The stupidest story of the year?
Dear, gentle reader. Is this – from the Nine Network’s dying fringe-left SMAge mastheads – the stupidest story of the…
Queensland’s lockout laws have failed. Will NSW Nannies come clean?
A recent study from Griffith University has found that instead of sobering louts up, lockout laws in Queensland have instead…
Would Microsoft also sack Israel Folau
With the sacking of Israel Folau by Rugby Australia, our culture has reached a tipping point in regards to all…
Trumpworld Orlando, where dreams come true
Why did Donald Trump choose Orlando, near Disney World, for his campaign kickoff Tuesday night? Because he appears to be…
2020 Democrats have taken nearly $200k from Planned Parenthood
Abortion promises to be a major talking point in 2020. While President Trump has pointedly condemned legislation allowing late-term abortion,…
Who will face Boris in the final stage of the Tory leadership contest?
This is my scenario for how the last two days of the MPs’ stage of the Tory leadership ballot will…
Will Labor back the winning party reforms Liberals baulk at?
If Chris Minns wins the ballot to be the New South Wales Opposition leader it will be a good day…
Labor’s macho act with the unions: the gift the keeps on giving
There are few gifts that Labor could provide the Coalition that would offer such a long-lasting angle of attack and…
Euthanasia begins – and life is cheaper in Victoria from today
Today, we woke up in a world fundamentally different than the one we went to rest in. It happened quietly.…
Are university officials keener censors than leftie students?
Dan’s the man! On Saturday, The Weekend Australian ran a number of articles about free speech and freedom of enquiry…
Raab’s departure is good news for Boris
The results of the second ballot are in and it’s Dominic Raab who has been knocked out of the race.…
How the woke hurt the poor
My favourite American urbanist and demographer, Joel Kotkin, writes how the quest for social justice so often harms the poor:…
Time to patch up our ragged economic miracle
Australia’s vaunted economic miracle is looking a bit ragged after another sluggish quarter. There is still growth, but barely enough…
We can’t pick and choose when freedom maters
The AFP raids on the ABC and a News Corp journalist are alarming, but the discussion needs to go beyond…
Matt Hancock’s Boris endorsement irks One Nation Tories
Is Boris Johnson’s route to No. 10 now unstoppable? The former foreign secretary has more MPs backing him than any…
Goodbye, Hong Kong?
I worked as a journalist, both in print and radio, in what used to be the British Crown Colony of…
Tory leadership hopefuls turn on one another in Channel 4 debate
The first televised Tory leadership debate drew as much attention for who wasn’t there as who was. After Boris Johnson…
What about John Setka’s freedom of speech?
If, like me, you think free speech is the bottom line of a free society, and don’t care what is…
How Rory Stewart derailed his Cabinet colleagues’ campaigns
When Rory Stewart first announced his intention to enter the race to be the UK’s next prime minister, he was…
The CBD returns with low-emission bright sparks for these dark days
Our peeved yet perspicacious political insider writes exclusively: As CBD slowly recognises the need to reconcile oneself to the fact…
The leadership contest exposes how few Tories have a clue about the economy
‘Choice’ is a word that is used liberally in Conservative thinking — whether it be about schools, hospitals or consumer…
Portrait of the week: Gove confesses, Brexit party falters and the BBC makes pensioners pay
Home Michael Gove, the Environment Secretary, a candidate for the Conservative leadership, admitted he had used cocaine several times 20…
Simon Schama: I’m on tour – singing. Yes, seriously
It was when the kindly folk at the Theatre Royal Haymarket said ‘You’ll be in Paul Whitehouse’s dressing-room’ that it…
What the next prime minister could learn from Cyrus the Great
As Tory hopefuls bid to become prime minister, they might like to reflect on Cyrus the Great (r. 557-530 bc),…
How many people have tried illicit drugs?
What’s in a name? If Jeremy Hunt wins the Conservative leadership election both prime minister and leader of the opposition…
