The Greening and Fall of European Civilisation
The European Parliament election results are in, and the Guardian has proclaimed a ‘green wave’. Winning roughly 9 per cent…
Fact-checker? What about a bias-checker?
ABC chair Ita Buttrose has got interested in the bias issue. Melbourne ABC 774 Drive host Rafael Epstein fished last…
Business/Robbery etc
Forget any post-election hubris. This may turn out to have been an election worth losing. And that is quite apart…
Adani – a cautionary tale
On May 24, through gritted teeth, the ABC reported, ‘Adani’s final environmental hurdles set to be finalised within three weeks,…
Treading the boards with Bin Laden
The Seymour recently completed a season of a play with the intriguing title Osama bin Laden. The banner read: ‘My…
The science is settled
The science is settled. Not in relation to the increasingly discredited theory that man-made global warming is having a signal…
Plots and prayers on a highway to hell
Australia has a new opposition leader and luckily for Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Mr Albanese is already dispensing advice on…
Australian letters
Firestorm Sir: After blaming the firestorm which immolated them at the federal election on the cunning perversity of everyone but…
Joe Biden is a Trump Republican
If Joe Biden snatches the White House from Donald Trump in 2020, he will govern as a modern liberal. This…
Keep Sydney safe: rein in the police
Last weekend, Christie Aucamp-Aschutte and a group of friends dancing to the lights of Sydney’s Vivid son et lumière festival…
Could we repeat D-Day?
Seventy-five years ago some 150,000 troops landed on French beaches to roll back the Nazi menace. On the very first…
Be strong, keep ‘young and free’
Almost one-third of the players in the State of Origin on Wednesday night refused to sing the national anthem because…
Could a Tory-Brexit Party alliance actually work?
In 2013, I started promoting a tactical voting alliance between Conservative and Ukip voters. It wasn’t just about avoiding the…
How I could get a better Brexit deal
There are things that we can do which will change the way in which we leave the European Union. I…
How Boris and Corbyn could both be undone by Brexit
When the influential Tory ERG Brexiter Steve Baker refused last night on my programme to deny Boris Johnson is closer to his…
EXCLUSIVE: Dear Rugby Australia…
The former Brumbies Chaplain writes on Israel Folau: I see a window of hope for our great game. It will…
Reports of the GOP’s death are greatly exaggerated
David Brooks, the center-right Cassandra of the New York Times, reckons that a GOP apocalypse is coming. The data predicted…
Gove pitches himself as the liberal candidate in the Tory leadership race
Michael Gove’s positioning in the Tory leadership race became clearer tonight. In conversation with Fraser Nelson at a Spectator event,…
Tory leadership candidates start frenzied final push for support
With just a few days to go until nominations close in the Tory leadership contest, candidates are busy trying to…
Do high rise apartment owners risk more than a price tumble?
You’ve probably forgotten Sydney’s Opal Tower by now, even though less than six months have passed since the residents of…
Socialists stand up for the workers against immigration?
Socialists standing up for workers by opposing immigration? Yes. Apparently, it can happen. Sometimes. “The Guardian” reports on Mette Frederiksen,…
Brexit chaos, a new UK PM: a perfect time to discuss the Anglosphere
Two years of Brexit logjam has invited a sudden flurry of activity – the resignation of a prime minister, the…
Will Boris Johnson save or sink the Tory party?
Now that the Tory party has confirmed we’ll know the identity of its new leader and therefore in theory our…
Trump’s Mexican tariffs could wipe out his 2017 tax cut
Donald Trump likes to brag about his deal-making prowess. During his visit to the United Kingdom, he’s touting the prospects…
Social media doesn’t equal votes
The impact of social media on politics is a contentious topic. Some argue social media harms political discourse, journalism, and…
