The genesis of the #NeverBernie movement
Is a #NeverBernie faction starting to emerge among Democrats? Sanders is on a roll after his appearance at a town…
Donald Trump, fundraiser extraordinaire
While we all ponder the mysteries of the Notre-Dame fire, let me say a word or two about a golden…
Peter Ridd has defeated the Climate Inquisition thanks to you
Peter Ridd was a professor at James Cook University who dared to question claims that the Great Barrier Reef is…
The curious candidacy of William Weld
Good news for Team NeverTrump: they have their man — a declared 2020 primary challenger to Donald Trump, and it’s…
Election 19 and the Pam Ewing effect
In 1987 Pamela Ewing woke up to find Bobby emerging from the bathroom wearing only a towel and haircut. Presumed…
We mourn Notre Dame with France as we are closer than you think
In our deep sadness about the terrible fire in the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, it is apparent how…
CBD: when it comes to principle vs principal, Australian Rugby outdoes any pol
Our perspicacious political insider writes exclusively: Freedom should never be an election issue. Just imagine if people started voting on…
Uh-oh, Generation Z are voting
One of the many groups in whose hands the fate of our nation lies, is generation Z. Though it has…
Democrats, not Republicans, will dismantle Obama’s legacy
Last week Barack Obama, grayer, wearier and older in every way, was in Berlin at one of his foundation’s conferences for ‘emerging…
The Trump 2020 campaign is much, much more formidable than 2016
Almost every day, somebody somewhere recycles the idea that President Donald J. Trump doesn’t want to be president. He never…
Here’s hoping for a better week for freedom in Australia
Our national anthem begins with the triumphant line Australians all let us rejoice for we are young and free. But…
How Britain can make life difficult for the EU during the Brexit extension
It is not good form for the British to be awkward and obstructive. The art of the compromise was the…
Election 2019: A song of Lies and Ire
The dragons are back – as is Cercei, Jon Snow, Danerys Targeryn, Sansa and Arya Stark and the rest of…
CBD: GetUp – organic grassroots movement or some strange GMO?
Our perspicacious political insider writes exclusively: Slip, slop, slap. What an election winning strategy for us CBDs announced by BS…
Backwards & Forwards: towards the campaign black hole
The week in politics, the week to come. Looking back Last Thursday, the eternal sunlight of the spotless mind erased…
A case study: how energy policies kill jobs and business – and Labor will be worse
The fall into administration of Queensland company Claypave, established as Rylance Colliery and Brickworks in Ipswich in the 1880s, points…
Let’s aim to be radically civil
In a period of political polarisation and rabid tribalism, we have lost the art of disagreeing well. Next month’s federal…
CBD: total poverty equals absolute equality
Our perspicacious political insider writes exclusively: The Murdoch media along with the hard right are at it again. So what…
Which way will Corbyn go on Brexit?
In September, Labour conference will impose on Jeremy Corbyn a policy of backing a second referendum in all circumstances. So,…
It’s the stupid, economy
Trust Labor to get it arse about. Bill Clinton famously used the mantra, “It’s the economy, stupid.” to win the…
Brexit need not tear the Tories apart. Here’s why
The political dysfunction in Parliament seems to be rubbing off on much of our commentariat. Many have concluded that the…
The soiling of Julian Assange
Here’s an intense irony for you. The journalistic activity for which Julian Assange has been indicted in the Eastern District…
CBD: Electric car lobby runs out of charge
Our perspicacious political insider writes exclusively: The effected consternation about the electric car vision is a dazzling insight into SM…
It’s vital to keep good relations with our EU allies – and we need a leader who’s up to the challenge
The European Union’s official goal — an ever-closer union of people — remains its single most attractive feature. Our continent…
Portrait of the week: Brexit flextension, the demise of Debenhams and a real shower in the Commons
Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, wrote to Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council, asking for an extension…
