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

Princess PC versus the colonisation of the curriculum

28 February 2019 6:58 pm

Were you aware that the curriculum of our universities has been colonized? Apparently this is a serious problem and we…

Why won’t the left recognise global progress on poverty?

28 February 2019 3:00 pm

Is the declining rate of global poverty simply a neoliberal lie, spread by the likes of Bill Gates? According to…

Feminist fighters love their boys – as weapons

28 February 2019 12:43 pm

Author, presenter and former Kevin Rudd press secretary Jamila Rizvi penned a column for The Age on Friday about the…

An epistle to Van Badham: there is no such thing as Marxist Christianity

28 February 2019 8:04 am

Oxymorons abound, such as ‘Arab unity,’ or ‘leftist logic’. But one obvious candidate which just will not go away is…

Fearless Girl, shameless stunt

27 February 2019 6:35 pm

A replica of the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of the world of statuary, Kristin Visbal’s Fearless Girl, has been installed in Melbourne’s…

When gender activism masquerades as good HR

27 February 2019 2:25 pm

The university thought police have developed a new tool to ensure their students think correctly. Clubs at the University of…

She’s tackled everything, but can Ita tame the ABC?

27 February 2019 10:47 am

In the halcyon days of magazines in Sydney in the seventies, one name was spoken with admiration tinged with –admit…

What’s woke this week

27 February 2019 7:26 am

In the woke-honoured tradition of ‘If it ain’t woke, then fix it’ the usual suspects were woking up a storm…

As a survivor of child sexual abuse, I just feel sad

26 February 2019 2:41 pm

As a survivor of child sexual abuse, abuse that occurred within a religious institution supported by Australian churches, the verdict…

Energy policy: the $72 billion fair dinkum disaster

26 February 2019 12:03 pm

Energy and climate change policy in Australia and other western democracies is now, along with immigration and its associated fear…

Statistics, like gender, are now fluid too?

26 February 2019 7:32 am

My son came home from his private church school the other day and made a startling declaration. “Dad, do you…

Bugger the Newspoll, ScoMo can win

25 February 2019 5:00 pm

Shortly after the 2016 federal election, Christopher Pyne declared, “That’s our sixth victory out of eight in the last 20…

Much ado about muffin means it’s time to talk minimum wages

25 February 2019 1:27 pm

So the CEO of Muffin Break has discovered over the weekend that there’s muffin so offensive to millennials on social…

Did the wrong woman get Higgins?

25 February 2019 12:01 pm

The Prime Minister’s wish has been granted. Outgoing member for Higgins and Cabinet minister, Kelly O’Dwyer will be succeeded by…

Seven reasons why I like Jordan Peterson

25 February 2019 7:29 am

Jordan Peterson has been called the “the stupid man’s smart person”, and, one of my favorites, “a Messiah-cum-surrogate-dad for gormless…

Journalist commits career suicide: tells truth on bias

24 February 2019 8:22 am

CBS News foreign correspondent and a 60 Minutes regular Lara Logan gets interviewed by a retired Navy SEAL Mike Ritland for his…

They still call New Zealand home

23 February 2019 6:09 pm

Our Kiwi cousins can be a wee but prishus at times. Take this week’s visit across the ditch by PM…

New Jersey bill to keep Trump off the ballot is ‘wildly unconstitutional’

new jersey election

23 February 2019 7:21 am

The New Jersey State Senate voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill Thursday to require presidential candidates to release five…

Will the EU do to Britain what it did to Greece?

22 February 2019 3:44 pm

With less than six weeks remaining until the March 29 deadline for Britain to exit the EU, the likelihood of…

Donald Trump. Worst. Homophobe. Evah.

22 February 2019 12:30 pm

Not satisfied to have personally tied a noose around Jussie Smollett’s neck and poured some MAGA bleach on the gay…

Laugh at Trump and Fat Boy Kim, but we’ve got plenty riding on Hanoi

22 February 2019 7:29 am

Fatty Kim III. Trust the Chinese to come up with an amusing nickname for Kim Jong-Un. This bizarre figure will…

Pawns take Bishop

21 February 2019 7:45 pm

Julie Bishop has pulled the plug on her political career. The effusion of love in the House of Representatives on Thursday afternoon,…

What’s so good about transgender toilets?

21 February 2019 4:59 pm

It seems that simply posing the above question can—at least potentially—get you into some serious trouble these days. But it’s…

The problem with ‘hate speech’ laws

21 February 2019 3:27 pm

When Facebook posts lead to Federal Court proceedings, a parliamentary inquiry, and a bankruptcy, something has gone seriously wrong with…

ISIS MILFs* want back in

21 February 2019 12:13 pm

In ages past, traitors who chose the other side and fought with the enemy against their country could expect a…