In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
The future will be built by sustainable coal
From the National Press Club: I know many conservatives are not huge fans of the mainstream media, but we shouldn’t…
The green mirage destroying Australia
Australia’s headlong rush to Net Zero by 2050 is not just misguided policy, it is a deliberate economic wrecking ball…
Moderates roll Brad Battin with pro-Voice Jess Wilson
First female Victorian Liberal leader to set a new agenda
Andrew Hastie: the Liberals’ last lifeline
Andrew Hastie’s bid for the leadership isn’t just another chapter in the party’s factional saga. It is the Liberals’ Last…
NSW Liberals can lead on energy
The NSW energy debate has drifted further from reality with each passing year. Politicians chase targets, oppositions trade slogans, and…
Speculation rife that Andrew Hastie’s time has come
Too much listening. Not enough doing. Liberal Leader Sussan Ley was warned from the start that her softly-softly approach to…
We are not Robespierre’s children
The three momentous mistakes we currently make are not to bend all our efforts to fix economic growth and therefore…
The trouble is nobody believes Sussan Ley
Devastating poll results shows One Nation closing in on Coalition
Is the Coalition up for the Net Zero fight?
In November 2009, the Liberal Party, led by Malcolm Turnbull, resolved to support the then-Rudd government’s emissions trading scheme, that…
One Nation accuses Labor of being ‘hypocrites on the world stage’
Why is coal suddenly Net Zero when burned in China?
Donald Trump says he will sue BBC for ‘$1-5 billion’
An audio file taken from Air Force One appears to feature President Donald Trump confirming his intention to sue the…
The Australian Right needs a touch of Disraelian style and glamour
Some of my clever political friends have recently started to refer to me, wryly, as the secret and powerful Disraeli…
Now they are policing facial expressions
Rolling your eyes at progressive politics could land you in trouble
Coal: What should the Liberals do?
In 1897, in response to a newspaper report that he had died, American writer Mark Twain said, ‘The report of…
The Dismissal, 50 years on
As the years roll by, the question: ‘Where were you on the day of The Dismissal?’ becomes less frequent every…
We have forgotten the terror of mob rule
In Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend, Robert Neville is the last man alive. A mysterious plague has transformed humanity into…
Racial discrimination and its reflections in today’s world
Racial discrimination is one of the oldest and most enduring wounds in human history. This phenomenon, rooted in fear, ignorance,…
Dropping targets is not the same as scrapping Net Zero
The Liberal Party has not dropped Net Zero. They have merely ditched the official Net Zero 2030 and 2050 targets…
Concerns raised over new Voluntary Assisted Dying Laws
On Sunday, November 3, 2025, around 50 people gathered on the lawns outside the ACT Legislative Assembly for a rally…
Crime, state debt, mental health – all out of control in Victoria
The once proud State of Victoria is facing an existential crisis without parallel in its 174-year history. Taxpayers are rightly fretting over…
