In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Backwards & forwards: the NRA blows budget week to pieces
The week in politics, the week to come. Looking back Were you looking for pre-Budget leaks last week? For big…
How drug prohibition caused the Lawyer X outrage
An outrageous injustice is currently being investigated before a Royal Commission in Melbourne – the case of Lawyer X, now…
Would you leave your children with Clementine Ford?
Lock up your sons and daughters! Allen & Unwin have just announced they are ‘thrilled’ to be publishing a junior…
Al Jazeera has exposed One Nation as part of the political establishment
During an eighteenth century parliamentary debate, British statesman Edmund Burke professed that “in the reporters’ gallery yonder, there sat a…
Mother, sister, brother produce a baby
Remember when people warned that redefining marriage would open an ethical Pandora’s box? And remember when those who objected to…
Bernardi bombshell: is Cory rejoining the Liberal Party?
Spectator types have shown their good manners this week. We haven’t spoken ill of the dead – or the terminally…
Free speech vs hate speech
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres recently reaffirmed the UN’s commitment to stopping hate speech, expressing his concern at what he…
Why the majority is ruining democracy
The majority are not always right. It’s obvious, really. The tautology that 50 per cent of people have below-average intelligence…
Shorten’s secret friend and helper: Pauline Hanson
Thursday 28 March was the day that the Coalition guaranteed it lost May’s election. It had its good, bad and…
Who says we shouldn’t speak about ‘Cultural Marxism’?
It hasn’t been a good week for Brexiteers: A former Brexit minister and current Conservative MP has been criticised by…
What’s woke this week?
It’s an interesting mix of woke this week with examples of a global viral disorder and a couple of chicken…
Hysteria and hypocrisy in the war against One Nation
Mainstream media are happy as pigs in mud with the sensational headlines and scandalous stories they have been able to…
Will migrants really go bush like the PM wants?
It seems the federal government is finally trying to ‘do something’ about growing population pressures on Sydney and Melbourne. Under…
Identity politics will eat itself
What is arguably the most contested aspect of twenty-first century politics is identity politics. It is the forward edge of…
The Greatest Generation vs the Green
My grandfather was part of the Greatest Generation. Toughened by wars and depression, they were patriotic nation builders. Their monuments…
How corporates care for kids
In recent years, we’ve seen a resurgence of marketing campaigns targeted at children – Coles’ “Little Shop ”, Woolworths’ “Mr…
Why is the left so keen on the end of the world?
Hollywood loves a good disaster. Some of the greatest box-office hits have featured frightening apocalyptic scenarios in which planet earth…
Our bureaucrats now want to decide “what freedoms society ought to tolerate”?
One perhaps should not make too much out of remarks of one public official, no matter how senior – and…
Should ScoMo put One Nation last?
We need to have a sober conversation about the Coalition’s recommendations for their supporters on how to vote. Labor, The…
Backwards & Forwards: Glad’s back as Scott sees salvation
Looking back: Berejiklian’s Glad to be back On Saturday the Coalition government of New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian was…
Doing it for the kids
There’s been a lot in the news about how cool the kids are. As Whitney Houston sang before using her…
NSW: a reality check
Congratulations to Gladys and the hair gel lads for their result yesterday. And for Scot, here’s a history lesson. On…
The Tasmanian yacht murder: a groundbreaking new appeal
In a historic decision to grant Sue Neill-Fraser leave to appeal against her 2010 murder conviction, Justice Brett of Tasmania’s…
What’s a girl got to do to get elected nowadays?
I’m wondering what a girl named Gladys has got to do to get elected nowadays. Winning Sky News debates is…
The Christchurch chaos exercise
Scissor statements are weird. They’re something that most people can’t instantly define, yet they are an inextricable element of today’s…










































