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

Twenty truths from the Rogan-Vance interview which show the Old Left is the New Right

2 November 2024 7:09 pm

We are currently living in a time where the old-Left are now the centre-Right. That’s because more and more people…

Whistleblower police

2 November 2024 2:23 pm

The feminists have it all sewn up. All it took was very effective bullying of politicians to have draconian legislation…

Academic elites and the status quo

2 November 2024 11:54 am

Western universities have often prided themselves on being places of open debate, where all viewpoints could be heard, criticised, and…

The path to falling university rankings is paved with bureaucratic intentions

1 November 2024 11:16 pm

Regulation of speech leads to regulation of thought

Values, ethics: what’s the difference?

1 November 2024 10:48 pm

In response to a decision by Jeff Bezos, the owner of the Washington Post, not to endorse a Presidential candidate,…

Albo’s flight upgrade saga reflects self-entitlement culture

1 November 2024 2:58 pm

We are living in an age of self-entitlement. Former AFR columnist Joe Aston’s ‘story about power in the shadows’ has…

Once we were…

1 November 2024 10:25 am

The Guinness Book of Records was a big thing in the 1970s. Every house had a copy. The book contained all…

Queensland: free of Labor, but not yet free

1 November 2024 8:57 am

Allow me to offer my congratulations to the people of Queensland. We have freed ourselves from the inexcusable abuse perpetrated…

Will this election Make America Cheat Again?

31 October 2024 7:56 pm

‘Who could imagine that Kamala has any support … are Americans asleep?’ Or so read the text message from a…

Chalk and cheese

31 October 2024 12:43 am

Treading the thin line between Harris and Trump supporters on the US West Coast

The Covid Inquiry

30 October 2024 11:59 pm

Much of the responsibility for the Covid controversy has remained buried, particularly the role of medical advice and its use…

Grifting Greens became the regime

30 October 2024 1:52 am

Like all good revolutions, the Greens’ attempt has ended with a fatal, self-inflicted wound. What started as a positive, well-meaning,…

The final hoax

30 October 2024 1:22 am

Betting markets have firmed decisively in Trump’s favour; polls are tightening and trending towards the former President; and Harris’ campaign…

An open letter to the Honourable David Crisafulli MP

29 October 2024 11:57 pm

Dear Premier, First off, congrats! Here you are, keys to the kingdom in hand – and what a kingdom it…

German manufacturing is dying a green death

29 October 2024 4:52 pm

Volkswagen intends to close three factories in Germany. Their demise will see the execution of tens of thousands of highly-skilled…

The Great Global Greening Hoax: why we should fear a flourishing planet

29 October 2024 10:24 am

In today’s world, where common sense has packed its bags and gone bush, we’re faced with a new, dire threat…

Visa warfare, a tool for censorship?

29 October 2024 12:56 am

Are visas being used as weapons in the culture wars? Granting or denying a visa tarnishes the reputation of political…

Ten highlights from the Trump-Rogan interview

28 October 2024 7:16 pm

There can be little doubt that we are living in an age of disruption. One of the most compelling examples…

Debate is hate: Brazil’s tricky relationship with X

28 October 2024 12:29 pm

Justice Alexandre De Moraes announced the reversal of Brazil’s X ban earlier this month. In a decision published online, De…

Deaths of despair can be avoided

28 October 2024 12:09 pm

I have in front of me the final report of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. I am…

Painted into the climate change corner

28 October 2024 1:00 am

While Anthony Albanese welcomed the King, warming to climate action the other day in Samoa, I was enjoying a BBQ…

Labor backs away from the scary green monster

27 October 2024 9:44 pm

The LNP’s decision to preference Labor over the Greens seems to have manoeuvred them out of power. ‘If Labor and…

Labor’s green gang is killing it

27 October 2024 7:41 pm

Much is being said about the Greens’ ‘failure’ in the Queensland election. At the time of writing, the Greens have…

Dissecting the socialist mind

27 October 2024 6:14 pm

When discussing the Queensland election with an acquaintance, I lambasted the transgressions of the Miles Labor government which has since…

Crisafulli will be the next Queensland premier

27 October 2024 3:30 am

‘Tonight, Queenslanders voted for change. Tonight, Queenslanders voted for David Crisafulli!’ Or so went the new Premier’s intro and standing…