In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Twice lucky – but for how long?
The other day having a coffee with an old friend we pondered, among more cheerful topics, the state of politics…
And they’re off…
Our exclusive campaign insider writes: In the morning mist of the world’s epicentre, the balloon has gone up. Election 19…
Who can feel an election coming on, Flat White contributors?
Well, we’re on. That means we want contributions. Pithy, punchy, provocative pieces on Australian politics and the campaign. All you…
What’s woke this week?
Wokeworld this week offered up an embarrassment of riches as work continues apace on dismantling reason in favour of dumbing…
It’s time to end the seal of the confessional: the religious case
There have been recent calls in California and Australian jurisdictions for the mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse by clergy…
How Labor is holding your tax cut hostage
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg claimed in his budget speech last week that the government had repaired the budget “without increasing taxes.”…
Why is Facebook censoring a conference on Christianity and religious freedom?
Every day millions of Christians around the world are persecuted for their faith. They are often intimidated, abused and in…
Why can’t Australian politics produce a Cicciolina?
The lead-up to the election? A third-rate circus. I mean, what would Italian politician and porn star Ilona Staller (aka…
Backwards & Forwards: Billy boy’s electric cars and a Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow budget
Looking back Josh Frydenberg and Bill Shorten had their budgetary pissing contest. My surpluses will be bigger than yours, my…
The cult of the vegan vigilantes
When I checked my news feed this morning it was filled with story after story about radical vegans causing mischief…
EXCLUSIVE: The men who really saved Australia from the GFC
Often in Australian political life, individuals that make profound contributions to public policy go unnoticed while those more conspicuous have…
The unmentionable problem with Labor’s electric car plan
With the federal election campaign underway in all but name, the stars have been aligning for a move to the…
Now we know how the SMH and Age will define “mainstream” in the election
Boy. Boy oh boy oh boy. Channel Nine’s left wing tabloids have really jumped the shark. “Reparations for black Americans:…
The Coalition needs a bazooka to stop Shorten. Try this one…
In my Backwards and Forwards column on Monday, I said that if Bill Shorten gave a barnstorming, grievance-pandering, promise-laden speech…
Play on Labor’s ground, surrender the advantage
The 2019 Budget has been a budget that satisfies everyone but pleases no-one. It has proved to be a Labor-lite…
Ten reasons why we’re being denied the truth about Planned Parenthood
Do you know what is one of the most revealing films that won’t be shown in Australian cinemas this year?…
What about immigration, Scott, Josh?
When Australia goes to the polls sometime and the Coalition is likely defeated, as the 50 straight Newspoll losses would…
More an epitaph than a budget
Looking at the reaction to Josh Frydenberg’s first budget, its beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It has…
What’s woke this week?
Wokeworld this week invoked cheese in the fight against Trump, introduced therapeutic cuddle parties for men to fight toxic masculinity,…
Numptynomics
Looks like a slightly startling Sloane Ranger mummy (or Simon Le Bon) from 1981, sounds like a student trot mixed…
A campaign launch disguised as a budget
It’s like nothing we’ve ever seen before. In other words, it’s business as usual in Australian politics – business as…
Roxane Gay’s toxic feminism
On Sunday night in Melbourne an event was held that was supposed to be a discussion/debate between Christina Hoff Sommers…
Scott and Josh’s tax sham surplus shame
After over a decade of abysmal federal budgets, Scott Morrison is set to announce a budget surplus today. I expect…
A Liberal man of letters: Peter Coleman, 1928-2019
Journalist, parliamentarian, editor, author and Spectator Australia columnist Peter Coleman has died in Sydney at the age of 90. He…
Thanks, Liberals: income tax growth is almost doubling
The government is tearing a hole in your pocket at an alarming rate. The Reserve Bank of Australia announced that…
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