In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Not zero, yes energy
Reality will eventually yank Labor off the destructive path towards its Net Zero nirvana. This has been said, written, broadcast,…
The most important sentence about Net Zero published this year
‘Australia faces significant climate-related risks regardless of future emissions reductions.’ This is the most important sentence in a recent report…
Law and the Leviathan: human rights courts and democracy
In recent years, the clash of two titans has come to the fore. On the one hand is the traditional…
The enduring dominance of Novak Djokovic
The 145th edition of the United States Tennis Open has now been concluded with Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz winning his sixth…
Local government took a stand against antisemitism. Where was everyone else?
The 2025 Australian Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism took place this week on the Gold Coast. A fitting location, ironically. In…
The Australian experiment in liberty
What are the achievements of the Australian experiment in liberty? They must be clearly articulated in our dangerous world of…
Shark nets need to stay
A poor soul was killed by a shark at Sydney’s Long Reef on Saturday. A local father was out surfing…
Sussan Ley’s criticism of Jacinta Price did her leadership no favours
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley was born with a short political lifespan. I know there are those clinging on, asking for…
Jim Chalmers’ socialist séance might be over
‘Eat the Rich!’ isn’t (yet) an acceptable mainstream narrative in Australia … but it is popular amongst Labor’s unofficial coalition…
Lambie, hypocrisy, and the misinformation & disinformation bill
There is an old Q&A segment being resurrected on X between Yassmin Abdel-Magied and Jacqui Lambie where they debate the…
Net Zero debate has forgotten families, small business, and the environment
Climate policy without social licence, and without integrity, cannot last
Gaza’s squandered opportunities
In 2005 the people of Gaza had a great opportunity for a new future filled with hope and potential. Israel,…
Political censorship makes it impossible to defend women’s rights | Katherine Deves. S3 Ep 08
When it comes to biological women’s rights – there’s not a lot of enthusiasm for truth, facts, or freedom inside…
It’s time to end union stranglehold on industry super funds
There was much to agree with in Paul Schroder’s address to the National Press Club today. As CEO of AustralianSuper…
Patriots’ Day
The mainstream media painted last week’s March for Australia as a gathering of racists and extremists, but what I saw…
Destroy inheritance, destroy society
A student once suggested to Milton Friedman that a 100 per cent inheritance tax might be the perfect redistributive tool:…
Anti mass migration rally attracts thousands in ACT
Despite the mainstream media labelling the recent anti mass migration rallies as ‘far right radical neo-Nazi protests’, thousands of Aussie-loving…
Fly our flag proudly
Sir Winston Churchill once said: ‘An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.’ In…
Will PNG’s energy crisis cost Australian taxpayers?
Papua New Guinea’s energy provider slid into the headlines this week with a shock revelation: it’s over $1.5 billion in…
Editor’s picks
Magazine
Minister Marles unfit for military service
Why are we flogging off our historic military assets?
Can Taylor fix the broken covenant?
First, he must re-establish Liberal authority
Taylor to the rescue
There’s a new conservative Liberal leader in town. Get behind him
