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In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.

By their actions…

11 November 2020 7:23 pm

There is much outrage and ridicule from the US Democrats and lefties in general that Trump isn’t conceding defeat, claiming…

How leftists are gaslighting Australia with their Murdoch madness

11 November 2020 4:26 pm

Kevin Rudd’s claim that the Murdoch media is a “cancer on democracy” is gaslighting the Australian people.   Last week a…

Banning and restricting are hallmarks of weak government. Just ask Dan

11 November 2020 2:54 pm

Acting tough in government is easy during a crisis.   Prime Ministers and Premiers routinely dress up the easiest of…

Joel Fitzgibbon’s departure shows the new fault line in Australian politics

11 November 2020 1:05 pm

Joel Fitzgibbon’s resignation as shadow minister for resources and agriculture and his departure to the Labor backbench is symptomatic of the new fault-line in…

Trade with Chinese characteristics?

11 November 2020 7:25 am

Wine. Barley. Beef. Lobsters. Sugar. Timber. Copper. Thermal coal. These are important Australian exports which are increasingly being used as…

It’s not all sunshine and lollipops – for the US or here

10 November 2020 7:40 pm

Following their declaration of the United States presidential election results for Joe Biden, there has been great surprise expressed by…

Tasmania’s euthanasia diehards

10 November 2020 6:20 pm

Euthanasia is being considered by the Tasmanian Parliament for the fourth time in 11 years, proving that some things just…

Could Trump really call out the troops?

10 November 2020 4:49 pm

It is extraordinary to have to ask the question: can Donald Trump somehow use United States’ armed forces to stay…

There’s no such thing as an unbiased journalist

10 November 2020 2:58 pm

There’s no such thing as an unbiased journalist. It’s long believed that the role of the news media is to…

Who needs the Australia Card when you can do a Xi Jinping?

10 November 2020 1:18 pm

My. How soon people forget. In 1985, at the national tax summit, the Labor Government proposed the Australia Card: The…

Goldblunder

10 November 2020 5:00 am

On Friday last, November 6, the Australian Taxation Office had a serious legal bomb blow up in its face. It’s…

America, remember the Australian ballot? Here are more electoral wonders from Down Under to try

9 November 2020 7:21 pm

What a mess. You know what I mean, so I’m not going to list all the problems and alleged irregularities…

Why it’s fine to talk about ‘Dictator Dan’

9 November 2020 5:03 pm

For those who count themselves, as I do, among the #DictatorDan crowd, whether full-throated or privately enthusiastic, the decision in…

The Biden win: a grave mistake?

9 November 2020 3:54 pm

Data from the official Michigan government voter index indicates that a man who died in 1984 voted in the United States presidential…

Gee, Leigh. Donald Trump is Robert Mugabe?

9 November 2020 1:33 pm

I’m old enough to remember when journalists gave us the news and we added our own prejudice. These days journalists…

Anthony Albanese’s conduct confirms he’s a joke, not a leader

9 November 2020 5:00 am

Australia and the United States share a history marked by many similarities and some stark divides.   Over more than a century, however, our…

Malcolm and Kevin, don’t you have homes to go to? Several homes?

8 November 2020 5:04 pm

At a time of record levels of government spending and intrusion, it is perhaps timely to consider the words of…

Honk – sorry – bonk if #YouStandWithDan

8 November 2020 3:05 pm

Logic, Danandrewstan-style. A quick glance at the updated coronavirus “roadmap” for reopening released by the Chairman today tells that even…

Coronavirus is fading, but not Daniel Andrews power lust

8 November 2020 1:43 pm

Declarations of Joe Biden’s victory overshadowed yet another press conference by Daniel Andrews — not that the Victorian Premier will…

Departures all round?

7 November 2020 5:24 pm

Shocking Chinese whispers came out yesterday that Vladimir Putin – supreme leader of Russia’s ‘totally not a dictatorship’ dictatorship –…

Anthony Albanese warns the Tsar

7 November 2020 2:15 pm

Some people have something to say and other people just have to say something. Anthony Albanese is firmly in the…

Aussie winds, republican kite-flying

6 November 2020 4:28 pm

Today, November 6, marks the twenty-first anniversary of the 1999 republic referendum. Two decades on, republican lobbyists are on the…

Why President Sleepy Joe will keep Australia up at night

6 November 2020 12:50 pm

It’s not yet certain, but it is looking likely that Joe Biden will be the next President of the United…

Kevin Rudd’s media royal commission call attacks a keystone of democracy

6 November 2020 5:00 am

Just over 500,000 people had signed a petition launched by Kevin Rudd calling for a royal commission into media ownership…

Watch out for Adam Bandt’s new bold big thinking

5 November 2020 4:55 pm

ITEM: Greens leader Adam Bandt has urged one of Australia’s largest trading partners to use its economic leverage to renegotiate…