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

Dystopian Google Gemini shows why misinformation laws are flawed

16 March 2024 11:46 am

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. No matter how many revelations came to light of the rampant political…

Woke tropes informing Australia’s Gaza response

16 March 2024 11:35 am

ACT Senator David Pocock wrote about Australia’s response to the humanitarian tragedy in Gaza recently. The next day, Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong…

Sam Kerr and a case study in identity politics

14 March 2024 3:00 am

Still fresh with pride from the Matildas’ inspirational World Cup campaign, Australians woke up last Wednesday morning to the news…

The real reason young people are leaving Sydney

14 March 2024 2:30 am

When it comes to Sydney’s housing problem, Premier Chris Minns is full of, uh, ‘facts’. ‘We’re about the 830th densest…

Becoming cashless, but at what cost?

14 March 2024 2:00 am

Cash is no longer King. Long before the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) decided to remove the monarch from our…

Australia’s ATM extinction!

13 March 2024 3:30 am

Hands up if you’ve struggled to find an ATM lately… I don’t mean an overpriced service station ATM; I mean…

Mystical truth and palpable absurdity

13 March 2024 3:00 am

George Orwell wrote in 1984, ‘The words kept coming back to him, statement of a mystical truth and a palpable…

History returning from the grave

13 March 2024 2:30 am

Muticulturalism and multipolarity

Our spy laws are out of date (again)

13 March 2024 2:00 am

It appears that ASIO is unable to bring about the prosecution of an unamed former politician who betrayed Australia because…

Scathing response to Adam Bandt’s private jet hypocrisy

12 March 2024 10:45 pm

How much does it cost to keep the leader of a minor, nature-loving, tree-hugging political party happy? Roughly $1 million,…

Marriage – a fading institution

12 March 2024 3:00 am

‘Dearly beloved, we are gathered together in the sight of God, and in the face of this congregation, to join…

Hubris and the Left

12 March 2024 2:30 am

We are all familiar with the concept of hubris. The vice of excessive self-confidence and ambition which, by inducing a…

Is the Pope’s moral surrender a sin?

12 March 2024 2:00 am

In the Middle East, US President Joe Biden is urging Israel’s surrender to the terrorist Hamas organisation via a ceasefire.…

Renewable enthusiasts are panicking about Dutton’s genius nuclear plan

11 March 2024 8:33 pm

In recent days, headlines from Net-Zero-inclined publications have become increasingly unhinged. Why nuclear power is ‘madness on steroids’! Peter Dutton wonders when…

The Palaszczuk legacy: terrible for Queenslanders, appalling for women

11 March 2024 12:24 pm

The Inala by-election, which will decide on a replacement for Annastacia Palaszczuk in Queensland’s Parliament, is scheduled for March 16,…

Australia to face an honest inquiry

11 March 2024 2:00 am

On October 19, the Australian Senate agreed to hold an inquiry under the auspices of its Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee…

Eshays, imported riots – are water cannons next?

11 March 2024 1:00 am

Whether it’s antisemitic pro-Palestinians or a gathering of ‘eshays’ in Logan in Queensland, our police forces have lost control of…

Konstantin Kisin: Romancing the West

10 March 2024 2:02 pm

‘The West is better. Our societies are better. Not superior, just better at producing the kinds of things that human…

Australia Last: Albanese has billions for Asia, but nothing for you

9 March 2024 11:56 pm

Labor Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, was proud to announce his $2 billion investment in Southeast Asia following recommendations from the…

The media’s lazy discourse on the gender pay gap

9 March 2024 8:37 pm

The so-called gender pay gap has been on everybody’s lips of late. The launch of WGEA’s comprehensive database has revealed…

There will be consequences for American isolationism

9 March 2024 1:45 pm

Has the Republican Party’s isolationism caused American allies to doubt Washington’s commitment to safeguarding the global order that it put…

Puppet masters of the ALP: UN communist thugs and the militant Unions

9 March 2024 11:58 am

Ocean Island, Central Pacific, 1964. Standing on a plank stage hanging off the side of a ship with another cadet,…

Women, back to the barricades!

8 March 2024 11:15 am

International Women’s Day reminds us of the challenges, successes and milestones in our history, and the transformation that has enabled…

Home baked sovereign risk

8 March 2024 2:30 am

Australia Day passed with fewer flags, less lamb, and more bickering. The Prime Minister ducked for cover, statues came down,…

The joy of lament

8 March 2024 2:00 am

Why are the people of Israel famously resilient? When you think of the hatred and persecution they have faced over…