Flat White
When no means no
Does the Labor party need lessons in consent?
On 3 May, remember your Constitution
Let us be quite clear on this matter: it is irrelevant whether the Voice to Parliament is, to reference the…
Penny Wong is wrong
The Foreign Minister let slip that an Indigenous Voice-type structure might eventuate in Australia under a re-elected Labor government, just…
Labor’s superannuation tax grab will hurt us all
Jim Chalmers has pressed ahead with ‘Division 296’, a banal-sounding name for one of the most pernicious taxes considered in…
Working Australians get nothing!
From the National Press Club: Peter Dutton made a mistake by refusing to address the National Press Club this week.…
Trump not to blame for Poilievre loss
The left-of-centre (make that left-of-the-Canadian-centre, which is mightily left-wing) Liberal Party has won Monday’s federal election in Canada. Mark Carney,…
If we can’t talk about Welcome to Country, are we truly one and free?
Events in Melbourne have shown how strongly differing political views can dominate mainstream discussions. It’s concerning that past political perspectives…
One freebie at a time
Handouts and education failure are undermining democracy...
The con in conclave?
And other heavenly satire
The AI elephant in the Australian tally room
Sometimes disruption is not evolution – it’s extinction
Albo’s Mediscare has gone nuclear
Anthony Albanese is desperate to hold on to power. He revels in being an underestimated political underdog. Behind the scenes,…
A tale of two island nations
An old Pastor told me decades ago, ‘People should focus on what they do have, not what they don’t have.’…
Labor’s litany of lies
With time running out in the countdown to the May 3 Federal Election, Australia’s future may well depend on how…
Why the Coalition will lose
While I’m not a prophet – or the son of a prophet – I’m going to make a political prediction…
Give Nashos another run
In July 1972 I turned 21 and became eligible to cast a ballot at the next federal election. I had…
Will the real Dutton please stand up? (feat. Albo’s Morons)
Peter Dutton needs to take some inspiration from American rapper, Eminem. Eminem doesn’t give a toss what people think of…
Do not believe the polls
Why have we not learnt this lesson? Has everyone forgotten the 2019 election? Or the Trump election? Or the Voice…
Law schools as a tool of social engineering
Janet Albrechtsen has written an informative and powerful piece on the infiltration of Indigenous ideology in Australia’s law schools. She…
Time to honour our Anzacs and ramp up defence spending
Australia has a habit of being caught with its pants down when it comes to defence spending. In 1938, Australia’s…
Drink and despair
Our esteemed editor invited me to lunch a while ago. After three hours I had to leave because Qantas doesn’t…
Veterans: Australia’s most devalued and forgotten
In Australia, we do a damn poor job of looking after our veterans. This Anzac Day, can we just admit…
Anzac memories
War and peace and history
A thousand men are marching by
A thousand men are marching by A glassy stare in every eye As we pass the sky grows red We…
Why Trump’s withdrawal benefits Ukraine
While counter-intuitive, the withdrawal by President Donald Trump of the United States from peace negotiations – and even from materially…
The real reason the Coalition will lose the election
‘Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.’ It’s the kind of quote that makes your eyes roll – insipid, overused, and…
