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

President Trump and the fate of the Iranian people

4 February 2026 8:43 pm

The credibility of the United States is at stake

The Liberals can be saved … by you

4 February 2026 8:14 pm

The structural failure of the Liberal Party, which is the reason we set up the Liberal Reform Association, has sadly…

Who do you trust with Energy, Chris Bowen or Malcolm Roberts?

4 February 2026 12:38 pm

With One Nation in ascendance, comparisons have been inevitable between Anthony Albanese, Sussan Ley, and Pauline Hanson in a way…

Australia’s bigger, better idea

4 February 2026 11:10 am

William Wentworth said: ‘Every man that is honest and industrious can sit under his own vine and his own fig-tree.’…

Scott Morrison almost got it right

4 February 2026 10:07 am

If you want to know why the Australian Liberal Party is where it is read Scott Morrison’s piece on fundamentalist…

Chalmers’ rate-and-switch

3 February 2026 4:13 pm

It really should be called the 95 per cent Debt Servitude Scheme

RBA interest rate hike: our plight under Opposition light

3 February 2026 3:46 pm

From the Press Gallery: Below my seat in the press gallery, the Liberal Party sits in Parliament as a shadow…

Cory Bernardi will give the Liberals a real scare in South Australia

3 February 2026 12:17 pm

Cory Bernardi is a conservative. This is controversial. He is also the latest candidate announcement from One Nation after it…

Jacinta Allan’s unbelievable Pride comments

3 February 2026 10:44 am

It’s not often I scoff out-loud scrolling X in the morning, but that’s what happened when I made the mistake…

Reunification imminent for the Coalition

2 February 2026 2:42 pm

David Littleproud survives his spill motion

Debt, debt, debt, debt, debt

2 February 2026 11:54 am

There are a lot of people who comfort themselves by thinking that the Commonwealth government’s $1 trillion of debt is…

The death of debate: how media pluralism collapsed

2 February 2026 11:43 am

From newspapers to platforms and the breakdown of civic discourse

Mob justice

2 February 2026 11:12 am

The danger of social media pile-ons

Liberals’ last hurrah?

2 February 2026 9:54 am

Outside of mortgage repayments, motor vehicle rego charges, and council rates, politics is like an annoying blowfly that interrupts the…

Can Angus Taylor save the Liberal Party from the rise of One Nation? | James Allan S3 Ep 15

1 February 2026 4:00 am

Has the Liberal Party betrayed Australia’s commitment to #FreeSpeech and freedom of political communication? Can Angus Taylor unseat Sussan Ley…

What happened to the Gen Z revolution?

31 January 2026 9:19 pm

Western nations are experiencing a rising interest in revolution. Not the over-the-top French-style guillotine variety or a Maoist starvation leap…

The Minneapolis paradox: when Liberal democracy turns against itself

31 January 2026 4:28 pm

In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, two deaths have crystallised a distinctly American paradox. Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse,…

Australia’s renewable energy or monorail policy?

31 January 2026 3:39 pm

I hate to infringe on the sacred writing territory of Labor Dry, but desperate times call for shameless imitation. There…

Why the merry-go-round can’t save the circus

31 January 2026 3:24 pm

There’s a special kind of panic that sets in when people confuse motion with progress. Things start spinning. Jobs change…

Banning of political parties and reasonable debate

31 January 2026 2:17 pm

Two possible consequences of the new hate speech legislation

Angus Taylor to challenge Sussan Ley?

30 January 2026 5:52 pm

Andrew Hastie taps out of leadership contest

Without the ribbon. Without the bracelet. Not without the fight…

30 January 2026 1:56 pm

The hostages are home. The symbols have come off. The responsibility has not. On Monday, January 26, 2026, I removed…

To be Australian

30 January 2026 10:22 am

Toward the end of last year (before the Bondi terrorist attack), I was talking with a young woman whose parents…

The response to ‘Javid Shah’ was bullets

30 January 2026 9:46 am

The uprising of the Iranian people, carried by the chant of ‘Javid Shah’, was drowned in blood. A chant that…

Cold feet on the leadership spill

30 January 2026 12:26 am

The Nationals are very very very united behind David Littleproud, with the party room unlikely to second Colin Boyce’s leadership challenge. My…