In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
It’s time for Labor voters to pay their way
It now looks like that Labor and the Greens will support a tax increase for people earning above $85,000 a…
Bye-bye Yassmin
It may well be a month too late, but slow clap to the ABC for finally doing the right thing.…
You don’t argue with Ms 61 per cent
Malcolm Turnbull must be staring at UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s poll numbers with vaulting envy. The Britain Elects polling…
Manchester, Trump and terror
It’s been a big week underlining the challenges in combatting global Islamic terrorism. The combination of Trump’s speech to Middle…
Killing children makes no sense
Killing children makes no sense. They were not soldiers. They were not partisans. They were kids enjoying music in the…
At least the British have a choice
There has already been much debate about British Labour’s election manifesto commitment to re-nationalise the UK’s energy, rail, water and…
Don’t bring them home
What does jihadist Neil Prakash, now jailed in Turkey, alleged drug mule Cassandra Sainsbury, jailed in Colombia and ex-Waverley college schoolboy, John Zakhariev…
My boyfriend’s back…
Lock up your left-wing activist sisters; Julian Assange is back in town. In a triumph for accused rapists everywhere, the…
Remembering the Forgotten People
Three-quarters of a century ago, with the Second World War raging in the jungles and high seas of the Pacific,…
Trump’s broken promises
BOSTON, UNITED STATES — It wasn’t even a year ago the American people were assured Saudi Arabia would finally be…
The new religion
Let us progress through a number of concepts. The institution described in the following lines should quickly become apparent. Apostasy…
The first casualty of euthanasia
The Victorian Ministerial Advisory Panel charged by Premier Daniel Andrews with the task of developing a safe way to kill…
We warn the Tsar
If there’s been a hot topic of late in media, it’s been the future of Fairfax. Sackings, strikes, Senate hearing…
EXCLUSIVE: Forgotten People speech draft discovered
On Monday, 22 May, Liberal party grandees, MPs and supporters will gather at a gala dinner in Canberra to mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of…
One impact of the budget: sales of white flags are booming
Sales of white flags are going gangbusters, with the Coalition buying out supplies. It isn’t surprising, as they’ve found so…
Women shouldn’t breastfeed in parliament
We need to go back to the drawing board and clarify what “equality” stands for. It does not mean female…
The blunt, brutal truth about house prices
I feel for the Gen Y and the Millennials, I really do. I know that I often mock them for…
Fact: the patriarchy causes climate change
Climate change is caused by the patriarchy. That’s the view of feminist author and activist, Gloria Steinem. Asked about the…
Julia Gillard: because I’m worth it
Picture this: you were prime minister. You made friends and enemies. You left politics with plenty of money in the…
Budget 2017: placing politics over principle always fails
When I signed up as a member of my university’s Liberal club, it was for good reason. It was 2011…
Where’s a drug test for hypocrisy when you need one?
I love the smell of hypocrisy in the morning, and Twitter always is pungent with its bitter almond aroma. Today…
Why we need a Theresa May
Theresa May is doing counter-populism right. The Tories have just released their manifesto for the June election, and it has every strength the Liberals’ depressing,…
Why are feminists being allowed to hijack domestic violence funding?
A report just released this week shines a shocking, fierce and heartbreaking light on where domestic violence thrives in Australia. The statistics make difficult reading – and…
What happens next in Jakarta?
Midnight in Jakarta but shops are still open, people meeting up and I’m sitting at a pavement café with three…
Budget 2017: pseudopulism fails to sway the polls
Theresa May is headed for a triple-digit majority in parliament, just two years after the Tories cobbled together a government…