Opinion: First Nations Voice Bill 2023
Could we risk increased racism as a result of the Voice legislation introduced to South Australian Parliament? Apparently these are…
Macron is unwise to snub Meloni over Europe’s migrant crisis
Emmanuel Macron and Giorgia Meloni are no strangers to having a spat. The first was last autumn, about migrants; this…
Would Liz Truss’s ‘economic Nato’ work against China?
It was only a few weeks ago that Liz Truss started commenting on domestic policy again, speaking to The Spectator…
Blasphemy has become a risky business at British universities
You might have thought that of all the things that could get you in trouble on a university campus today,…
Why China could be Truss’s best hope for rehabilitation
This week two former Foreign Secretaries offered competing visions for how Britain should engage with China. On Wednesday, Philip Hammond…
Scotland will have a new leader on 27 March
So now we know: Scotland will get its new leader on 27 March. The rules that will determine how Sturgeon’s…
Sturgeon’s failure to create a better Scotland
Nicola Sturgeon always knew how to play the London media like a fiddle. Progressive views, plain speaking, ‘detesting’ the Tories…
Irreparably broken? The chaos continues with Indigenous politics
I recently wrote about our chaotic Federation. One of the three examples I cited was the confused management of ‘Indigenous…
The cope of self-love
On Valentine’s Day 2023, the number one hit on the pop charts was a song about a woman (Miley Cyrus)…
Tenants vs Landlords – a dystopian future?
As I travelled from Here-and-now to There-and-how along the Troublesome Track, I passed a new hospital on the outskirts of…
Colonial thieves…?
There’s no end to the Woke, cultural-left pushing ‘Yes’ to the Indigenous Voice in the nation’s classrooms. The left-leaning Australian…
On Labor’s Heraclitus: the fragments of socialism
There is no socialist solution to Australia's economy
South Park incinerates Harry and Meghan
If we hadn’t heard enough about ‘the Dumb Prince and His Stupid Wife’ – not Steerpike’s words – now South Park has…
Trump denounces ‘failed woke extremist’ Sturgeon
Reading some of the tributes from English luvvies yesterday, you would have had no idea that Nicola Sturgeon was anything…
Putin’s inhumane war strategy is backfiring
The war in Ukraine changed fundamentally after Vladimir Putin failed to capture Kyiv and decapitate the regime there a year…
The EU is mired in sleaze
The last year has not been good for the European Union’s image. The Qatargate scandal rumbles on. So far, apart…
Nicola Sturgeon was made – and destroyed – by independence
The greatest trick an ideologue can ever pull off is convincing people they are not, in fact, an ideologue. But…
The vilification of Margaret Court
The little-known American indie rock musician, Phoebe Bridgers, was performing at the Margaret Court arena in Melbourne recently when she…
The criminalisation of ordinariness
As Covid madness (or megalomaniacal plans, according to your worldview) took over our lives, various authorities and authoritarian tendencies in…
A paean to the single cat lady
In recent years, Republican candidates and media figures have become increasingly critical of one portion of the population. At the…
Coles clings to vaccine mandates
Coles is the only major supermarket in Australia that continues to employ discriminatory Covid vaccination mandates for workers. This is…
In the words of a great song: you’re the voice
I wanted to be an Aboriginal when I was a kid. I remember reading The Rainbow Serpent by Dick Roughsey…
Energy crisis: households pay for safety mechanism
The energy crisis that became real for many Australians in 2022 is at severe risk of becoming the norm. Last…
A Republican presidential field with no Texans?
The biggest open secret in Texas politics is now public knowledge. For months, it’s been known that Ted Cruz will…
Anita Dunn and Bob Bauer: meet Biden’s clean-up couple
Joe Biden’s personal attorney Bob Bauer once berated the commander-in-chief at his Wilmington home. Biden couldn’t get a word in…
