In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Jacinda Ardern’s triumph of style over substance
Jacinda Ardern’s tenure as New Zealand’s Prime Minister (2017–23) was lauded globally as a masterclass in empathetic leadership, her image…
Liberals back down on critical foreign student cuts
While the majority of this publication’s readers wish to see the restoration of the Liberal Party (or at the very…
Sacked by the staffers
How the Liberal Party lost its soul – and why Australia’s business community must seize it back
Libertarians ask, should we have the right to bear arms?
Constitution Amendment (Right to Possess and Carry Firearms) Bill
The ABC of ignorance
It has been quite some time since I have contributed a piece to The Spectator Australia concerning our friends at…
Have the Liberals gone soft on nuclear?
The wets in the Liberal Party are watering everything down so the whole project looks wet. Some say they are…
Albanese makes Australia a bludger
In Australian parlance, a bludger is a kind of lowlife, the kind that dodges shouting a round of beer. Just…
Foundational Liberal values
The current critical pile-on the Liberal Party after its disappointing federal election wipe-out is very much a mixed bag. Some…
Mad about the climate
When my wife and I visited Japan in springtime a few years ago, we first stayed in Ueno, near Tokyo.…
Climate indoctrination is not an education
While the LNP election campaign was ineffective and amateurish one positive was the slogan ‘education, not indoctrination’. As countless parents…
Two remarkable Australian victories
The Coalition, led by Sussan Ley, is renewing itself under a new vision of small government and lower taxes, family,…
Young Australians unwilling to pay more than $50 for Net Zero
The Queensland government’s bold leadership in defunding the Environmental Defenders Office might seem out of step with the values of…
One more seat and One Nation joins the majors
The Coalition appears to have abandoned their followers who sweated blood for them over the past 30 years. Further, the…
Ted O’Brien prepared to bargain with Chalmers on super
I was on my way to bed when The Australian dropped something so disturbing it’ll likely give me nightmares. Deputy Liberal…
Alex Antic, the Dark Nats, and Net Zero
Liberal Senator Alex Antic put up a defiant Twitter post on the weekend. It consisted of the words ‘Net Zero’…
Abbott, Howard, and Menzies mean nothing to the young
This is going to sound harsh, but the Liberals require tough love or the movement and their party will die.…
Russia the Barbarian: King of the Flies
Soviet historians often portrayed the days of 1945 as the glorious liberation of Europe from the Nazi threat. That could…
The farmer, the science, and the agenda
Farmers across Australia are revolting against the wanton destruction of their land to satisfy the renewed and re-elected climate alarmism…
Backward Bowen’s nuclearphobia is dangerous
Climate Cult and Blackout Minister Chris Bowen is turning Australia into an energy backwater with his nuclearphobia. It’s a very…
The executive mum
It is a Friday afternoon in the office. About 3.45pm and productivity is swiftly on the downward trend for the…
Australian democracy – a quick health check
Forgetting the election result (if only that episode of political self-harm could be forgotten), how is Australia’s democratic health looking…
Introducing One Nation’s first WA Senator, Tyron Whitten
One Nation is officially the most successful conservative minor party following the recent election. Today I spoke with Tyron Whitten,…
One Nation claims two Senate seats with Malcolm Roberts re-elected
This evening, the AEC has completed the counts as far as seat allocations go for Western Australia and Queensland. It…
