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

Shhhhhh…

9 July 2024 3:30 am

It is somewhat refreshing to watch a movie whose entire premise can be summed up with a finger on the…

Nuclear is but the second option

9 July 2024 3:10 am

One of the great aberrations of the executive state is the obstinacy, determination, and poll-driven enthusiasm with which governments (both…

Witchery witch-hunted by fashion activism

9 July 2024 3:00 am

Witchery is an Australian women’s fashion brand that has been popular since its founding in South Australia in 1970. It…

Reform is driven by common sense, not ideology

9 July 2024 2:00 am

I had to fly to the UK for the campaign in Clacton because had Nigel Farage not won there, the…

Killing the birds and the bees

8 July 2024 8:06 pm

In late 2022, I wrote an article for the Epoch Times titled: Not the Bees! Varroa Mite Madness… At the…

Bill Shorten and the NDIS: if you want sex, pay for it yourself

8 July 2024 4:33 pm

Bill Shorten has given credence to speculation that Anthony Albanese is considering an early election by randomly deciding that sex…

Mainstream media is not long for this world

8 July 2024 2:30 am

So… Joe Biden identifies as a black woman? In his first radio interview in the wake of his disastrous debate…

Omnicause

8 July 2024 2:00 am

When people stop believing in God, the British author GK Chesterton argues, the problem is, ‘They don’t believe in nothing;…

Petrodollars, climate change, and the end of the world as we know it

7 July 2024 1:05 am

Quietly, America’s petrodollar deal expired. June 8 marked the end of an agreement signed in 1974 between Saudi Arabia and…

Superannuation funds and green energy

6 July 2024 10:19 pm

A new One Nation cartoon speculates that when it comes to superannuation funds which are union-controlled, ALP donors support renewable…

Fatima Payman saga shows the danger of identity politics

6 July 2024 4:40 pm

With the long-predicted departure of Senator Fatima Payman from the Labor Party, the whole saga is a timely reminder of…

Parties that presided over Covid are losing power

6 July 2024 3:51 pm

Today it begins – a lifeless shell is heaved onto the cold, silver table, and the political commentators then pour…

Forrest Gump at thirty

6 July 2024 12:15 pm

Reflections on a favourite from Hollywood’s Box of Chocolates

Did Big Gov bully Big Tech?

5 July 2024 1:00 am

For all the angry noise accusing the United States Supreme Court of giving Trump a win – thus ‘ending democracy’…

Childcare needs more choice, not more bureaucracy

4 July 2024 9:02 am

A recent report by the Centre for Policy Development (CPD) outlines a proposal to effectively remake the childcare sector in…

Serves you right, Democrats

4 July 2024 8:52 am

Today’s Democrats are too stupid to be trusted with the powers of the Presidency. The dumbbell started ringing with Democrat-adjacent…

National security amid Albo’s hip and cool dereliction of duty

4 July 2024 8:21 am

Channelling a new generation of hip and cool appeasers, our Prime Minister seems to get his priorities dangerously wrong. From…

The abolition of marriage: who is to be blamed?

3 July 2024 3:00 am

Australia has been allowing same-sex marriage since 2017, when the government of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull adopted legislation allowing people…

Déjà vu in Australian higher education

3 July 2024 2:30 am

History repeats itself, often with a sense of irony only those with long memories can fully appreciate. In a move…

Dumb and dumber

3 July 2024 2:00 am

So much has been said about Labor’s immediate response to the Dutton plan for nuclear energy in Australia. The three-eyed…

The delusions and dangers of charging EVs in apartment buildings

3 July 2024 12:34 am

A recent article in Car Expert claims, ‘almost half of Australian EV owners would go back to petrol [and] diesel’…

Marine industry leading the nuclear transition

3 July 2024 12:05 am

‘Hagar, I can’t get to sleep for thinking about her…!’ declared Lucky Eddie to his Commander. ‘I can even concentrate,…

I, goldfish

2 July 2024 12:03 pm

The death of the human attention span is real

No, Mr Bowen, community batteries are not a substitute for nuclear

2 July 2024 2:30 am

At a recent press conference in Bexley North in Sydney’s south, Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen announced the…

The Smart Energy Council makes two basic mistakes

2 July 2024 2:00 am

The Energy Minister has claimed the Coalition’s seven proposed nuclear sites will barely make a dint, providing only 3.7 per…