In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
The task ahead
In August 1914 Australia went to war. By the end of 1914, the German Schlieffen Plan had failed and for…
The Trump Liberation Day tariffs and Australia
Trump has variously made the case for support for domestic production of goods, like semiconductors, that are of military importance.…
The growing menace of trees
Australia is threatened by dangerous trees. They have infested our cities, menaced our power lines, invaded our grasslands, and fuelled…
Impossible business growth underpins house of cards Budget
From Parliament House, Canberra: Last year Australia experienced record numbers of business failures. While the percentage of businesses was not…
Dark humour: Labor brands itself the party of tax cuts
Can anyone think of a more efficient way to waste trees than printing copies of the Budget on the eve…
Budget 2025: out of ideas and full of fiscal analgesics
Keating predicted a Banana Republic and it is gradually coming true
A society suffering from ‘Labelism’
Misogynist. Patriarchy. Cis-Gendered. Woke. Labels en masse. We are a society that has succumbed to the sectionality, ostracisation, and disintegration…
Be suspicious when you hear the words ‘no evidence’
In every organisation there is usually an Achilles’ Heel, some fact which if widely known or understood, can cause damage,either…
Working class men are leaving the workforce
The Australian newspaper (March 24, 2025) has started to discuss the issue of working-age people relying on welfare rather than…
Are we due another rate cut?
With the next rate call in sight, the RBA is probably unlikely to make another cut, in spite of the…
Ask Chris Bowen anything!
Every now and then I do a ‘welfare check’ on Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen, who fled X…
Regional Australians are the biggest budget losers
From the Canberra Press Gallery: Regional Australia is the engine room of private sector activity in Australia. With the Budget…
Billboard Chris ‘moved on’ by police in Brisbane
Billboard Chris, defender of children’s rights against trans activism, is in Australia this week to ‘do battle’ with Australia’s eSafety…
The Romanian electoral farce
In his address to the 61st Munich Security Conference, held on February 14, the American Vice President, JD Vance, criticised…
Budget top priority should be income tax cuts
The Government didn’t plan to be giving today’s Budget, and the Opposition didn’t expect to have to give a Budget…
It was a mistake: Teal MP’s husband apologises for removing Liberal sign
The Federal Election hasn’t been called, but its annoying campaign antics have already begun. ‘Sign Wars’ are a common feature…
We can’t afford Albo’s phoney election campaign
From the National Press Club: Australia is in a phoney election campaign. We’re in that period where we know an…
The low-down on the legal profession
Sydney’s Macquarie Law School is attracting public criticism for compelling law students to include Acknowledgment of Country (a form of…
Albanese’s $150 energy bill promise insults voters
I have no words… Anthony Albanese has promised to take $150 off our power bills if we give him another…
How to secure America’s Pacific and European allies during Trump 2.0
President Trump’s intentions to strike a peace deal in Ukraine without security guarantees for Kyiv and his possible relinquishing of…
Peter Dutton must play for keeps
Peter Dutton and the Federal Liberal Party are now on the slide ahead of the upcoming Federal Election. The RedBridge…
A $600 million education in reality
We were warned. Repeatedly. F- around and find out. That is the mantra of Maga America and its self-described Golden…
Cash (was) King
The Reserve Bank recently published statistics that showed cash payments for everyday purchases have fallen from 70 per cent in…
I recommend not walking the Camino de Santiago
A lefty friend who just loves political arguments, currently living in Buenos Aires, made a rare concession. He’s usually so…
