In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
The election and its discontents
So, the election has come and gone. It was a disappointing, loud, and ultimately vacuous show about nothing. It saw…
Renewable or reliable? Energy cannot be both
Australia’s new ALP government has gigantic green energy plans to be funded by electricity consumers and taxpayers. They promise (with…
Cook cancelled: when will we call this out as racism?
Peaceful explorer, cartographer, and navigator Captain James Cook has been removed from the Australia versus England Test match crystal Cook…
Covid encore performance for Justin Trudeau
Multi-jabbed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has Covid for the second time this year. Trudeau announced his latest helping of Covid on…
Wokeness, welfare, and societal decline
Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Today’s fiddle is ‘Woke’ and it will be the West’s undoing if left unchecked. Busy…
The real cost of Albo’s minimum wage hike
No genius formula, ancient wisdom, or otherwise elaborate algorithm led the Fair Work Commission (FWC) to raise the national minimum…
Australians are being watched
If it’s not bad enough that Australians have had their retail habits monitored via the (ethically questionable) government Vaccine Passport…
Liberal Party: stewards of the ‘uncool economy’?
Much ink has already been spilled on how the Liberal Party is facing an identity crisis in the wake of…
Moneypox - sorry - Monkeypox
The World Health Organisation has decided to rebrand, er, rename the Monkeypox. WHO boss Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said today a new name…
Albo's Cabinet offers superficial diversity only
There’s a big problem with Anthony Albanese’s victory lap over the ‘diversity’ of his new Cabinet; it isn’t particularly diverse…
Energy crisis: a call to professionals
Energy systems underpin modern life, but Australia’s systems are becoming increasingly fragile. A colleague recently asked me why more engineers…
Lindy Chamberlain’s case foreshadowed Covid mania
As the dust settles on Covid, many Australians are still trying to make sense of the radical hysteria that overtook so many…
Do we want banks playing politics?
When you think of ‘moral puritanism’ and ‘virtue’ the banking sector sits somewhere near lawyers, stockbrokers, and used car salesmen.…
Johnny Depp’s restraint
‘Tell the world, Johnny, tell them: “I, Johnny Depp, a man, I’m a victim too of domestic violence,” and see…
Federal ICAC? Be careful what you wish for
The saying ‘the ends justify the means’ is often erroneously attributed to the early 16th century Florentine diplomat and philosopher…
California Pride...?
Children in Los Angeles came across Drag Queens throwing lube while exposing bare breasts and male buttocks at the weekend’s Pride…
Woolworths’ price-fixing will have unintended consequences
Woolworths intends to ‘price-fix’ essential items in the wake of a cost of living crisis. With inflation set to start…
NDIS: used or abused?
It is one of life’s sad realities that, as soon as there is an attempt to improve the population’s welfare,…
The Dark Ages for Australian energy
When the sun finally sets on the West, the English-speaking peoples will find out that they are as fragile and…
Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned
I am big on truth in political advertising which is why I think that so called planning departments should be…
Essex police monitor Pride tweets for 'hate'
Are they police, or are they ideological enforcers? That’s the question many people are asking after British police tweeted their…
China rising: the ADF have nothing
[ This is part 2 of a series. Read part 1 here. ] Amidst the foreboding context of a declining West…
Reflections of a Liberal Party minion
My wife dropped me off at my assigned polling booth in the northern reaches of the Adelaide federal electorate. With…
Quick!!! Lock everyone down immediately
[ Calm down, it’s satire. Well, mostly. ] Reports of yet another highly contagious viral respiratory disease are beginning to…
Conservatism wins elections
In the recent election, I saw – as a member and branch officeholder of the Liberal Party – the effect…
