Albo unashamedly takes credit for union buster’s grand vision
Albanese is selling our young voters a dangerous lie
Alexandra Marshall Live S2E8 with Aidan Morrison
When it comes to energy policy, Australians have been woefully mislead by the political class. Aidan Morrison from the Centre…
Watch: Lammy flounders in Rayner defence
When you’re in a hole, who gonna call? David Lammy! Yes, the Shadow Foreign Secretary was out on the airwaves…
Scotland’s hate crime act is stifling academic freedom
For the past few days, I’ve been hoping to receive an email from the two universities in Scotland where I’m…
The truth about the Rwandan genocide
Today a solemn ceremony takes place in Rwanda’s capital. President Paul Kagame, flanked by international dignitaries – including our own…
Bulgarian Tsar: why the West is not in decline
Bulgaria has rarely been the master of its own fate. Throughout history, neighbouring powers have often succeeded in imposing their…
Will Iran attack Israel?
The Middle East is bracing for an attack whose exact source, targets, method, timing and scope are unknown. On Monday,…
Despite Russia’s intensifying attacks, Kharkiv carries on
Irina Kotenko, 53, was already awake when a Russian drone crashed into the roof of her three-story building at 1…
Matt Kean’s opposition to nuclear borders on the absurd
In the world of political irrelevancy, there are few people climbing higher, harder, and faster than New South Wales Shadow…
Scotland’s police at ‘breaking point’ over hate law
Oh dear. As the furore around Scotland’s Hate Crime Act extends into its sixth day, there are now fears about…
Busywork? UN Secretary-General António ‘global boiling’ Guterres appoints Julie Bishop as special envoy to Myanmar
Australia’s political elite seem to have a knack for clawing their way into prestigious international bureaucracies. This time, it’s former…
How likely is Putin to target the Paris Olympics?
One thing the French seem to be learning (or, given their history, re-learning) is that the Russians are always up…
How Syria collapsed
In April 2018 I was taken on a coach through miles of war-wasted urban landscape in the Syrian cities of…
Who’s to blame for Scotland’s ferry fiasco?
You wait eight-and-a-half years for someone to lose their job over the SNP’s ferries fiasco, then two sackings come at…
Euthanasia is too cruel to doctors
It seems like every day there is a new push to legalise euthanasia in the UK. This week, Prue Leith…
No, prison sentences aren’t going soft
In 1894 Maria Hermann, an Austrian-born prostitute stood trial at the Old Bailey for the murder of a client. The…
The Tories are resigned to an almighty defeat
The herd of Conservative MPs is on the move again, this time obediently setting off towards the abattoir in which…
The curiously quiet reaction to Oppenheimer in Japan
Finally, eight months after its US premiere and a month after it triumphed at the Oscars, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer has…
Musk vs Australia’s ‘you can’t say that’ surveillance state
Australia’s Labor/Green ‘you can’t say that’ surveillance state is being challenged by Elon Musk in a lawsuit over bureaucratic bullying.…
Concern over activism in public schools
It’s increasingly the case that public schools are among the most dangerous places to send your children. It shouldn’t be…
Another day, another women problem for the Libs
Albanese handing the Governor-General’s gig to tame activist Sam Mostyn gave the Liberals a perfect opportunity to call out Labor’s…
Out of touch
In exciting news this week, the Prime Minister announced that a retired coal miner from Cessnock who now runs a…
Brown Study
I have been much taken by recent opinion pieces in the media that people are drifting away from the established…
