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

Renewable gas?

5 April 2024 12:13 am

State government bans on gas connections to new premises have caused confusion among their respective constituents, and outrage among stakeholders.…

We have a problem with democracy

4 April 2024 3:30 am

The UK Reform Party, whose President is Nigel Farage, is campaigning for a referendum on ‘Net Zero’. However, YouGov polling…

When government wedges itself between the church and its people

4 April 2024 3:00 am

In one of the most significant rulings in generations, the ABC reported in February that, ‘Justice Martin found the Police…

Digital ID dystopia: you do not solve incompetence with tyranny

4 April 2024 2:00 am

With the Digital ID Bill passing through the Senate, the bombardment of promotional material has begun – even ahead of…

Temptations of a digital world

3 April 2024 1:43 am

In his recent book, The Anxious Generation, the American psychologist Jonathan Haidt warns about the debilitating and destructive impact of mobile phones…

ABC failed fact check on Dick Smith: ‘Can a country run entirely on renewable energy?’

3 April 2024 1:00 am

On March 18, 2024, Dick Smith argued that there is a necessary role for nuclear in Australia’s energy mix (for…

Week in 60 Minutes S2E9: Airbus Albo and Boeing Bowen – Michael de Percy, Edie Wyatt, Andrew L. Urban

3 April 2024 12:15 am

Labor Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen have made a laughing stock out of…

Truth Telling, circular arguments, and the wrongful conviction of colonialism

2 April 2024 3:30 am

Just when you thought Australians had voted firmly against the Voice to Parliament and its entire grievance baggage, Indigenous Australians…

Floating nuclear power plants make a compelling argument

2 April 2024 3:00 am

About 20 years ago, a seat-warming Senator came out of hiding and declared his thought bubble that Australia’s coast was…

Nuclear: seizing the day for a sustainable tomorrow

2 April 2024 2:10 am

In the realm of politics, ideologies often trump the pursuit of pragmatic solutions, even when the facts stare us in…

70 per cent of EV data is made up

2 April 2024 2:00 am

Evangelistic EV drivers tell me that as an academic, I should know better. They are unimpressed when I do not…

Easter silence: corporations, councils, and governments bury another Christian festival

1 April 2024 3:17 pm

Last year, swathes of my local area spent time swaddled in trans flags, rainbow flags, and Welcome to Country messaging.…

Graham Linehan Down Under

1 April 2024 2:43 pm

Graham Linehan, creator of sitcoms and casualty of trans activism, has finally arrived Down Under. He almost didn’t make it.…

Surviving the wild: the road to Kibera

1 April 2024 1:12 pm

I found myself in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, planning on making a trip down to Nairobi overland. Some friends had…

Will the Brisbane Olympics leave a legacy or a millstone for the Australian taxpayer?

1 April 2024 12:13 pm

The rejection by Queensland Premier Steven Miles of his own independent Olympic venue review and its recommendation for a new…

Road House: big dumb fun that takes itself too seriously

1 April 2024 2:44 am

The original Road House movie, released in 1989 and starring Patrick Swayze, was an absolute blast. Over-the-top, sexy, and oozing with masculinity, Road…

The gender critical movement fighting against self-ID

1 April 2024 2:00 am

With reports in the press about further ‘clashes’ in Melbourne last week between ‘trans’ and ‘anti-trans’ activists, and the self-inflicted…

Alexandra Marshall Live S2E7 with Gary Hardgrave

1 April 2024 12:15 am

What is the future of media going to look like in a world of government censorship, hysterical political activism, and…

All schools are ‘faith-based’ schools

31 March 2024 12:21 am

Facts and information can be neutral, but teaching is never neutral. All schools are faith-based schools. Some are more intentional…

South Australian Voice flops with abysmal 8.7 per cent turnout

29 March 2024 7:22 pm

The South Australian First Nations Voice to Parliament, legislated by the Malinauskas state Labor government, has flopped ignominiously. This follows…

A nuanced view of the nuclear option

29 March 2024 6:13 pm

Matthew Warren brings a refreshingly nuanced view to the acrimonious nuclear power debate because he knows enough about electricity generation…

Our new 21st Century virtues

29 March 2024 4:55 pm

What are the weapons of choice employed by Culture War activists? Emotions and accusations certainly, but also, more subtly perhaps,…

The problem with Japan’s economy

29 March 2024 11:21 am

Japan’s increase of its interest rates to being from negative to positive for the first time in 17 years was…

Double Shot S2E7 The fallout from the Tasmanian election – Eric Abetz, Dave Pellowe, James Allan

29 March 2024 12:15 am

Newly elected Eric Abetz joins us to discuss what the future of Tasmanian politics will look like as the Coalition…

The Great Covid Debate

28 March 2024 3:00 am

Recently, dedicated vaccine supporter Jack the Insider took on NSW Libertarian MP John Ruddick, who has opposed Covid vaccines from…