In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
I’m sorry, Prime Minister
On Australia Day, I found myself reflecting on the Prime Minister’s memorial service speech at the Sydney Opera House. And…
Why Western silence will burn Iran (and the world)
The year 2026 has marked a grim milestone in Iranian history. The recent report by The Times, estimating a staggering…
Hate speech laws under suspicion for two-tier policing
It has been a week since Labor’s rushed hate speech bill was chaperoned into law by the Liberals and already…
Flag-burning justifies audits of funding for activist groups
The evidence of disadvantage in Indigenous communities throughout the world is overwhelming. There ought to be funding for programs designed…
When immigration worked for the nation, not the United Nations
They marched in their tens of thousands, a river of discontent flowing through the heart of Australia’s cities on its…
Are the Nationals an equal Coalition partner?
Give it a couple of weeks, or more precisely, a couple of pay cycles, and the National Party will be…
Dealing with Trump
‘So they debated, willing things to be as they had always been, unwilling to know that events are made by…
The rapid death of free speech
There’s no doubt John Stuart Mill regards free speech as an essential characteristic of any liberal, democratic society. Mill argues,…
Why Labor polices speech, not the terror watchlist
Anthony Albanese’s post-Bondi hate speech bill, rammed through Parliament in chaotic January 2026 sessions, epitomises everything wrong with the Western…
Back to 2014: For Syria, a new ISIS genocide is here
For friends and allies of the Kurdish people, their worst fears are being manifested. Kurdish, Christian, and Yazidi communities are…
Silvertail Liberals are up against sons and daughters of Anzacs
The Liberal Party thinks that changing their leader is going to fix the party’s problems, but who is going to…
The emperor has no clothes: Australia’s energy reality check
Renewables have become a progressive identity. Nuclear has been coded as conservative.
The NatCons do not tolerate antisemitism
I see my old sparring partner Louise Clegg has begun the new year where she left off in 2025 with…
Women-only pre-selections and gender quotas
Proof the Liberals have no idea what conservative voters want










































