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Louise Clegg is right about the Teals. Now, the hard part…
I should declare a bias. I have always been a little wary of Louise Clegg’s view of the world, partly…
Chris Bowen doesn’t need a Khemlani, he’s got you and me
Could Bowen’s Green Dreams lead to a Dismissal 2.0 for Albanese and his money-wasting government?
Flight 1073 and what we can learn from modern-day Spartans
After a terror attack, Israel arms its citizens while the Australian government disarms theirs
Multiculturalism and the great Australian levelling
With One Nation now polling at or above Labor and the Liberal-National Coalition a distant third, Australia appears to be…
Iran needs another Cyrus the Great
One day the people of Iran will be free. Who will lead them to that freedom? That is the question...
ALBO, THE COFFEE WHISPERER – Labor might be the worst economic managers of all time | S3 Ep 22
In this episode… Albo’s ‘not-so-cheap’ coffee. ☕️ Is Jim Chalmers a good Treasurer? Is the 5% house deposit scheme causing…
Albo was the only person who thought coffee would get cheaper
In a classic case of not having a clue, Anthony Albanese has made himself out to be the goose we…
Who should we blame for high inflation?
Economists blame the RBA; the RBA blames the government; the government blames the Iran war. Everybody is correct.
The price of coffee could lose Albo the election
The price of coffee is set to become an election-defining issue after the Prime Minister was ridiculed and community-noted across…
Can beleaguered Victoria rise from Labor’s ashes?
With the ‘attention-sapping’ AFL football season over, many critical questions are starting to weigh on the minds of Victorian voters.…
Pauline Hanson: The problem woman (for the left)
Diversity? Equity? Inclusion? One Nation is the only major federal party in Australia with a female leader...
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AI’s show-me-the-money moment is approaching
Meanwhile, time is running out for the productivity promises
Marx and Engels made a deal, Mephistopheles giggled
Capitalism will be doing the heavy lifting in this new utopia
Penny Wong’s Iran excuse expired in 2019
Penny Wong has said a regime that must murder its own people to keep power has no legitimacy. Yet when…
Free speech: America is warning, Labor isn’t listening
Australia may find itself on the list of countries facing high tariffs, or even damaged diplomatic relation
The tunnels NAZA refuses to enter
The Venice prizewinner indicts Israel while avoiding the strategy that left Gaza civilians above ground and Hamas beneath it
They’re not Menzies’ forgotten people, they’re One Nation’s fed-up people
Watching re-runs of Landline the other night, I saw a business backed by Gina Rinehart get to air without the…
Care-share or build-spend?
The real trade-off in Australia’s ageing debate. How old will Australia be? How rich? How big? How different?
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