In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Ignore the polls, it’s not too late for Dutton
Everywhere you turn, the polls say that Peter Dutton is losing the election and public vote is slipping through his…
Forget a tariff-induced recession, Australians have been in recession for two years
The standard of living in Australia has been in sharp focus during this election campaign. Both major parties have been…
Tone-deaf Greens disco on Anzac Day
Australia is in a strange space where the traditions that enabled our high standard of living are being taken for…
Albo’s ‘Blight on the Hill’ is blinding the MSM
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says she wants to ‘make Australia great again’. The reaction? ‘They finally said the quiet bit out…
Jacinta Price nearly won the election
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price should be the Leader of the Opposition, if for no other reason than she rubs the media…
Starmer says Net Zero nanny state will fortify UK against Trump’s Tariffs
Trump’s tariffs are set to ‘make Britain work again’. These were the assertions of Net-Zero nanny state leader, Keir Starmer,…
The Left’s eternal war against private schools
Here we go again… The socialist deconstructionists are flagging one of their favourite ideas, at least, that is the impression…
Ideas – the fuel for democracy
An Open Letter to the leader of the Liberal Party, Peter Dutton, who is vying to be the next Prime Minister of Australia
Ditching Albo for Plibersek won’t save Labor
‘Backstabbing’ is the leading cause of early demise amongst the Labor leadership. If Prime Minister Anthony Albanese finds himself feeling…
Did my Coalition policy launch dream come true, and other thoughts
Here I am again, a glass of red this time rather than a gin and tonic. Goodness knows, I need…
Dutton’s tax-deductible interest for first homebuyers is a breakthrough
Like many conservatives, I have been waiting for something original from the Coalition that will differentiate them from the socialists.…
Click-bait Bandt
One of our readers on Facebook observed that a recent article about Greens Leader Adam Bandt and his ‘right to…
Albo isn’t winning, but the Coalition is losing
Australians have every reason to be nervous about another three years of a Labor government. The last three years have…
I dreamt about the Coalition’s policy launch
The Coalition formally launches its election campaign on Sunday. After a fortnight of a Seinfeld election – an election about…
Greens announce dumbest policy ever: ‘renters’ right to solar’
Owning a rental property in Australia is becoming a complete farce. Why would you bother owning a rental property when…
The problem with modelling
One of my economics professors at university once said that when someone tells you the results of their economic modelling,…
Adam Bandt tempts Albo with a couple of housing treats
If Prime Minister Albanese does not outright reject Adam Bandt’s demand to Grandfather negative gearing and scrap 50 per cent…
Jacinta’s dirty deal enshrines cancel culture in Victorian law
Cancel culture has become the law in Victoria. Not only are ‘hateful’ opinions, whatever that means, now unlawful, but under…
Ted O’Brien was all over Chris Bowen like a wind turbine on an endangered bird
From the National Press Club: I love the National Gallery of Australia (NGA), even if it’s gone so Woke that…
Conservatives want a dog in this fight
Australia is in a very strange place, politically. The relationship between the voting public and its political class has never…
Angus goes to the mattresses, majority don’t like Adam
Your Correspondent in Canberra: It was quite the day in the election campaign. Adam Bandt addressed a sparse-looking crowd at…
Keith Windschuttle remembered
Yesterday evening, Keith Windschuttle died after a prolonged battle with ill health. The legacy of a creative is best expressed…
Too skewed, too gentlemanly
So here’s my quick, two key takeaways verdict on last night’s Sky News Australia leaders’ debate. First off, the questions…
Panem et Circenses: spending billions we don’t have
The 2032 Olympic Games, to be held in Brisbane, are the latest Antipodean version of half of the 2,000-year-old concept…
