In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
The age of AI and nuclear energy is coming
There are certain inevitable outcomes which the future holds both worldwide and therefore in Australia. The influence of artificial intelligence…
The net cost of the Coalition
Friends and foes alike are urging the Liberals and the Nationals to continue as a Coalition, but the cost of…
Of saints and sinners
One is dead and likely to be proclaimed a saint at some time, and the other is alive and performing…
Why the nation needs the Nationals to ditch Net Zero
After a couple of weeks of wound-licking following the election, the Coalition has blown apart. Whilst their signature policy to…
Pro-life movement gathers force in NSW
On Wednesday May 7, pro-life ‘rallyers’ came together in Sydney outside of the NSW Parliament House to protest the Greens’…
The Liberal Party’s women problem
While Australians are worried about the housing shortage and how to pay expensive electricity bills, the Liberal Party frets about…
David Crisafulli to the United Nations: ‘You don’t control me!’
Well damn… I confess, I didn’t have David Crisafulli sporting the biggest balls in Australian politics on my Bingo card,…
John Howard, Tony Abbott, and John Anderson weigh in
The stately figures of the Liberal Party have weighed in on the Coalition split, but stopped short of giving policy…
How the right can recapture ‘Greens-land’
I live in probably the greenest part of Australia, politically speaking. My local, state, and federal representatives in inner-city Brisbane…
Victoria: financially and morally bankrupt
Victoria has had just two Treasurers in 11 years – both have played central roles in bankrupting the state. It…
A very different perspective on the Coalition’s divorce
The meteoric rise of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK Party this year, which I predicted in The Spectator Australia last July,…
Save the last dance: Tim Wilson defeats Zoe Daniel
Tim Wilson has lived out the fantasy of every wet Liberal by retaking a Teal seat. It is a victory…
Victoria’s basket-case a harbinger for Albo’s Australia
From Shanghai: The Victorian Budget, delivered on May 20, foreshadows the Albanese government’s policy direction. Victoria’s basket-case economy mirrors federal…
Coalition split a disaster for conservatives, at least in the short term
Today’s bombshell announcement by Nationals Leader, David Littleproud, that his party is ending its Coalition agreement with the Liberals, adds…
I hate to say it, but the Nats need to split
From Shanghai: Sir Robert Menzies is my political hero. I’ve written about him for the Robert Menzies Institute and to…
Everyone has lost control of the digital age
American conservatives currently riding the Streetcar Named American Democracy could well imagine they’re seeing the hated Streetcar Named Woke rumbling…
Albo’s Disraeli moment: stealing the Coalition’s clothes
Post-election commentary has focused on the various leadership changes for both the Coalition and government front bench. Much more important,…
The end is nigh for Chris Bowen’s Net Zero
The UK is living our future with the public turning on green energy
Albanese’s ‘progressive patriotism’ scares me
Anthony Albanese’s ‘progressive patriotism’ scares the shit out of me, and it’s not only because his Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, wants…
The cost-of-living’s dirty secret
Every Australian voiced an opinion about the cost-of-living crisis during the months leading into the Australian federal election. The election…
The smoking ruins of Mordor
As we stand amidst the black, smoking ruins of the 2025 election, there are two or three small green shoots.…
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