In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
A great day for Albo’s Mediscam
Every time I see Albo wave his Medicare card around, I know he is gaslighting us. Labor has promised to…
Performative diplomacy?
Australia’s greatest ever political strategist, Mark Textor, recently said to me: ‘People say that Donald Trump is erratic and unpredictable.…
Ukraine is not at war with Russia
Nobody declared war ahead of the invasion of Ukraine. It is a universally outlawed illegal invasion mischaracterised as a war.…
The Trump Effect on the Australian and Canadian elections
Revulsion at Trump almost certainly contributed to conservative defeats in two Anglosphere nations where Trump was simply not on the ballot
Welcome to the new Socialist Commonwealth of Australia
The Labor Party has been re-elected and will form Australia’s next government. The Opposition Leader, Peter Dutton, even lost his…
Voters go for Vegemite politics in ‘keep it local’ campaign
In what must rate as easily Australia’s most pedestrian election campaign ever – both major parties have taken the lowest…
One Nation the big winner this election
I’ve never underestimated Anthony Albanese for a moment. He is as asinine as they come. Ever since he came to…
Don’t blame Trump for this disaster – blame the Libs
Let me be crystal clear: the decision to distance the Liberal Party from Donald Trump was an unmitigated disaster. Anyone…
Peter Dutton concedes: it’s all over
We’ve been defined by our opponents which is not the true story of who we are
Election 2025: Peter Dutton vs. the world
Menzies’ party has been the most successful in Australian political history. Even in the last tumultuous decade, the Liberals have…
Election Truth Truck exposes Labor as anti-male
As our maddening election contest limps to a close, it might cheer you up to learn about our fun election…
What the Australian election means
In his political history of the 1980s and early 1990s, The End of Certainty, Paul Kelly articulated the tectonic shifts…
It’s not easy being Green… If we number every box
Australia desperately needs many electoral reforms, and there’s much debate to be had about them. We must face the reality…
On 3 May, remember your Constitution
Let us be quite clear on this matter: it is irrelevant whether the Voice to Parliament is, to reference the…
Penny Wong is wrong
The Foreign Minister let slip that an Indigenous Voice-type structure might eventuate in Australia under a re-elected Labor government, just…
Labor’s superannuation tax grab will hurt us all
Jim Chalmers has pressed ahead with ‘Division 296’, a banal-sounding name for one of the most pernicious taxes considered in…
Working Australians get nothing!
From the National Press Club: Peter Dutton made a mistake by refusing to address the National Press Club this week.…
Trump not to blame for Poilievre loss
The left-of-centre (make that left-of-the-Canadian-centre, which is mightily left-wing) Liberal Party has won Monday’s federal election in Canada. Mark Carney,…
If we can’t talk about Welcome to Country, are we truly one and free?
Events in Melbourne have shown how strongly differing political views can dominate mainstream discussions. It’s concerning that past political perspectives…
The AI elephant in the Australian tally room
Sometimes disruption is not evolution – it’s extinction
Albo’s Mediscare has gone nuclear
Anthony Albanese is desperate to hold on to power. He revels in being an underestimated political underdog. Behind the scenes,…
