In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Won’t somebody please think of the Instagram influencers?
We are reliably informed by News.com.au that travel influencers — sorry, glamourous travel influencers — say that coronavirus is ‘impacting…
We’re now paying the price for our Faustian folly with China
If coronavirus has taught us anything it’s that the Chinese regime cannot be trusted. Please note that I said regime and…
In this crisis Victoria University is there for the community, keeping us laughing with woke inanities
In his 1996 Boyer Lectures titled ‘The View from the Bridge,’ the eminent Australian academic Pierre Ryckmans argued the university…
China? Nah! It’s always Pauline Hanson’s fault
As the wheels come off the world as we know it, the economy slithers down the toilet, and thousands of…
Listen to the experts and elites, but remember they’ve got form
The Prime Minister’s call for Australians to heed the advice of his government’s experts may fall on deaf ears because the experts and…
Introducing our Twit of the Day
In these times of trouble, it’s important that we join together as a community — and what unites us more…
Revealed: the Deep Green State
A story in the Guardian has demonstrated the impotence of government against the Deep State — Deep Green State — machinery…
Closing the Rock and the problems of progressive paternalism
You may have been too busy in a supermarket queue last Saturday to read the remarks of former head ranger…
Why we need to freeze the minimal wage
Master Grocers Australia, the Australian Industry Group and others should be applauded for their calls to freeze minimum wage increases for the next 12…
Coronavrius: was it a weapon all along?
People are beginning to wonder if the Chinese coronavirus really was a natural occurrence. You will recall that what was…
Quantitative easing: a desperate move with no clear end game
The Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to engage in quantitative easing is a desperate move with no clear end game. While QE has…
A taxpayer’s guide to the ScoMo stimulus
Yesterday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Treasurer Josh Frydenburg announced their $189 billion eight-plus point plan to stimulate the economy…
Keep calm and drag queen storytime on
With schools and public libraries closing around the nation, tens of thousands of parents are desperately demanding to know “How…
The coronavirus begging bowl is contagious
As the coronavirus crisis hits, the world as we knew it has changed. Borders are shut, flights are grounded and…
Safe as houses. Oh…
Only a few short weeks ago, the big banks were virtue signalling by adopting rainbow coloured versions of their logos…
Coronavirus rules don’t apply to Greens, apparently
Voters in the country’s largest local government district, the Brisbane City Council, head to the polls on Saturday. Among the…
Egg Boi, Greta gone? Don’t say the grown ups are back in charge?
What happened to Egg Boi? The school kids who marched against Morrison, have you seen them? And of Greta, what…
The barbarians of the Biennale
In a word, the Barbarian is discoverable everywhere in this, that he cannot make; that he can befog or destroy,…
EXCLUSIVE: How Extinction Rebellion is coping with coronavirus
How, many of you have asked, is Extinction Rebellion coping in this time of genuine crisis? Is it “Keep calm…
Donald Trump goes Kung Flu fighting
There seems to be no end to the hatred against United States President. Just recently his administration was accused by…
A simple stimulus step that won’t cost a cent: stop green lawfare
Over $65 billion of investment, mostly in regional Australia, has been put at risk by a small group of environmental and inner-city…
Move over Greta, there’s a real blight in town
Seems Greta and her merry band of worldwide climate change catastrophists are missing in action during coronavirus. Perhaps they are…
The panic is ending, the fear has just begun
The world sits in anticipation of how the next few crucial days play out. Together we will find out if…
Love in the time of corona
Giovanni Boccaccio wrote “The Decameron” in the aftermath of the Black Death pandemic of 1348, which carried away somewhere around…
Crisis and stimulus: in their own words
Sixteen billion dollars announced today — and that’s only the tip of the iceberg. In the words of The Donald,…