In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
I want my country back
I hope the day returns when I am not surprised by the events unfolding before my eyes. The older I…
Scomo, Albo, and their fantasy Net Zero policies
Both the ALP and the Coalition have the same Net Zero goal for 2050, but that time frame is, at…
Women in politics: protection or persecution?
The cowardly distancing of Scott Morrison today from issues around women’s and girls’ sports tells us two things. Firstly, that…
Dishonesty, the new transparency?
Labor Leader Anthony Albanese wouldn’t answer (three times, like Peter the Apostle’s denial of knowing Jesus) whether a Labor government…
It’s time to bury the ‘One China’ myth
If history teaches us anything, it is that autocrats and would-be invaders should know what the world thinks before anything…
Christensen returns, Albo walks out, Bandt is factless
Ex-Liberal-National George Christensen’s foray into the political wildness of retirement struggled to outlast the average coffee run. His scathing valedictory…
Labor’s campaign of contempt
With Australia on its way to what is likely the most important election it has ever had, it is crucial…
Women will be women – thank God
Isn’t it funny…? A US Senator asked Ketanji Brown Jackson during her confirmation hearing if she could define a woman.…
Get your tickets for TV’s six week election ‘circus’
We’re off and running in the circus that is the 2022 election campaign and day one (of 42) didn’t disappoint.…
Angry vapers want electoral revenge
The media hype over the just-released report on vaping by the Australian National University’s National Centre for Epidemiology and Public…
First round fumble for Albo
Twenty-six million Australians don’t know the unemployment rate, and Anthony Albanese is one of them. The problem, of course, is…
Socialism deserves the same revulsion as Nazism
Why don’t we view socialists and the hammer and sickle with the same revulsion as we view Nazis and the…
The ‘unfair’ Australian contract
The idea of an ‘unfair’ contract can be seen as an affront to those who believe that any contract freely…
Sanity is winning the TERF wars
Four immovable words have become emblematic of a welcomed cultural reset taking place in the West – namely, what is a…
Bye George, we’ll miss you
My friend George Christensen gave his final speech to Parliament recently. He’s doing what few parliamentarians do – stepping down…
Dr. Livingstone, the racist, I presume?
The Australian political theorist, Professor Kenneth Minogue, posited the idea of ‘St George in retirement syndrome’ in his 1961 book The…
Russia’s lethal accusation against Ukraine
In Russia’s imagination, they are a proud bulwark against an imaginary threat known as ‘fascism’ and honestly believe that Central…
How the progressive left perpetuates poverty
Like many of us, I am always baffled by the nihilism and self-loathing attitude towards the West that dominates our…
Evil genius at work
Imagine a sexual encounter involving a woman shagging a man, sitting on top of him, bouncing cheerfully. How could she…
Ardern and Clark’s next pandemic will be horrid
Helen Clark and Jacinda Ardern have been very mean to the world’s Covid Cinderella, New Zealand. Just when we thought…
Letter to the Prime Minister
Dear Sir, You have spent the last three years trying to fight emergent problems. You have introduced and used some…
Australia needs a leader willing to ‘lead’
Australia’s first foray into international politics occurred in the shape of Billy Hughes. Has there ever been such a whirlwind…
Truth? Safety? Liberty? Something has gone horribly wrong
When making important decisions about what drug we are going to inject into our bodies, we consider factors such as…
Roasting or warming? The absent apocalypse…
Earth’s average temperature is a balance between heat radiated in from the sun, out from Earth, and generated internally. Almost…
Paper friends vs blood brothers
Forget Klaus Schwab’s harmonious ‘world without borders’ and the fanciful global monoculture than can be ruled over by a panel…










































