In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
One Nation, the Liberal collapse, and Australia’s populist reckoning
When I wrote about One Nation’s rise earlier this year, the polling was startling. The question was whether it would…
Strike out academic nonsense
In the geological past, I sat on the engineering and earth science and major equipment committees of the Australian Research…
The Isfahan discrepancy
When an American F-15E Strike Eagle was brought down over Iran on April 3 by a shoulder-fired missile, the Pentagon…
Dob in a servo? How very un-Australian
We would be far better off with a ‘dob in a useless politician’ scheme
Our youth are impressionable, but not stupid
The Age of Woke is over and young people know they were lied to...
Can the Liberals win back Victoria?
The Herald Sun posted a non-April Fools’ piece on April 1 suggesting that the findings of an investigation ‘could deliver a devastating…
Free online therapy from a headache-inducing government
There is something uniquely insane about the Labor Party spending the best part of 2025 demonising social media, the internet, and…
Australian decadence
Is Australia a ‘decadent’ society? The term ‘decadence’ implies promiscuity. But, as American writer Ross Douthat explains, it’s a term…
The US guaranteed its oil, why can’t Australia?
We are held back by a dithering class of politicians
Should the ABC be privatised? A modest valuation…
There is something exquisitely self-referential about the ABC reporting on its own strike. It is the media equivalent of a…
Liberals are fools to support social media censorship
As Everett Dirksen once memorably said, there is an evil party and a stupid party. Sometimes, both parties come together…
Artemis foul? The future of space has a distinct Musk about it
On Wednesday, NASA lit the fuse on its Artemis II rocket, and the world watched four astronauts begin the first…
Three minutes of absolutely nothing
In 1979, US President Jimmy Carter went on national television during an oil crisis and delivered a 32-minute address diagnosing…
Net Zero nations trapped in mad race for oil
World leaders attempt to ‘talk open’ the Strait of Hormuz
The new rotten boroughs of accountability
Technology should not replace Parliament; it should discipline it
The breach of trust fuelling One Nation
One Nation is now the most intriguing phenomenon in Australian politics. Thirty years after Pauline Hanson first entered federal Parliament,…
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Thirty years boiling the frog
The technocrats lied to the bush. Now we are paying the price
Enlightenment is not a dirty word
Intellectuals ignore the fertile ground they spring from
