Canberra’s cultural change and the Jenkins looking glass
The 2021 federal parliamentary sitting year has been plagued and book-ended by allegations of poor behaviour. It started with Brittney…
Mark McGowan: China, yes; open borders, no
Living under the McGowan regime continues to be less than ideal. And as the rest of the country emerges from…
Albo, Macron – and the amazing Real Housewives of the United Nations tantrum
As a general rule, I’m a great admirer of the French. They have an effortless style, an endearing self-confidence, and a love of the…
The IBAC sensation: ‘ICAC, hold my beer’
State corruption and integrity commissions are well and truly du jour at the moment. Less than a fortnight ago, ICAC felled its…
Will someone please explain to Daniel Andrews he can’t sack a judge who isn’t double-jabbed
The first of October 2021 will go down in history as a belter of a day in Australian politics. The…
Continuous disclosure obligations: now with less activist tail wagging the corporate dog
It was 2012 and I found myself walking into the High Court in Canberra: shiny red soles on my stilettos,…
We cannot recover from the coronavirus crisis without the dignity of work
I watched coverage of the freedom protests with sadness and couldn’t help but think it was inappropriate to hold such…
‘Feminists’ fighting the Liberal Party are making women collateral damage
How we frame political conversations is incredibly important, particularly when we are discussing a deeply personal topic like sexual harassment.…
The sole-searing side of lockdown
This week the NSW government properly jumped the shark. Premier Gladys Berejiklian outlawed browsing and Police Assistant Commissioner Tony Cooke…
WA Labor’s cynical power grab
I grew up in a small town in regional Western harvesAustralia. When I was a kid, we had a doctor in…
No, the government can’t sprinkle sherbet on everything
I love the federal budget. And I’m unapologetic about it. But there is one part of budget week that annoys me…
Mark McGowan, the premier who cried “wolf”
Today, I write to you from the People’s Republic of Westralia shortly after the end of our ‘circuit-breaking’ lockdown. Mark McGowan has said…
Their ABC’s ‘victim’ of Anzac Day
Sunday was Anzac Day and, unsurprisingly, the ABC had a crack at this important commemoration for being *checks notes* not…
So the WA Libs were massacred? Even more reason to start rebuilding now
Saturday was a rough day for the Liberal Party in Western Australia. We knew it wasn’t going to be good,…
An ‘independent inquiry’ into Christian Porter will mean the rule of law is over
Last week, an alleged historical rape by a current federal cabinet minister hit the headlines. In the following days, Attorney-General, Christian Porter, held a press conference to confirm…
Mark McGowan versus the world
It’s been an eventful week in Western Australia. When I say ‘eventful, I don’t mean ‘fun’ eventful – I mean ‘what…
WA’s corona clampdown: all bluff – and blunder
If 2020 illustrated anything, it’s that there are far worse places than Western Australia to be trapped in. Sure, WA isn’t as fancy pants as places in the east but our beaches, food and weather are magnificent and you can…
The tragic lack of people of colour in … “wellness”
I had really hoped that the events of 2020 would’ve sharpened people’s priorities and perspectives. We had bushfires, a pandemic, economic uncertainty, family…
Coronavirus: we’ve barely scratched the surface of the economic contagion
Normally, I strut into a New Year full of motivation, inspiration and sass. Much like an underfed clothes horse down…
WA Labor’s bizarre bout of Murdoch madness
We really are in a post-truth era of politics; and for a change, Western Australia is leading the pack instead of trailing 30 years behind.…
Has WA made a unilateral declaration of independence?
I remember the good ol’ days in March 2020 when we were told Western Australia would go into a short…
Leftists can’t even define what a woman is, so how can they claim we’ve been short-changed by the budget?
Federal Budget week invariably results in a myriad of commentary about the focus of the budget and its winners and…
Budget 2020: the wrong type of compassion
Federal Budget day is a political commentators’ wet dream. It’s also a spectator’s sport for any politics junkie watching ABC…
Budget 2020: stand by for upheaval in the corporate sector – even with insolvency reform
I first wrote about the impending insolvency deluge on July 7. Back then the commentariat was focused on Victoria’s fresh…
How shinybum corona craziness has just widened the city-country divide
Little has illustrated the divide between urban and regional Australia quite like the events of 2020. I feel reasonably qualified…
