In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
The class lines of rape
Whenever I write about rape the articles are usually pretty popular around my own set of feminists, I’m not sure…
Picking your poison
There are no perfect choices in human affairs. We are always in the game of trying to find the least…
The ‘corporate greed’ fallacy
At a recent campaign event in North Carolina, Kamala Harris became the latest politician to diagnose corporate greed as the…
How to see the US election
We are under three months out from the US election. Let me give you two different analyses of what will…
Taming the wildfires
As we approach Spring, there is a heightened chance that wildfires might develop across Australia. The perennial question as to…
Could Australian keyboard warriors be extradited to the UK?
It is only natural for people who follow politics closely to reflect on the anti-immigration riots that sprang up in…
Gene-splicing our way to success?
Having only recently re-watched the superb Jurassic Park Spielberg film based on Michael Crichton’s book (of the same name), I…
Labor’s recession we didn’t have to have
Federal spending is set to increase to its highest level since the mid-1980s, pandemic spending aside, at 26.6 per cent…
Welcome to Country!
Stuart Ballantyne explains why the Human Rights Commission should be chasing him
We Brits never realised how good we had it under Boris Johnson
Was it worth losing him over a bit of cake?
Rome was exhausted by its greatness. Are we next?
Modern male thoughts gravitate to the Roman Empire
Women and wealth: inheriting $3.2 trillion in the next decade
What a turnabout. Half a century ago feminism was all about celebrating women’s success. There was huge excitement about women’s…
Defending Dave: Australia’s biggest online rally for free speech
Aussies send stern warning to politicians and bureaucrats
Dave Pellowe reported to HRC for replacing Welcome to Country with Psalm 24:1
The Church and State Australia (CSA) ministry founder, Dave Pellowe, faces a complaint put before the Queensland Human Rights Commission…
Miracle worker Tim’s stellar career in the Labor circus
Say what you like about Tim Pallas – his career achievements are, by any measure, remarkable. From abattoir worker to…
UK puts misogyny and Islamic terrorism on an equal footing
UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has announced Labour’s plan to expand the Terrorism Act of 2000 to incorporate acts of…
Brazil first to fall in the free speech wars
Elon Musk has announced that X (formally Twitter) has decided to close its office in Brazil to protect the safety…
Did the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra reinvent the art of crisis apology?
When any organisation makes a sharp U-turn on a corporate policy or pronouncement – often with a ‘We’re sorry for…
The Church of England and the neo-Marxist war on language
News that the Church of England has ditched the ‘church’ bit for the sake of appearing more ‘modern’ is both…
Mount Warning: the NSW government’s great divide
Ladies and gentlemen, gather ‘round for a backstory that’s more convoluted than an Australian Olympic breakdancer. Mount Warning, a place…
Contrasting attitudes to logging ancient trees in the UK and Australia
Last September, the British people woke to a crime that seemed to echo across the United Kingdom. The Sycamore Gap…
The tech giant and the president: an affair of common sense
Donald Trump’s conversation with tech billionaire and besieged free speech warrior Elon Musk was full of surprises. While debates between…
Editor’s picks
Magazine
Minister Marles unfit for military service
Why are we flogging off our historic military assets?
Can Taylor fix the broken covenant?
First, he must re-establish Liberal authority
Taylor to the rescue
There’s a new conservative Liberal leader in town. Get behind him
