In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Woke society replicates 1970s mice experiment
In the 1960s and 70s, the American ethologist and behavioural researcher John B. Calhoun conducted an experiment with mice to…
In conversation with Gemini: a $6 trillion renewable transition
David: Hello, Gemini. Gemini: Hello David. How can I help you? David: What is the cost of a 1 GW nuclear…
The Liberal and National Party – Paterson v Lawson
While the political landscape of Australia has seen numerous battles over the years, between the city and the bush, played…
The Greek tragedy of Joe Biden and the Democrats
Look at how discombobulated the US Democrats now are, along with the left in general. They hero-worship terrorists, attack law…
Too much listening, not enough leading
We’ve been hearing a lot of talk about listening. The new Liberals, under the leadership of Sussan Ley, want to…
When we fight the climate wars, we win
The marriage breakup between the Liberals and Nationals is predictably temporary if for no other reason than a shared awareness…
Is the Coalition positioned for a Net Zero collapse?
‘Plato is my friend – Aristotle is my friend – but my greatest friend is truth.’ – Isaac Newton The…
Unshackling the Greens’ legacy
There was a boatyard near the Southport Yacht club. Like hundreds of boatyards around the nation, it served as a…
Labor’s energy crisis ends up on your bill
From Shanghai (perhaps for the last time): I’ve just finished my last teaching gig as a full-time academic. It is…
The shrinking habitat of Net Zero extremists
Net Zero is under threat in New Zealand, according to headlines last week. Although the population of New Zealand and…
Is Jim Chalmers’ super tax turning Teal seats blue?
Believe it or not, the battle for the blue ribbon in Goldstein is still going on. Yesterday, the AEC announced…
(A failed) Australian realignment
Australia is due a political realignment. The split in the Liberal-National coalition this week could be a good thing if…
Socialism dressed up in the politics of empathy
I remember as a teenager in Cairns going to school every day with long hair wearing my blue jeans, black…
Officially socialist?
‘The Moloch Machine is a symbol of how, as the technical attitude takes hold, it begins not only to reflect…
The age of AI and nuclear energy is coming
There are certain inevitable outcomes which the future holds both worldwide and therefore in Australia. The influence of artificial intelligence…
The net cost of the Coalition
Friends and foes alike are urging the Liberals and the Nationals to continue as a Coalition, but the cost of…
Of saints and sinners
One is dead and likely to be proclaimed a saint at some time, and the other is alive and performing…
Why the nation needs the Nationals to ditch Net Zero
After a couple of weeks of wound-licking following the election, the Coalition has blown apart. Whilst their signature policy to…
Pro-life movement gathers force in NSW
On Wednesday May 7, pro-life ‘rallyers’ came together in Sydney outside of the NSW Parliament House to protest the Greens’…
The Liberal Party’s women problem
While Australians are worried about the housing shortage and how to pay expensive electricity bills, the Liberal Party frets about…
David Crisafulli to the United Nations: ‘You don’t control me!’
Well damn… I confess, I didn’t have David Crisafulli sporting the biggest balls in Australian politics on my Bingo card,…
John Howard, Tony Abbott, and John Anderson weigh in
The stately figures of the Liberal Party have weighed in on the Coalition split, but stopped short of giving policy…
