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Ditching Albo for Plibersek won’t save Labor
‘Backstabbing’ is the leading cause of early demise amongst the Labor leadership. If Prime Minister Anthony Albanese finds himself feeling…
Did my Coalition policy launch dream come true, and other thoughts
Here I am again, a glass of red this time rather than a gin and tonic. Goodness knows, I need…
Dutton’s tax-deductible interest for first homebuyers is a breakthrough
Like many conservatives, I have been waiting for something original from the Coalition that will differentiate them from the socialists.…
Click-bait Bandt
One of our readers on Facebook observed that a recent article about Greens Leader Adam Bandt and his ‘right to…
Albo isn’t winning, but the Coalition is losing
Australians have every reason to be nervous about another three years of a Labor government. The last three years have…
I dreamt about the Coalition’s policy launch
The Coalition formally launches its election campaign on Sunday. After a fortnight of a Seinfeld election – an election about…
Greens announce dumbest policy ever: ‘renters’ right to solar’
Owning a rental property in Australia is becoming a complete farce. Why would you bother owning a rental property when…
The problem with modelling
One of my economics professors at university once said that when someone tells you the results of their economic modelling,…
Adam Bandt tempts Albo with a couple of housing treats
If Prime Minister Albanese does not outright reject Adam Bandt’s demand to Grandfather negative gearing and scrap 50 per cent…
Jacinta’s dirty deal enshrines cancel culture in Victorian law
Cancel culture has become the law in Victoria. Not only are ‘hateful’ opinions, whatever that means, now unlawful, but under…
Ted O’Brien was all over Chris Bowen like a wind turbine on an endangered bird
From the National Press Club: I love the National Gallery of Australia (NGA), even if it’s gone so Woke that…
Conservatives want a dog in this fight
Australia is in a very strange place, politically. The relationship between the voting public and its political class has never…
Angus goes to the mattresses, majority don’t like Adam
Your Correspondent in Canberra: It was quite the day in the election campaign. Adam Bandt addressed a sparse-looking crowd at…
Keith Windschuttle remembered
Yesterday evening, Keith Windschuttle died after a prolonged battle with ill health. The legacy of a creative is best expressed…
Too skewed, too gentlemanly
So here’s my quick, two key takeaways verdict on last night’s Sky News Australia leaders’ debate. First off, the questions…
Panem et Circenses: spending billions we don’t have
The 2032 Olympic Games, to be held in Brisbane, are the latest Antipodean version of half of the 2,000-year-old concept…
Here in Riverina, I’m taking the fight to the uniparty
I’ve spent my life in regional Australia. I’ve never seen the political landscape as broken as it is right now,…
Can bold energy policy turn the polls for Dutton?
The Liberals are behind Labor in polls for the May 3 election. Can they reverse this? Here is a possible…
A ludicrous proposal to solve the housing crisis
What if the rich and privileged had to rent out their extra rooms?
Chris Bowen’s 200 tonne carbon footprint nightmare
It has been an existential election for Chris Bowen. Not only is the Climate Change and Energy Minister largely irrelevant,…
Albo and Dutton debate was a complete farce
Central to our two-party liberal democracy is political debate. Our system allows for peaceful revolutions at the ballot box. It…
Debates: sound and fury
Tonight Sky News Australia will host a town hall meeting/debate between Mr Albanese and Mr Dutton with an audience supposedly…
Trump’s tariffs: a bad idea executed badly
President Trump has imposed tariffs on almost all countries, with tariffs ranging from 10 per cent up to 46 per…
In defence of the Camino de Santiago
The pilgrimage known as the Camino de Santiago for over a thousand years has drawn people from across the globe…
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