In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Peter Dutton concedes: it’s all over
We’ve been defined by our opponents which is not the true story of who we are
Election 2025: Peter Dutton vs. the world
Menzies’ party has been the most successful in Australian political history. Even in the last tumultuous decade, the Liberals have…
Election Truth Truck exposes Labor as anti-male
As our maddening election contest limps to a close, it might cheer you up to learn about our fun election…
What the Australian election means
In his political history of the 1980s and early 1990s, The End of Certainty, Paul Kelly articulated the tectonic shifts…
It’s not easy being Green… If we number every box
Australia desperately needs many electoral reforms, and there’s much debate to be had about them. We must face the reality…
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…
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,…
What’s wrong with this election?
I understand it’s a cost-of-living crisis, but I sacrificed one of my coffees and bought the Sunday Telegraph (don’t tell…
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…
Dutton should not fear Trump
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton wounded the feelings of MSM by referring to them collectively as ‘hate media’. ‘I have no…
The Sun should take out a restraining order
Western governments are spending trillions of dollars covering the world in solar panels. Now they want to dim the Sun.…
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…
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Trump punctures India’s hype
But risks significant harm to their strategic partnership as an Indo-Pacific counterweight to China
