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A future, betrayed in Australia

16 May 2026 6:45 pm

This budget only makes it harder for young people to get ahead

Victoria, the Anchor Man State

16 May 2026 6:29 pm

In iconic comedy Anchorman, Ron Burgundy asks louche reporter Brian Fantana which cologne he intends to wear. Swinging open the…

The one word missing from the budget

16 May 2026 1:34 pm

Jim Chalmers summons the clouds of war as his budget backdrop

We had, ‘stop the boats’. Now let’s ‘stop the planes’

16 May 2026 11:55 am

A solution to Australia’s immigration imbroglio

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Dancing backwards in high heels

16 May 2026 9:22 am

‘RBG: Of Many, One’ is a fascinating portrayal of the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

It’s time for the LNP to fight the Culture Wars

15 May 2026 9:33 pm

Crisafulli and the Stafford byelection are key to the Queensland Liberal revival

Australia’s prosperity problem is bigger than the budget

15 May 2026 6:34 pm

Governments once spoke about growth, expansion, and nation-building. Now they speak of resilience, affordability, and mitigation

Anger is never without an object

15 May 2026 12:34 am

Coalition paying the price for the pent-up frustration

If Elon Musk were in an Australian classroom, he’d be on the NDIS

15 May 2026 12:11 am

With 16 per cent of all Australian boys aged five to seven now on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, our…

In this budget, it was our veterans who paid

14 May 2026 11:57 pm

The ABC got a pay rise. Invictus got the chop...

Making a difference – a million migrants at a time

14 May 2026 11:40 pm

Is it a naive analytical blind spot that prompts the following: ‘[Angus] Taylor’s remarks were a distraction from a more…

Are death duties next?

13 May 2026 2:50 pm

The case for changing politicians, not taxes

A student perspective on the ‘lost boys’ in higher education

13 May 2026 12:07 pm

Recently, I came across a post from The Australian on X with the headline: Lost boys need a leg-up as…

How is this budget fair to young Australians?

13 May 2026 10:41 am

Labor entrenches a two-tier investment system

Australians are paying for broken promises and election lies

13 May 2026 10:20 am

Young Australians in particular are being treated with contempt

Budget 2026 losers and biggest losers

12 May 2026 7:54 pm

The budget byline is ‘Reform and Resilience’

Rubio is coming…

12 May 2026 5:30 pm

My pick for the next President of the United States

Sex matters, but where are the men?

12 May 2026 3:20 pm

Men must join with women in raising their voices

I am done with the debate. I want outcomes…

12 May 2026 1:22 pm

Antizionism takes a people’s liberation movement and reframes it as bigotry

Recession, this way comes

12 May 2026 10:57 am

The long overdue correction appears to finally be here – courtesy of Labor

What did I miss?

11 May 2026 10:58 pm

Australia’s political week in fast forward

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...