How Labor is holding your tax cut hostage
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg claimed in his budget speech last week that the government had repaired the budget “without increasing taxes.”…
Theresa May’s Brexit strategy is brewing trouble within her party
The Commons has voted by 420 to 110 to approve Theresa May’s decision to ask for an extension to the…
EU officials and Brexiteers share a similar concern over Brexit
Rumours continue to circulate that if a long extension were to be granted by the European Union, it could be flexible.…
Why is Facebook censoring a conference on Christianity and religious freedom?
Every day millions of Christians around the world are persecuted for their faith. They are often intimidated, abused and in…
Why can’t Australian politics produce a Cicciolina?
The lead-up to the election? A third-rate circus. I mean, what would Italian politician and porn star Ilona Staller (aka…
Britain’s Brexit fate is now in Emmanuel Macron’s hands
Our Brexit fate is in the hands of France’s president Macron – which is “not a wholly comfortable state of…
Donald Trump has been captured by the neocons
Until now Donald Trump has proceeded with relative impunity in foreign affairs. But his imposition of a terrorist designation on…
It is now ‘transphobic’ to report doctors’ fears about trans’ children’s health
The Times today reports serious concerns about the functioning of the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) at the Tavistock &…
Could Theresa May cancel Brexit?
Is the de facto Brexit default now revoking Article 50 this week rather than a no-deal Brexit on 12 April?…
Could Brexit lead to Frexit?
Struggling to understand the ways of the French, the francophile Winston Churchill reflected whimsically in 1942: ‘The Almighty in His…
Backwards & Forwards: Billy boy’s electric cars and a Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow budget
Looking back Josh Frydenberg and Bill Shorten had their budgetary pissing contest. My surpluses will be bigger than yours, my…
The cult of the vegan vigilantes
When I checked my news feed this morning it was filled with story after story about radical vegans causing mischief…
EXCLUSIVE: The men who really saved Australia from the GFC
Often in Australian political life, individuals that make profound contributions to public policy go unnoticed while those more conspicuous have…
The unmentionable problem with Labor’s electric car plan
With the federal election campaign underway in all but name, the stars have been aligning for a move to the…
Why the Left can’t understand Tucker Carlson
There are some furrowed brows (as well as some furtive giggles) over Tucker Carlson’s recent hypothetical musings about what the…
Are both May and Corbyn prepared to risk splitting their parties?
The irony of the stalemate in the cross-party Brexit talks is that Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn are not that…
Now we know how the SMH and Age will define “mainstream” in the election
Boy. Boy oh boy oh boy. Channel Nine’s left wing tabloids have really jumped the shark. “Reparations for black Americans:…
If the EU refuses an extension, voters want a no-deal Brexit. MPs should listen
One of the many tragedies of Theresa May’s premiership is that, having come up with a coherent policy on how…
Portrait of the week: Brexit complications, avocado woes and London knife crime
Home Brexit exerted ever stranger effects on politics. After an eight-hour cabinet meeting, Theresa May, the Prime Minister, said she…
Piers Morgan: why, as a former Remainer, I’d now back Leave
I voted Remain, and still don’t think Brexit is a good idea. However, if there were to be a second…
Supreme but not respected
From ‘The disconsideration of the House of Commons’, 5 April 1919: The House of Commons is legally supreme in the…
Can ancient Greek comedians tell us how to leave the EU?
Since comedians these days seem to be the authorities on all matters spiritual and temporal (puts on funny voice, knife-crime…
How is the country split over Brexit?
German customs The original customs union, or Zollverein, was established by Prussia along with 17 other states which make up…
Letters: The Brexit chaos isn’t David Cameron’s fault
About the Bible Sir: I was confirmed by Richard Holloway as a schoolboy at Fettes College, and then taught by…
The logic behind Theresa May’s late move to Labour
There is a logic in Mrs May’s late move to Labour. It is the same logic by which both parties,…
