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In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.

GenCost and the renewables info wars

9 August 2023 4:30 am

Energy policy is one of the great dilemmas facing Australian politics, and the cold war between renewables and voters is…

The lithium delusion: a big problem with big batteries

9 August 2023 4:15 am

The development of lithium-ion batteries has changed the concept of energy storage. As their use expands, a potential downside is…

Just one look

9 August 2023 4:00 am

The Minister for Climate Change and Energy is well out of his depth, yet he’s ankle-deep at the shallow end…

Putting maths back on the curriculum

9 August 2023 3:00 am

The past 10 years, as every generation states, have taken a drastic turn with regard to the literacy and numeracy…

Disease X, Covid, and medical greed: this has been happening for years

8 August 2023 1:31 pm

Years ago, I wrote an article for this publication called, Digital darkness: the third apocalypse. In it, I included a discussion…

They came not to praise Churchill, but to bury him

8 August 2023 5:30 am

It is strange how the unelected see themselves as the elect… Recently the Board of Winston Churchill Memorial Trust waded into politics making a…

Pacifying the Voice: what happened to the dream of Federation?

8 August 2023 5:00 am

‘When historical truth is involved, the more anyone claims to possess it the more he lies.’ – Albert Camus The optimistic intent…

Why I secretly loved the Barbie movie

8 August 2023 4:30 am

It’s not okay for men to criticise the Barbie movie, apparently. In modern Australia, we’re supposed to permit two hours…

A respectful debate? Hardly…

8 August 2023 4:00 am

A reply to Chris Kenny's comments on the Voice to Parliament and the 'no' campaign

Everybody hurts, but some people turn pain into a competition

7 August 2023 5:30 am

Have you ever known someone who can trump whatever pain you’re having? You have a cold; they had a really…

Alan Jones: what Western Australia tells us about Indigenous activism

7 August 2023 5:00 am

I hate saying this, but I have to, to avoid the usual unjustifiable criticism. I have put my hand in…

Level with Australians: will the Voice lead to treaty and compensation?

7 August 2023 4:30 am

There is significant confusion about what the Indigenous Voice entails, what its powers are, and about its consequences. The latest…

Co-Sovereignty: the conversation we haven’t had

7 August 2023 4:00 am

The Voice to Parliament proposed constitutional amendment is the vehicle through which the Uluru Statement from the Heart is to…

The Voice: I’m over it!

6 August 2023 4:30 am

When it comes to the Voice debate – like many Australians – I’m over it. I decided a long time…

Tony Blair’s warning to Australia about climate change and energy policy

6 August 2023 4:00 am

Parliament is sitting. And you might wonder whether anything is being raised or discussed about the significant issues facing Australia.…

WA set to ditch controversial Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Laws

5 August 2023 2:07 pm

‘There will be a lot of people all around regional Australia and a lot of landholders that will be sleeping…

You can’t handle ‘the truth’

5 August 2023 5:00 am

There’s a wonderful scene in the movie A Few Good Men when Jack Nicholson loses his cool and exclaims: ‘You…

Why the Ashes is still magic

5 August 2023 4:30 am

Does it ever feel like sport has lost its magic? Smothered beneath endless commentary about political implications and social responsibility,…

I think, therefore I am: the crisis of modernity and transgenderism

5 August 2023 4:00 am

René Descartes could not have foreseen the insanity of the 21st Century transgender movement when he wrote, ‘I think, therefore…

Truth, treaty, or trickery? The ‘why’ behind the Voice

4 August 2023 1:11 pm

On the victory podium after last year’s election, the first thing Anthony Albanese did was commit his new Labor government…

Our schools are failing – this is why

4 August 2023 4:00 am

The news earlier this year that the Labor government in Victoria will use schools to promote a ‘Yes’ case for…

Canada’s Indigenous ‘land tax’ on dockets is a taste of things to come

3 August 2023 9:11 pm

You will pay reparations, one way or another. It doesn’t matter that no one voted for it, or that politicians…

Dear George Orwell, I’m seeking advice on Net Zero

3 August 2023 5:30 am

Dear George, I enjoyed your light-hearted novel, it brought back memories of the good times we used to enjoy. If…

Washington reaches out to the Pacific Islands

3 August 2023 5:00 am

The Biden administration’s latest engagement of the Pacific – most recently with visits to Tonga, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and Australia – is welcome…

Cutting off the chains of MSM and its propaganda

3 August 2023 4:30 am

For the last couple of years, I’ve tried to ignore all mainstream media (apart from incidental occasions when it ambushed…