Fake constitutional change
The 20th Anniversary of the landslide victory by the rank-and-file over a juggernaut of Australia’s elites —the mainstream media, most…
ScoMo settles in
It’s Sunday, so it must be Biarritz! Prime Minister Scott Morrison could be forgiven for losing his bearings over the…
Vale Tim Fischer
Tim Fischer’s penultimate speech in the House of Representatives was in response to a motion condemning the September 11 terrorist…
Can we find Bill Kristol a new job?
With millions of people unemployed, finding a new job for a well-heeled Washington insider might seem like a low priority…
The DNC would rather lose than nominate Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard is arguably the most interesting woman in American politics today. A combat veteran from the Iraq war, the…
Boris Johnson’s Parliament shutdown isn’t unconstitutional
Has Boris Johnson done a Charles I and shut down Parliament indefinitely? The headlines this week might lead you to…
How Boris Johnson boxed his Brexit opponents in
As a Leave voter, it is satisfying to watch Boris’s Johnson’s bold Brexit plan unfold. The predictable backlash to it…
Abortion euphemisms
National Public Radio is the United States equivalent of the ABC, broadcast by the ABC every day of the week.…
Press freedom – is the ABC self-censoring to advance its own agendas?
Much has been said about the freedom of the press in recent weeks. There have been several important confabs about…
What will the Tory and Labour election campaigns look like?
We know that the Conservatives are gearing up for an election in the next few months. Their official line is…
Why you’ll pay for a tax on digital services, not the multinationals
The proposed ‘digital services tax’) floated by Communications Minister Paul Fletcher will harm Australian social media and search engine users…
The rage against Boris
This morning, a petition demanding ‘Do not prorogue Parliament’ is doing the rounds. At the time of writing, more than…
It’s time for Boris Johnson’s opponents to decide what they want
Boris Johnson sees method in and admires some of Trump’s apparent madness: not the ‘send them home’ abusive chants about ethnic…
Wally World logic, deciphered
The latest on Brexit from Dr Waleed Aly, the noted Monash University political scientist and public intellectual: British Prime Minister…
Free thought is bad for you, philosophers decree
Last year, Bryan W. Van Norden, professor of philosophy at Wuhan University, Yale-NUS College and Vassar College (and the author…
It’s now law: Danandrewstan has more (gender) varieties than Heinz
Remember when you were young and driving around the country on lengthy trips? Often you would alleviate the boredom by…
How Aboriginals are abused by the new PC paternalism
But know, that I alone am king of me. I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the…
Boris Johnson’s Brexit strategy gives MPs a simple choice
Talking to various figures in Government today, it is clear that Boris Johnson’s team want the choice for MPs to…
Will the no-deal opponents finally get their act together?
So what now for the opponents of no deal? Boris Johnson has dramatically called their bluff, and as Mr Steerpike…
Johnson confirms he will prorogue parliament
Downing Street has just confirmed that the Prime Minister will be asking the Queen to prorogue parliament ahead of a…
When regulators roam out of control
Ask Australian business people and industry representatives in formal meetings about our nation’s regulatory burden, and you will be told…
Why vegetarianism leaves you limp
With the recent news of the vegan ‘food fad’ abuse of a little girl who, at 20 months can’t walk,…
Is the Chancellor’s cancelled speech another sign an early election is looming?
Sajid Javid has this afternoon cancelled a speech he was due to give tomorrow, and brought forward the one-year spending…
Europe’s politicians should be terrified of a no-deal Brexit
Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to use ‘all tactics available’ to block a no-deal Brexit. The Labour leader is meeting MPs…
George Pell shows: hard cases make bad law
It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there… Bob Dylan The decision last week of the Victorian Court to reject…
