Is this the week Boris Johnson’s luck finally runs out?
‘Is he lucky?’ Napoleon demanded to know of one of his generals. When Sue Gray’s partygate report is released in…
Farewell to freedom
At face value, the 2022 federal election is a run-of-the-mill change of government election. In the post-Menzies era, the average…
The media’s obsession with crucifying Scomo
Scott Morrison and his faith have been the subject of national discussion for three years, and yet journalists still don’t…
Election 2022: lessons and consequences
This year’s federal election was insane. It was chaotic. It was all over the place. And it has catastrophic consequences…
Progressive or conservative? Αsk Deves
O me miserum; mea culpa! and other Latin phrases of a similar kind. The worst federal government in many years…
The rich vote Left
The least conservative Liberal (and National) government in Australia’s history lost last weekend. There was no enthusiastic move to Labor.…
Is this (rough) democratic justice?
In December 1989, the Queensland National Party government lost power after 32 years in office. As David Barnett recounts in…
Keneally is Labor’s Kryptonite
Of the many federal election strands still being forensically examined – one at least is resolved. Former Labor high-flyer, Kristina…
Climate Change: the wolf that isn’t there
The amount of carbon dioxide emitted by human activity into the Earth’s atmosphere is about the equivalent of a grain…
Kooyong and Wentworth: the nowhere lands
There’s no doubt that Scott Morrison’s perceived arrogance, the small target strategy employed by the ALP, and the success of…
How Scott Morrison was defeated in Australia
‘Scott Morrison is empathetic – without the “em”.’ Those words, spoken on Friday by the Labor party frontbencher Jason Clare,…
Russia’s anti-Putin backlash is gathering strength
The backlash in Russia to Putin’s war is now visibly getting underway. For the first time, the President risks becoming…
When appearing virtuous kills virtue
‘Don’t judge a book by its cover.’ As overused, meaningless phrases go, that’s one for the ages. It’s also blatantly…
Rowan Dean’s election comment
Scott Morrison and the Coalition did not lose government last night. They lost it on November 1 last year, when…
Labor’s boats are back
The votes haven’t been counted for Saturday’s federal election, but the boats are already on their way. Illegal immigration used…
Inside Russia’s military collapse in Ukraine
The Russian military has performed far worse in Ukraine than anyone could ever have predicted. After failing to take Kyiv,…
Albanese should support Scomo’s super access
Labor politicians and union representatives need a failsafe check on their emotional outbursts whenever the Liberal Party proposes changes to…
Compulsory voting keeps Australia conservative
Election time brings with it the old complaints of libertarians and the lazy who mumble about having to make their…
Hydrogen – the magic rainbow gas
If you believe in the tooth fairy, or vote Green, you probably believe that hydrogen is the magic rainbow gas…
Pandemic Treaty: sign here?
It beggars belief. After two and a half years in which a cohort of left-leaning politicians, elite bureaucrats, over-zealous health…
The end of religious freedom in Hong Kong
China’s war on Christianity continues at a fast and furious rate
Australian notes
On this page last election eve I wrote, ‘Mums and dads across the country look set to elect a Labor…
