: Australia’s dark future
Australian energy policy is rapidly evolving from expensive virtue signalling to actual disaster. After narrowly scraping through the federal election…
#IStandWithJKRowling
‘Horrifying news [regarding Salman Rushdie]. Feeling very sick right now. Let him be okay.’ Author JK Rowling tweeted her concern…
Is Elon Musk next after Trump?
Whatever your thoughts are about Donald Trump, the man, it’s the apparent weaponisation of law enforcement against Donald Trump, the…
The Right side of politics
The Coalition’s nine-year period in federal power represents a missed opportunity to address conservative issues. Instead, the inner-city wets increased…
Surf and TERF
‘I read the news today oh boy… About a lucky man who made the grade. And though the news was rather…
Silencing Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie, award-winning author and figure of fury to the Iranian regime, has been stabbed yesterday while giving a lecture…
The Liberals’ worst enemy: themselves
Reading Morning Double Shot Editor Terry Barnes’ piece on Friday made me think of the history of the Liberal party and how,…
Amnesty International’s shame
While writer Myroslav Marynovych was a political prisoner of the USSR from 1977-87, he received letters from supporters who were…
Eat beef, save the planet
Yet again, farmers are under attack. This time, it is the beef industry because, apparently, cattle burp and fart out…
A voice of virtue?
I’m just going to come out and say what we’re all thinking – the Voice to Parliament is state-sanctioned racism.…
Spinning out of control
Every time it seems society has reached peak idiocy, something else pops up on social media that makes us question…
Australia ignores the tragedy of Tavistock
In the concerning world of Woke radical gender theory – where school children are taught that sex and gender are…
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