In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
The Battle of Britain: a boy’s dreams and a family’s legacy
July 10 marks the 85th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. While it was far away from Australia, as a…
It’s NAIDOC Week and they don’t want your child to forget it
Here we go again. It’s NAIDOC Week – the annual event which grew from the first observances of the National…
Like ‘déjà vu’ all over again?
What Japan did with force, the CCP has achieved with their version of ‘unrestricted warfare’ and debt entrapment
Hey Albo, cop this mate. With love, The Don
As Albo continues to ignore the only nation and ally that has spilt blood in the defence of our continent,…
Can quotas fix the Liberal Party culture?
Melissa McIntosh, the Shadow Minister for Women (and Communications), sat down with the ABC on Insiders to talk about the Liberal…
Disband or privatise selective public schools in NSW?
There are 17 fully selective public high schools in New South Wales, and on paper, they look like a public…
The hierarchy of entitlement
I know I can overthink what I hear, but words matter. The difficulty (in all of us, to be fair),…
The Albanese economic outlook
Listening to the Prime Minister give his thoughts on Australia’s ‘economic outlook’ could be considered a form of torture. This…
Whose balls are these?
Two weeks ago, after security protocols surrounding Mr Trump’s schedule were ramped up following his decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear…
Disloyal far-left breakaways are coming for Labor
I don’t care what left-wing pundits say about the last election. Political parties shouldn’t chase young voters. It’s obvious from…
Even Tony Abbott is tired of Welcome to Country
Former Liberal Prime Minister Tony Abbott appeared on an Institute of Public Affairs interview hosted by Daniel Wild. ‘Speaking of…
Promises and lies (they are the same thing)
My tea almost ended up on my keyboard while scrolling through X after I came across the Prime Minister’s latest…
Why ‘Chapter II: The Executive’ in our Constitution needs an overhaul
‘Our Defence Minister – who probably doesn’t know how to fire a gun […] he’s a Labor Party lifelong hack.’…
Albo ‘turned a corner’ and got us stuck on a roundabout
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s incessant claim that Australia has ‘turned a corner’ is wearing thin. Like a motorist stuck on…
Constitutional monarchy aligns with Iran’s identity and future
In Iranian culture and history, monarchy has not merely been a political system it has represented a sacred, cultural, and…
Secretary Kennedy is doing exactly what he promised
RFK Jr’s rise to Secretary of Health in the Trump Administration stands as a triumph many thought impossible. Not only…
The sharp edge of the activist utopia
Glastonbury has long styled itself as the spiritual heartland of British counterculture: a muddy utopia where peace signs, protest chants,…
Bowen’s hydrogen mirage has vanished
The hydrogen economy, once heralded as the future of clean energy, is unravelling as I write. A few years back,…
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Minister Marles unfit for military service
Why are we flogging off our historic military assets?
Can Taylor fix the broken covenant?
First, he must re-establish Liberal authority
Taylor to the rescue
There’s a new conservative Liberal leader in town. Get behind him
