In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Senators Price and Cash are the true wealth of the Coalition
You have to hand it to the Labor Party… Last week they scaled previously unexplored heights of hypocrisy. Senator Penny…
From glory to decline, a brighter future ahead
For more than four decades, the people of Iran have not seen diplomatic behaviour based on national interests and the…
Well done, Labor
Congratulations Australian Labor! As directionless as they are, and notwithstanding only managing to earn the vote of fewer than 3.5…
How Spain’s anti-migrant riots sparked speech controls in Europe
The recent antisemitic attacks in Melbourne (and indeed, throughout Australia) and Jillian Segal’s report, Special Envoy’s Plan to Combat Antisemitism,…
Australia’s story is one of success, for now
Australia’s construction industry is hopelessly dysfunctional, damaged by ‘disdain for the law’ and ‘frequent resort to practices of thuggery and…
Albanese is a disappointment, not a surprise
It seems to me that the senior leadership of our government is being very consistent. That does not mean I…
International Court of Justice pulls pin on climate grenade
Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen may soon request Attorney General Michelle Rowland to brief the government’s legal team…
It’s time to give 16-year-olds the vote
The UK has ‘handed the vote’ to 16-year-olds in a move that has been seen as Sir Keir Starmer trying…
Umbrellas and allies: a Venetian parable for the PM
I’m going to pack an umbrella for Venice this week. Last time I was there, an angry grey sky closed…
The question that won’t go away
Now, more than ever, Australia should remember its history and the decisions made by our earlier Prime Ministers, Billy Hughes…
Australians reject Albanese’s Welcome to Country
Albanese’s re-elected government was already on the nose before Parliament returned, and yet one of its first acts was to…
Australia, the Switzerland of the South Pacific
Peta Credlin has speculated that Albanese would like Australia to be a neutral Switzerland of the South Pacific ‘but without…
Don’t eat the seed corn, Jim
If Jim Chalmers increases the tax burden on capital gains, it would mark the biggest backflip on a tax pledge…
What the Tasmanian election means for the Crown
Since the grant of self-government by the British in 1856, the powers of the Crown in relation to Tasmania have…
Artificial Intelligence: the Ozempic of the mind
AI is just the latest technology in a sequence of inventions that have made humanity dumber. GPS destroyed our spatial…
Nobody said it was easy, but Coldplaygate is dumb
The internet, known for its calm, rational takes on everything from geopolitics to cat videos, has finally lost its collective…
The Greens are engrossed in their own irrelevance
Queensland Greens give co-founder Drew Hutton the boot
Australia, what are you now, and where are you going?
Hello World, I have known you for 80 years. I have adored your beauty, been overwhelmed with awe by your…
Western Left silent as hundreds of Druze murdered
When I was in Israel in May this year, I was fortunate to experience a traditional dinner in the home…
Democracy can rise from dictatorship without bloodshed
A fundamental transformation in the structure of power – especially in a country like Iran with a turbulent political history – requires…
