The science of bushfires is settled (part 1)
If there were an academy award for the most histrionic response to Australia’s bushfires, it would be hard to go…
The science of bushfires is settled (part 2)
Have you noticed how chaotic and wasteful eucalypts are? They have branches that grow in all directions and lengths and…
Keep an eye out for Israel Derangement Syndrome
I am not a psychiatrist, but I’ve observed a kind of psychosis in far-left activists of the West who claim…
Alice in Wokeland
‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it…
Brown study
The decision that the Morrison government seems to have taken to appoint a royal commission into the bush fires is…
Gone with the Windsors
These are tumultuous times for the Royal Family. No one was surprised when Meghan Markle, a former TV actress from…
You come at the Trump, you best not miss
The third presidential impeachment in US history has now reached the Senate. Like the first two, this one is almost…
Impeachment is now just another bludgeon in the armory of political warfare
A couple of days ago, members of the United States House of Representatives processed with all their accustomed pomp and dignity…
Is Labour heading for another Kinnock moment?
‘You end in the grotesque chaos of a Labour council – a Labour council – hiring taxis to scuttle round…
Let Big Ben bong for Brexit day
Something deeply embarrassing is happening in our country. It is not entirely clear why, but in an act of extreme…
David Attenborough is making the same mistake as Greta Thunberg
It wasn’t so long ago that Sir David Attenborough came across as a calm voice of reason. His much-admired documentaries…
PVO and the great republican two-step stumble
While Australia’s constitution was finally approved — ratified — by the Australian colonial people in 1900, the process of choosing…
Bushfires: we deserve more than a heads or tails debate
Reach for the nearest coin you have and place the coin flat on your palm. I don’t particularly care which…
Sports Rorts revisited: Bridget’s big boo-boo
In 1996, I was interim chief of staff to new health minister, Michael Wooldridge. I occupied a small room next…
If the impeachment trial is ‘a joke’, who’s having the last laugh?
Yet another dubious figure whom Donald Trump barely knows. This time it’s Lev Parnas, the Michael Cohen of 2020. ‘I…
My evening with the Bernie Bros
The stench of beer and cheap deodorant filled the bar in which the ‘Bernie Bros’ were meeting. The scene looked…
MPs need an alternative career path to just becoming a minister
Parliament feels rather quiet at the moment, and it’s not just because there are no longer constant knife-edge votes on…
Doctor Woke
Fiction has become a medium for writers and actors to treat their audience as morally inferior dolts in need of…
Megxit is a diplomatic nightmare
The government has wisely kept away from the Harry and Meghan story so far. Despite that, no one should imagine…
Sasha Zhoya, watch out. There’s karma on the athletics field, too
It is never too late for a New Year resolution and I hope Australia soon nails this one #Australiasmartenup! Pulling…
The hunt is on for Putin’s successor
Putin does like to spring a surprise. The first hour or so of his state of the nation address yesterday…
Lessons for the left from a list of losses
First, it was Brexit in 2016. A few months later it was Trump. In May this year, Australia was stunned…
What’s woke this week? Meet the Duchess of Wuss-ex
‘Megxit’ has been the talk of the globe this week and much has been said about the dawn of a…
There’s a long way to go before Trump can declare victory in his trade war
There is no shortage of quotes by Donald Trump that his opponents have tried to use against him — few…
Trump must be unsettled by the impeachment developments
So Lev Parnas is now swanning about with Rachel Maddow? It seems that Maddow scored an exclusive interview with Parnas…
