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

Pandas, eagles, secrets, and a ruddy big mess

13 July 2025 2:24 pm

The Prime Minister is both coy and acting flippant about a so-called ‘secret’ meeting between Ambassador Kevin Rudd and US…

The Smart Energy Council’s love letter to Chris Bowen

13 July 2025 9:59 am

From the National Press Club: Picture this. A room full of journalists, some scribbling notes, others stifling yawns, as John…

Conservatives know exactly what they want

12 July 2025 8:58 pm

In the spirit of the Liberal Party’s ‘listening’ exercise to find out what Australians are looking for from the (modern?)…

Swindle. Con. Cult. Barnaby Joyce calls the Net Zero industry out!

12 July 2025 4:38 pm

You couldn’t dream this rubbish up … you pay the billionaires twice

Jim Chalmers’ brazen attempt to grab power … and your money

12 July 2025 12:04 pm

If the Treasurer was serious about achieving a fairer superannuation system, the last thing he would do is demand the…

The ‘F’ in school education

12 July 2025 11:51 am

Parents are concerned, teachers are stressed, and the kids are anxious. These issues are regularly discussed within schools and throughout…

Thanks Albo! Australia is one of the worst-performing nations in the developed world

12 July 2025 10:24 am

One thing is certain about the government’s August productivity summit – there will be no policies adopted, and even fewer…

Does Iran face a peaceful transfer of power or a bloody revolution?

11 July 2025 5:41 pm

To understand if the national movement in Iran will end up like the French Revolution or the 1979 Iranian Revolution,…

Conservative teachers demand an end to gender ideology in schools

11 July 2025 5:14 pm

Conservative teachers have taken a definitive stance on the transgender issue: they’re demanding an end to what they believe to…

The Battle of Britain: a boy’s dreams and a family’s legacy

10 July 2025 11:27 am

July 10 marks the 85th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. While it was far away from Australia, as a…

It’s NAIDOC Week and they don’t want your child to forget it

10 July 2025 11:18 am

Here we go again. It’s NAIDOC Week – the annual event which grew from the first observances of the National…

Like ‘déjà vu’ all over again?

9 July 2025 11:18 am

What Japan did with force, the CCP has achieved with their version of ‘unrestricted warfare’ and debt entrapment

The RBA’s perfect bluff

9 July 2025 10:54 am

How Bullock schooled the markets

Hey Albo, cop this mate. With love, The Don

9 July 2025 9:14 am

As Albo continues to ignore the only nation and ally that has spilt blood in the defence of our continent,…

Can quotas fix the Liberal Party culture?

8 July 2025 8:46 pm

Melissa McIntosh, the Shadow Minister for Women (and Communications), sat down with the ABC on Insiders to talk about the Liberal…

Disband or privatise selective public schools in NSW?

8 July 2025 1:56 pm

There are 17 fully selective public high schools in New South Wales, and on paper, they look like a public…

The hierarchy of entitlement

8 July 2025 12:25 pm

I know I can overthink what I hear, but words matter. The difficulty (in all of us, to be fair),…

The international student dilemma – is Canberra turning a blind eye?

8 July 2025 12:10 pm

Australia could be inundated

The Albanese economic outlook

8 July 2025 11:20 am

Listening to the Prime Minister give his thoughts on Australia’s ‘economic outlook’ could be considered a form of torture. This…

Whose balls are these?

7 July 2025 4:09 pm

Two weeks ago, after security protocols surrounding Mr Trump’s schedule were ramped up following his decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear…

Reflections from a broken Europe

7 July 2025 2:21 pm

This is what Australia might become...

The truth about Victorian colonisation

7 July 2025 12:57 pm

The country was strewn with bones, and we were always at war

Disloyal far-left breakaways are coming for Labor

7 July 2025 11:06 am

I don’t care what left-wing pundits say about the last election. Political parties shouldn’t chase young voters. It’s obvious from…

Even Tony Abbott is tired of Welcome to Country

5 July 2025 1:50 pm

Former Liberal Prime Minister Tony Abbott appeared on an Institute of Public Affairs interview hosted by Daniel Wild. ‘Speaking of…

Promises and lies (they are the same thing)

5 July 2025 2:56 am

My tea almost ended up on my keyboard while scrolling through X after I came across the Prime Minister’s latest…