The new wild colonials: country voters have turned on everyone
Once upon a time in Australian politics there was such a thing as natural constituencies – the well-heeled inner suburbs…
Let’s end the Age of Bitterness in our politics
With just a little bit of Aussie bloomin’ luck, the destabilising and destructive approach to the dark art of politics…
The Electoral Commission’s big ‘bugger you’ to country voters
With breathtaking arrogance and scant concern for connection with voters in rural communities, the Australian Electoral Commission has deemed the…
ScoMo’s socialist housing policy: desperation and disgrace
On Saturday night, barring the biggest rebuff since opinion polls got it wrong with Donald Trump’s election as US president,…
Victoria: the fallen mighty
Australia’s Baby Boomers cut their teeth on flourishing rivalries against a backdrop of dreams and aspirations, achievements being carved out…
The doubling of Frydenberg’s healing agenda
The weekend photograph of new Treasurer and deputy Liberal leader Josh Frydenberg having a coffee with Peter Costello portrayed the…
Leave the high life of Canberra? Decentralisation push exposes bureaucratic hypocrisy
For just over a century, the public service has been building capital city monoliths to centralise power, decision-making and policy…
Is the string bag really a tool of repression?
Proponents of Utopian progress have devoted endless time to pursuits intent on discarding tradition, reality and practicality. Legacies of their…
Exclusivity diminishes the ANZAC spirit
ANZAC Day 2018 will see Australia begin the final run of commemorations for the Centenary of ANZAC – a program…
Turnbull’s Tulla link on the wrong track
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull today made up more than 50 years of time wasted by bureaucrats and government in planning…
Barnaby’s concrete-assisted trolley ride crashes to an end
“Perhaps the biggest scandal in Australia political history? Made only by the fact it was managed like a shopping trolley…
With political pistol firing, Barnaby makes a big boo
Captain Barnaby Joyce has steered the good ship National Party into choppier waters with the dumping of Darren Chester from…
Holt anniversary barometer to slide in standards
Beer is flowing at pubs and clubs and fuel is available at the bowser even if prices may be opportunistically…
“Citizen jury” rules against High Court
The MP citizenship debacle that was swept the ranks of political parties in federal parliament throughout much of 2017 and…
They’re doing it tough in the country too, Tony
Thought bubbles and soundbites seem to comfortably suit post-prime ministerial life for Tony Abbott as he snipes from the sidelines…
Country wisdom and the Liberals’ tin ear
In the hands of Malcolm Turnbull and Tony Abbott alone rests the chances for stability of the new Parliament and…
