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

Victoria: the trauma bond is real

28 November 2022 4:00 am

On Saturday night, I was sitting in an auditorium with about 13,000 other fellow ‘cookers’*. We were in attendance listening…

Danistan reborn

27 November 2022 9:48 am

Well, Victorians better get ready for their dear leader to immortalise himself in bronze. Once a Premier has served (ruled?)…

Pull up! Pull up!

27 November 2022 7:00 am

The test pilot was the fourth to try and figure out why the new plane kept crashing. The previous three…

Fan-baiting: the toxic culture of Hollywood progressives

27 November 2022 4:00 am

Bros is a gay romcom written by and starring Billy Eichner. The critics, we are told, love it. If you…

The Leftism I used to know

26 November 2022 3:08 pm

I need to confess my deepest, darkest secret. Back when I was a political amateur, not knowing any better, I…

Woolworths: let’s go Bradford!

26 November 2022 12:58 pm

I was heartened to hear of Woolworths volte-face concerning its despicable vaccine mandate policy. Nevertheless, despite the passage of time…

Jordan Peterson: conservatism’s spiritual leader?

26 November 2022 4:00 am

Canadian political commentator and best-selling author Jordan Peterson – best known for helping young men put their lives back together…

Keep your vote out of the swamp. Victorians, read this before Saturday!

25 November 2022 7:57 pm

There’s a party running in the Victorian Election tomorrow that goes by the name of ‘Sack Dan Andrews – Restore…

Lacking a spine? Vic Libs and the Renee Heath controversy

25 November 2022 4:18 pm

The state of Victoria has served up yet another watershed moment in the decline of freedom of association. Back in…

The permanent revolution or a conservative renaissance?

25 November 2022 1:30 pm

Whatever the result of this Saturday’s Victorian election, one thing is for sure: there will be no conservative renaissance south…

Ignore the French, the next war requires nuclear subs

25 November 2022 10:00 am

Do armchair warriors really believe our submariners should fight in obsolete diesel-electric submarines in defence of our nation? Making the performative…

Victoria: divide and conquer

25 November 2022 9:51 am

The Victorian Premier leads by diversion, distraction, and division. He doesn’t answer journalists’ questions – diverting their attention to another…

Davos deities and the Schwabian dystopia

25 November 2022 4:00 am

Several years ago The Spectator Australia Editor and Sky News Australia host Rowan Dean said that it’s ‘a hardcore leftist eco-horror show replete with…

Australian law-making needs repair

24 November 2022 1:20 pm

Australian federal and state governments fall well short of good practice in developing and deciding policies that affect us all.…

Victoria’s looming energy disaster

24 November 2022 11:42 am

A centrepiece of Victorian Premier Dan Andrews’ campaign is to renationalise Victoria’s privately owned electricity businesses. He claims that the…

The pandemic pushers need to stop

24 November 2022 7:00 am

During the WHO press conference on global health issues on November 9, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced that since…

Victorian Labor: trashing public trust

24 November 2022 4:00 am

As Victorians head to the polls this Saturday they’re deciding much more than who controls the state’s finances for the…

Vic Liberals under threat from Teal insurgency

23 November 2022 3:07 pm

If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, walks like a duck, and steals bread off tourists like…

Are Victorians waking up to government abuse?

23 November 2022 1:17 pm

There are two prevailing moods in Victoria ahead of the election on November 26 – and they both start with…

US strengthens women’s sport protections – Thorpe rallies against them

23 November 2022 11:31 am

In a landmark ruling last week, a US federal court has rejected the Biden administration’s bid to redefine ‘sex’ to include ‘sexual…

Air-brushed Islam?

23 November 2022 7:00 am

The Islamic Museum of Australia (IMA), lavishly funded by state and federal grants, presents an air-brushed fictional picture of Islam…

Big spenders: AEC reveals cashed-up Teals

23 November 2022 4:00 am

The Australian Electoral Commission’s Transparency Register has revealed how much money the Teal Independents spent at the recent 2022 Federal…

Should Australia freeze out foreign buyers?

22 November 2022 4:10 pm

Canada has banned foreign ownership of residential real estate for two years to ‘cool’ an overheated housing market. Official information…

(Don’t) vote like a woman

22 November 2022 2:36 pm

In Vote Like a Woman, a substack article posted prior to the American midterms, Naomi Wolf urged female voters to reward…

Local government or bureaucratic symbolism?

22 November 2022 1:07 pm

One of the great things about our federal system is that local governments ensure local issues are dealt with by…