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What David Pocock, and others, miss in the gas tax debate

11 May 2026 3:09 pm

There’s a reason the recent gas tax debate has cut through. Australians haven’t suddenly developed a deep interest in resource…

The Farrer by-election was worse than we think

11 May 2026 1:54 pm

The results from the May 9, 2026, Farrer by-election are in, and it is worse than you think. It appears…

The 1932 ghost

11 May 2026 10:59 am

Why Chris Minns should be looking over his shoulder

Noblesse Oblige died last night

11 May 2026 10:26 am

The LNP didn’t lose an election. It died of a 19th Century disease...

How counter-sovereignty is killing the West

10 May 2026 10:28 pm

Populism is a response to the attack on the nation state

War of the Worlds: Is the populist moment coming for Australia?

10 May 2026 8:16 pm

Watching the results for the Farrer by-election come in I was surprised at how high the final vote was for…

The Farrer earthquake

10 May 2026 1:37 pm

How the commentariat got it wrong

The lottery of life

10 May 2026 12:51 am

Why motherhood remains the greatest privilege

The death of decarbonisation

10 May 2026 12:42 am

Headlining the latest climate talkfest taking place this month, The Guardian gushed, ‘Historic breakthrough: Colombia climate talks end with hopes…

The real story of the UK Council Elections

9 May 2026 6:26 pm

Reform’s win distracts from the real dark horse of British politics

Between hope and heartbreak

9 May 2026 2:39 pm

A view from the Iranian diaspora

The Left’s never-ending search for victims

9 May 2026 1:50 pm

Bankrupting the free world with the Cloward-Piven Strategy

Was the Biden Administration anti-Christian?

9 May 2026 1:16 pm

The US government recently released a report that alleges the previous Biden Administration may be guilty of religious discrimination in…

Our fossil-fuelled world

8 May 2026 7:19 pm

Queensland’s David [Crisafulli] is going to have to slay some federal and environmental Goliaths

Big government plans to bailout big media

8 May 2026 11:31 am

Massive new media subsidies to be funded by new digital media tax

Experience matters

8 May 2026 9:25 am

We don’t have a cent to spare

The intergenerational equity smokescreen

8 May 2026 7:03 am

The current government has shown a preparedness to promote division in the pursuit of policy outcomes. The latest iteration of…

Four years of genius and somehow everything is on fire

7 May 2026 3:23 am

In two weeks, the Albanese government will have been in office for four full years. Four years. A presidential term…

Convergence: the new shape of antisemitism

6 May 2026 2:23 pm

Political Islamism and neo-Marxism bond over antisemitic tropes

Here’s what Albo can do with his Medicare card

6 May 2026 10:49 am

Have you ever had to sit through a Press Club address where the Prime Minister gets a rock star reception…

The crisis of the legacy parties

6 May 2026 10:23 am

Why voters are turning away from legacy institutions and toward populist leaders

Tony Abbott speaks in support of Liberal Party reform

5 May 2026 7:19 pm

What if we put the membership back in charge?

Labor’s spending left the RBA with no option

5 May 2026 4:43 pm

Australia’s inflation problem is back, and the RBA has responded with three interest-rate hikes in 2026 alone, lifting the cash…

An interim assessment of an interim report

5 May 2026 2:25 pm

Are you satisfied with the findings so far?

The quiet redefinition of ‘vaccine’

5 May 2026 10:04 am

A lonely band of five senators sat on the ‘Noes’ side of the Senate chamber during the government’s pre-Easter legislative…