In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Prime Minister, why should data centres underwrite wind if it is so cheap?
Wind is intermittent, but its government support is not...
Do politicians have the right to block citizens on social media?
Politicians, or perhaps their shallow-minded media managers, have been going crazy with the ‘block’ button. If you call the Treasurer…
The undefended flank
For every dollar spent protecting nature, roughly 40 dollars are spent undermining it
Where there is no vision, the people will perish
Watching Australia go down the gurgler at the hands of vision-less bedwetters
Labor refuses to consult Jewish community on divisive bill
Banning Red Union will create a Labor-friendly union monopoly and rob workers of their choice
I can’t believe they haven’t banned Community Notes
Politicians are having their policies and election promises fact-checked by the mob ... it’s not pretty
The Netflixification of the Royals
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have learned the hard way that their real value sits with the Crown
Give us back our beer, smokes, and super
When One Nation starts talking about giving us access to our super, Gen X are all ears
Fixing Australia’s inflation problem
What is the primary cause of inflation? And, what can be done to reduce it?
Miscarriage risk: are we still allowed to ask questions?
The ABC scorned Senator Malcolm Roberts for his questions about miscarriage risk
From Woman, Life, Freedom to Javid Shah: how the streets answered
The people chanting ‘Javid Shah’ were not standing against Woman, Life, Freedom. They were standing against the same regime that murdered Mahsa Amini.
Two plus two equals five
We are living in a post-truth world where logic, rationality and reason no longer apply
Dismantling the syndicate
Likely economic and social impact of One Nation’s call to slash tobacco excise
The case for a progressive conservative school rally
What if conservative students took to the street in a counter-revolutionary protest against the anti-capitalists?
Forgiving those who sin against us
The case for keeping the Lord’s Prayer in the WA Legislative Assembly
I was right from the very beginning
The Covid reckoning is finally here, but will Australia learn any lessons?
Reimaging the political spectrum
Why the actions of the ‘far left’ and ‘far right’ are at times indistinguishable?
The shadow war on undersea cables
And how Australia is almost wholly unprotected from modern warfare despite promises from the Defence Minister
The Census is no place for politics
Unwelcome, personal, and political questions made their way into the Census this year...
Editor’s picks
Magazine
Barnaby’s bread and circuses
One Nation cannot forever evade responsible policies
Chairman Kim’s codswallop
We should be highly sceptical of claims on Aboriginal frontier wars
