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

The ‘silent slaughter’ of Nigerian Christians by Islam

24 June 2024 3:17 pm

Islamic Fulani militants attacked a Christian church last week, burning it to the ground resulting in the deaths of five…

The case for a government-owned nuclear reactor fleet

24 June 2024 3:00 am

Peter Dutton’s announcement that the Coalition will build seven nuclear reactors on the sites of existing coal-fired power stations is…

The West is waste-deep in self-made treacle

24 June 2024 2:30 am

Unkind critics used to say I had to visit Scotland for re-training after reportedly buying two beers in the same…

The fight for nuclear is going to be rough

24 June 2024 2:00 am

No debate. Just rhetorical fortressing. That seems to be the mode of responding to the nuclear debate from those on…

Bowen and the three-eyed fish

23 June 2024 10:55 pm

When it comes to the nuclear energy debate, Chris Bowen has grown a third eye. Like the orange fish from…

Palestinian pipe dream

23 June 2024 9:49 pm

The idea of a Palestinian State has gripped the West with such force that even the most well-known defenders of…

Are Palestinians destined for eternal misery?

22 June 2024 2:30 pm

It was a sad, depressing sight; a Gazan man was leading a donkey-drawn cart along a dusty, broken Gazan street,…

Bird Flu, fear, and perverse incentives

22 June 2024 1:25 pm

A 59-year-old man unfortunately died in Mexico in late April. Having been bed-bound for weeks and suffering from type-2 diabetes…

We would’ve won with Boris

22 June 2024 12:53 pm

There is one thing that all Conservative activists and candidates are thinking when we go out knocking on doors and…

US must stay the course on Aukus

21 June 2024 8:56 am

There’s more in common between Australia and the United States than you may think. Apart from a love of big…

Embracing Nuclear energy: my journey from sceptic to advocate

21 June 2024 8:41 am

Eighteen months ago, I embarked on a journey to the United States and Canada with the Shadow Minister for Energy…

Nothing pretty about a post-pandemic Budget

21 June 2024 8:30 am

The New South Wales Budget tabled this week completes the series of 2024-25 budgets from the larger states and the…

The nuclear gamble

21 June 2024 3:50 am

Finally, the Opposition has announced it is going to develop a nuclear power future for Australia. The government, along with…

NSW’s smoke and mirror budget

21 June 2024 3:36 am

The NSW budget continued the nationwide theme of unimaginative big-spending budgets with large deficits. The economic story is not unique,…

Advance Australia Bare

20 June 2024 2:50 am

Albo the great apologist has recently informed the nation that the incoming Governor General was appointed for a ‘modern Australia’.…

Straight from the Dastyari playbook

20 June 2024 1:20 am

Australia’s own Peter Perfect Premier Mr Malinauskas has faltered, revealing a true agenda to stifle political opposition in South Australia.…

Has Julie Inman Grant undermined the Office of the eSafety Commission?

20 June 2024 1:00 am

There are credible arguments for the existence of the Office of the eSafety Commission, provided it acts as intended. In…

New Zealand’s carbon sequestration problem

19 June 2024 3:10 am

Ongoing concern about climate change has fuelled debate about the part carbon sequestration might play in reducing New Zealand’s net…

Recognising ignorance

19 June 2024 2:45 am

In March this year, Treasurer Jim Chalmers asked the Productivity Commission (PC) to assess competition-enhancing reform options to reinvigorate the…

The Global Peace Summit hurt Ukraine

19 June 2024 2:15 am

Neighbours from all over gathered after a violent house invasion and wrung their hands. There were 90 of them. They…

Dutton opens debate on the Paris Climate Agreement

19 June 2024 2:00 am

According to certain sections of the media and the federal government, Peter Dutton’s commitment to scrapping Australia’s unachievable 2030 emissions…

Bannon behind bars

18 June 2024 10:34 pm

Former Trump administration aid, Steve Bannon, will serve a four-month prison sentence beginning in July. Bannon was charged as follows…

Should ‘Dictator Dan’ keep his Order of Australia?

18 June 2024 4:47 pm

A petition has been launched by the Leader of the Victorian Nationals to strip former Premier Daniel Andrews of his…

An interest rate cut for the Bank of England pre-election?

18 June 2024 3:00 am

With inflation having fallen fairly fast in Europe and the ECB having been the first to cut interest rates, surely…

Taiwan and Australia: She’ll be right, mate?

18 June 2024 2:30 am

From Taipei: One of the first things that struck me about Taiwan is that I felt like I was in…