Joel Fitzgibbon’s departure shows the new fault line in Australian politics
Joel Fitzgibbon’s resignation as shadow minister for resources and agriculture and his departure to the Labor backbench is symptomatic of the new fault-line in…
The wars go on
America’s longest war has just entered its 20th year. The US invaded Afghanistan in October 2001 to overthrow the Taliban…
Trade with Chinese characteristics?
Wine. Barley. Beef. Lobsters. Sugar. Timber. Copper. Thermal coal. These are important Australian exports which are increasingly being used as…
Biden’s NeverTrump transition
Former Vice President Joe Biden hasn’t yet been officially certified as the winner of the 2020 presidential election and the…
The unbearable niceness of Canadians is driving us to destruction
While Americans spent last week panicking about the state of their democracy, north of the border we were having a…
Pfizer’s Covid vaccine is a victory for the free market
There are still safety trials to be completed. Data has to be collected, checked, double-checked, and then peer-reviewed. And we…
The need to concede
The political and emotional climax of US presidential elections comes when the losing candidate, accompanied by a teary spouse, tersely…
It’s not all sunshine and lollipops – for the US or here
Following their declaration of the United States presidential election results for Joe Biden, there has been great surprise expressed by…
Tasmania’s euthanasia diehards
Euthanasia is being considered by the Tasmanian Parliament for the fourth time in 11 years, proving that some things just…
In praise of Big Pharma
In the last decade, the mega corporation has taken a lot of stick from just about everyone. But hold on.…
Could Trump really call out the troops?
It is extraordinary to have to ask the question: can Donald Trump somehow use United States’ armed forces to stay…
There’s no such thing as an unbiased journalist
There’s no such thing as an unbiased journalist. It’s long believed that the role of the news media is to…
Who needs the Australia Card when you can do a Xi Jinping?
My. How soon people forget. In 1985, at the national tax summit, the Labor Government proposed the Australia Card: The…
Pfizer U-turns at warp speed
Pfizer announced Monday that a coronavirus vaccine the company was working on had proven to be 90 percent effective at…
The Democrats’ civil war begins
There is, as our presumptive and somewhat presumptuous President Malaprop told us on Sunday, a time to plant and a…
Goldblunder
On Friday last, November 6, the Australian Taxation Office had a serious legal bomb blow up in its face. It’s…
Will the Pfizer vaccine live up to the hype?
So is this the big turning point? Markets certainly seem to think so. No sooner had news broken that the…
The cowardice of an ‘anti-fascist’ video game company
Anti-fascism isn’t a game. You can’t preen yourself and say you oppose dictatorship and the power of the mob, then…
Why do American journalists take Trump so seriously?
You don’t need to know any more about Stephen Colbert than that he is an American political broadcaster and satirist…
America, remember the Australian ballot? Here are more electoral wonders from Down Under to try
What a mess. You know what I mean, so I’m not going to list all the problems and alleged irregularities…
The collapse of American progressivism
In the early hours of Wednesday, with Joe Biden appearing to trail Donald Trump in the key states of Michigan…
Why it’s fine to talk about ‘Dictator Dan’
For those who count themselves, as I do, among the #DictatorDan crowd, whether full-throated or privately enthusiastic, the decision in…
The Biden win: a grave mistake?
Data from the official Michigan government voter index indicates that a man who died in 1984 voted in the United States presidential…
Gee, Leigh. Donald Trump is Robert Mugabe?
I’m old enough to remember when journalists gave us the news and we added our own prejudice. These days journalists…
How will the Trump presidency end?
Donald Trump will not go quietly into the good night. In fact, he seems determined to leave the office with…
