No, Boris Johnson didn’t mislead parliament
The PM did not lie to the House of Commons. Now, ordinarily what goes on inside the House of Commons…
Olaf Scholz is becoming Putin’s most valuable ally
If you think that Boris Johnson’s parties in Downing Street constitute a serious matter of state, you might want to…
Can the Queen’s Jubilee spark a royal recovery?
I don’t know. Three words rarely uttered by commentators seeking a paid berth on a television studio sofa or a…
Frivolous games or serious politics?
How a war changes things… It was only a few short months ago that Boris Johnson’s prime ministership looked distinctly…
What people get wrong about fusionism
To suggest that the American conservative philosophy of fusionism was a mistake is often to betray one’s confusion about the…
Steering clear of the WorkChoices-IR trap
Calls by ‘big end of towners’ for industrial relations reforms amount to little more than kicking election campaign goals for the union…
‘Blessed’ or a bigot?
Like the Prime Minister, I’m blessed to have healthy children. And if you believe senior Labor politicians, that makes me…
Albanese is riding solo
With around a month left before the federal election, Anthony Albanese finds himself in a similar position that Prime Minister…
Macron vs Le Pen debate: le verdict
Who won Wednesday night’s debate between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen depends on who is doing the scoring. In…
Why I stand shoulder to shoulder with Deves
The death threats that Katherine Deves is now receiving are a direct result of the corrupted journalism that is performed in this…
Sweden is burning again
Sweden has seen streets riots before. The country has witnessed attacks on police and rescue workers. But what played out this…
Le Pen drives Paris mad. That’s why her voters love her
When asked to define Marine Le Pen in a single word, a majority of French people came up with ‘cats’…
Banning Russian players from Wimbledon will backfire
We need to talk about Russophobia. There really is no other word for the swiftness with which Russian sportspeople and…
Have we hit peak Netflix?
This time last year, Netflix was fêted as the future of television. Its subscriptions grew by 30 per cent over 2020…
So, you want a federal corruption watchdog?
What constitutes corruption for a watchdog? Merriam-Webster Definition of corruption 1a: dishonest or illegal behavior especially by powerful people (such as…
The fertility paradox – poverty vs prosperity
The world population had risen from 2.5 billion in 1950, to 6 billion in 2000, and now sits at over…
Protecting women is not a ‘dead cat strategy’
It was a mistake for Zali Steggall to refer to the protection of women, girls, and children as a ‘dead…
Unexplained pregnancies at the women-only Edna Mahan Correctional Facility
[Calm down, it’s satire.] Two inmates at a women-only prison are reportedly pregnant after getting a little too friendly with…
Johnson’s partygate apology ploy
Boris Johnson bundled his Commons apology for breaking Covid laws together with an update on Ukraine because he wanted to…
How the left silence women – starting with Deves
The vicious demonisation of Warringah Liberal candidate Katherine Deves is the latest attempt to silence women who speak out about…
Former Tory chief whip calls for Boris to quit
It never rains for No. 10 but it pours. After both Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak were last week fined…
Sri Lanka’s descent into chaos
Colombo, Sri Lanka Some 13 years after the end of a civil war that saw 100,000 deaths, Sri Lanka is…
Is Joe Biden’s Easter bunny running the country?
Cockburn has long regarded the Easter bunny as the least convincing of all the holiday-themed characters. Give him jelly beans,…
The Northern Ireland elections could break the Union
Belfast, Northern Ireland Phillip Brett was just nine years old the night a neighbour called to say his brother, Gavin,…
Criminalising ‘cyberflashing’ is a waste of time
It’s a fact of life that at any given time, a woman’s social media messages will be filled with three…
