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

Free speech vs hate speech

29 March 2019 12:52 pm

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres recently reaffirmed the UN’s commitment to stopping hate speech, expressing his concern at what he…

Why the majority is ruining democracy

29 March 2019 8:57 am

The majority are not always right. It’s obvious, really. The tautology that 50 per cent of people have below-average intelligence…

Shorten’s secret friend and helper: Pauline Hanson

28 March 2019 6:06 pm

Thursday 28 March was the day that the Coalition guaranteed it lost May’s election.  It had its good, bad and…

Who says we shouldn’t speak about ‘Cultural Marxism’?

28 March 2019 3:14 pm

It hasn’t been a good week for Brexiteers: A former Brexit minister and current Conservative MP has been criticised by…

What’s woke this week?

28 March 2019 10:58 am

It’s an interesting mix of woke this week with examples of a global viral disorder and a couple of chicken…

Hysteria and hypocrisy in the war against One Nation

28 March 2019 8:34 am

Mainstream media are happy as pigs in mud with the sensational headlines and scandalous stories they have been able to…

Will migrants really go bush like the PM wants?

27 March 2019 12:54 pm

It seems the federal government is finally trying to ‘do something’ about growing population pressures on Sydney and Melbourne. Under…

Identity politics will eat itself

27 March 2019 7:25 am

What is arguably the most contested aspect of twenty-first century politics is identity politics. It is the forward edge of…

The Greatest Generation vs the Green

26 March 2019 6:54 pm

My grandfather was part of the Greatest Generation. Toughened by wars and depression, they were patriotic nation builders. Their monuments…

How corporates care for kids

26 March 2019 1:15 pm

In recent years, we’ve seen a resurgence of marketing campaigns targeted at children – Coles’ “Little Shop ”, Woolworths’ “Mr…

Why is the left so keen on the end of the world?

26 March 2019 7:16 am

Hollywood loves a good disaster. Some of the greatest box-office hits have featured frightening apocalyptic scenarios in which planet earth…

Our bureaucrats now want to decide “what freedoms society ought to tolerate”?

25 March 2019 5:19 pm

One perhaps should not make too much out of remarks of one public official, no matter how senior – and…

Should ScoMo put One Nation last?

25 March 2019 12:56 pm

We need to have a sober conversation about the Coalition’s recommendations for their supporters on how to vote. Labor, The…

Backwards & Forwards: Glad’s back as Scott sees salvation

25 March 2019 8:54 am

Looking back: Berejiklian’s Glad to be back On Saturday the Coalition government of New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian was…

Doing it for the kids

24 March 2019 1:01 pm

There’s been a lot in the news about how cool the kids are. As Whitney Houston sang before using her…

NSW: a reality check

24 March 2019 8:37 am

Congratulations to Gladys and the hair gel lads for their result yesterday. And for Scot, here’s a history lesson. On…

The Tasmanian yacht murder: a groundbreaking new appeal

23 March 2019 6:01 pm

In a historic decision to grant Sue Neill-Fraser leave to appeal against her 2010 murder conviction, Justice Brett of Tasmania’s…

What’s a girl got to do to get elected nowadays?

22 March 2019 1:06 pm

I’m wondering what a girl named Gladys has got to do to get elected nowadays. Winning Sky News debates is…

The Christchurch chaos exercise

22 March 2019 10:16 am

Scissor statements are weird. They’re something that most people can’t instantly define, yet they are an inextricable element of today’s…

Gladys Berejiklian: Liberal legend?

22 March 2019 5:30 am

If Gladys Berejiklian wins the state election she will be a certified New South Wales Liberal legend. There have been…

Recep Erdoğan’s war on history

21 March 2019 5:28 pm

The most touching, if not confronting, memorial at Anzac Cove is the sandstone plinth inscribed with words attributed to Kemal…

Women in parliament problem? Your answer’s Rwanda

21 March 2019 12:25 pm

The Coalition has received sustained media and ALP criticism regarding their percentage of women in parliament – so much so…

Hire two new pen-pushers: that’s economic reform, NSW Liberal style

21 March 2019 7:38 am

Last May at the New South Wales Business Chamber, Treasurer Dominic Perrottet announced with great fanfare the state would establish…

Eighty-nine billion new reasons to quit the Paris Agreement

20 March 2019 4:19 pm

Momentum continues to build for Australia to exit the Paris Climate Agreement. New economic modelling prepared by Managing Director of…

Why this Conservative believes Fraser Anning couldn’t be more wrong

20 March 2019 11:51 am

I was working out of a coffee shop in Cairns overlooking Trinity Inlet when my Twitter feed went nuts with…