In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
When research becomes a smokescreen for real pain
Abortion is often defended as psychologically safe – and the Turnaway Study is the banner under which that claim marches.…
Dangerous diagnoses
Book review: Suzanne O’Sullivan (2025). The age of diagnosis: Sickness, health and why medicine has gone too far. Hodder. Most…
Less spending, lower taxes, greater prosperity
It’s time for political leaders to be honest with the Australian people. Hard-working Australians are doing it tough. Living standards…
The Lord Mayor wants to decolonise the weather
Melbourne is the epicentre of the Victorian basket case. Its Lord Mayor, Nicholas Reece, (whom some of you may recognise…
Prosperity, not emissions reduction, is the best climate policy
Climate anxiety has long weighed on the national conscience. Moulded by ominous depictions of boiling oceans, sinking continents, and mass…
My café racer removed the stink of propaganda
This bike is a quiet act of defiance against political correctness and risk aversion
‘Child safety’ or deliberate political censorship?
Life will never guarantee safety. That is not an excuse to legislate danger.
His Majesty’s loyal opposition in a bitter Canberra winter
The Albanese government is in a strong position in Parliament, and perhaps the community, in the middle of bitter winter.…
Where’s the global warming when you need it?
The title of this piece is the refrain I use when bumping into Woke acquaintances in my country town when…
Australia’s energy grid is in reverse
The Productivity Commission is not what it used to be. Most governments decide what they want to hear and pick…
Forget Westminster, welcome to Trumpminster!
Britain’s on strike again, it’s raining still, and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has just been called ‘a nasty guy’ again –…
Australia’s social media ban is a slippery slope
The road to a surveillance state is paved with good intentions
The dangerous delusion behind recognising a Palestinian State
The phrase ‘having a screw loose’ has perhaps never been more appropriate than when describing the scramble by some Western…
The rot of antisemitism has gone mainstream
I love this country. I always have. But after the events of the past 48 hours, I’m no longer sure…
From Munich to Australia
For more than three years, Iranians living in Australia have held protests across various cities in solidarity with the Iranian…
Victorian Labor promises to legislate idiocy
The debased socialist Allan government in Victoria has effectively said to employers – leave the state and don’t bother coming…
Could programmable money force decarbonisation policy?
Pushed to the back of the news cycle and buried by identity politics is a significant and extremely dangerous re-ordering…
Australia’s nuclear blind spot
The GenCost 2024-25 report, published annually by CSIRO in partnership with the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), has become a…
Child protection isn’t political
Last Tuesday, July 29, was a poignant opportunity for Members of Parliament to strengthen Victoria’s broken Working With Children Check…
The forgotten terms of good and evil
Today, that moral clarity has been replaced with moral relativism
Free speech has nothing to do with pro-Palestinians blocking traffic
The First Amendment to the US Constitution enshrines free speech, including the ‘the right of the people peaceably to assemble,…
Australia is losing itself to activism
The decision, delivered on Saturday morning, came just 24 hours before the demonstration – expected to draw thousands – is…
