In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Stopping the colonisation of women’s rights
A landmark UK court judgment has confirmed that equity legislation should define women as a biological sex for the purpose…
The ABC’s climate change humiliation ritual
There is now a religious ritual that the ABC performs, a set of words that an individual must utter to…
Our ‘Beliefs’
We live in a representative democracy. That is, we elect people to represent us in Parliament House and act on…
The Forgotten People: have they been forgotten again?
In 1942, during the height of the horrors of the second world war, the RT Hon. Robert Gordon Menzies made…
‘Green Death’ tax from a Labor-Greens minority government?
The Greens don’t want you to succeed. They want to take your money so they can turn Australia into a…
Pope Francis, the 266th pope, has died
Pope Francis died this morning, Easter Monday, at 7:35 am Rome time, at the age of 88. His last public…
Pope Francis has died aged 88
Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church, has died aged 88. The Pope had been seriously ill in hospital for…
Why the establishment is targeting Elon Musk
If there’s one idea that the rise of social media has proven it’s that a large proportion of the population…
Stuart Bonds: the demise of Australian coal is a terrible experiment
Anthony Albanese’s bizarre verbal fumble about whales getting tangled in offshore wind farms was discussed on Sky News Australia’s Outsiders…
Labor and the Greens: thick as thieves
Labor and the Greens are thick as thieves – and thieving is exactly what they intend to do with the…
Bracket creep and soft economists
The Albanese government reduced the Stage 3 tax cuts that were designed to address some the burden of bracket creep.…
Reason v magical climate thinking – voters have no choice
As Australians prepare to vote for the nature of their future on May 3, I can report that back in…
The 25 hard and fast facts that prove Labor is gaslighting Australians
There is a mountain of evidence to support Peter Dutton’s claim that young Australians are being indoctrinated with woke ideology at our schools and universities
Keen to punish the Coalition this election? It’ll cost you!
The Coalition may not be in its best shape, but when they were in power, most Australians were better off.…
The real crisis of Adolescence
While Stephen Graham’s new drama ‘Adolescence’ may exaggerate the links between knife crime and the digital manosphere, as well as…
The Project: snobbery masquerading as wit
By all appearances, Channel Ten’s The Project wants to be Australia’s answer to The Daily Show – news dressed up…
Matt Canavan: the perfect conservative
Listen… Senator Matt Canavan might not be as traditionally dishy as Alex Antic, but he made himself an incredibly attractive…
Lefty misogyny bingo: tick a box every time you hear Peter Dutton
The claim that Peter Dutton’s election policies ‘offer nothing for women’ is absurd. Lower fuel costs aren’t sexist. First-home support…
Housing policy debate mismatched with Australian culture
From the National Press Club: Housing policy is very tricky to balance effectively. There is no set formula because times…
Long live Chris Bowen!
As you pop your eyeballs back in place, lift your jaw off the floor, and pour a stiff drink after…
Wondering about winter
As I bask in the warm Autumn sunshine under a deep blue sky in Adelaide, I wonder when one of…
Trump’s tariff pause and the game theory gamble
President Donald Trump’s recent decision to pause tariffs for 90 days on most US trading partners – while escalating them…
