Broke and broken: Victoria’s dire outlook set to get worse
Victoria finishes the year much as it started it. Badly. Very badly. With the state election still two years away…
Australian politics is no longer fit for human consumption
Dysfunctional, insulting, thuddingly tedious – rarely have our national politics been as bland, stage-managed, or inconsequential as they are today.…
Humiliated Victoria shamed on world stage
Almost exactly a year after reviled Labor leader Daniel Andrews resigned his post as Victorian Premier – his legacy continues…
Two-time loser Bill Shorten ‘did it his way’
Federal Minister Bill Shorten has finally seen what voters saw years ago; he would never be Prime Minister of this…
Miracle worker Tim’s stellar career in the Labor circus
Say what you like about Tim Pallas – his career achievements are, by any measure, remarkable. From abattoir worker to…
Victoria’s government is rotting away
Putrefaction anywhere is generally unwelcome, but when it occurs in government it’s particularly nauseating. We not only have to bear…
Ten-year Tim condemns Victoria to years of penury
Net debt in Victoria is forecast to hit $187.8 billion by 2027-28
Big bang fallout
No one escapes the Lehrmann/Higgins ‘omnishambles’ unscathed
Victoria: rotten to the core
The evidence is in. Victoria’s public service has become massively politicised, confirming what many suspected after nine years of Labor…
Dreamtime turns to nightmare for ‘Yes’
The emphatic result of the 2023 Voice Referendum is a triumph for democracy in Australia. It showcases for all the…
Albanese everywhere – but nowhere: the Voice has been overshadowed
Politics happens in a context. This means that national leaders must operate in the knowledge that their plans will be…
Which premier is next?
Political power is seductive. Just ask Victoria’s and West Australia’s now departed Premiers – Daniel Andrews and Mark McGowan respectively.…
‘An honour and a privilege’ to leave Victoria drowning in debt
In the early afternoon on a glorious Spring day in Melbourne, Victoria’s 48th Premier made his announcement. Needless to say,…
Cheerless, friendless, broke – Victoria in 2023
The decrepit state of Victoria in 2023 is far, far worse than it was when Labor was dramatically booted from…
Budget ‘blame-game’ hits fever pitch
If it wasn’t so serious it might work as a form of dark comedy or a pantomime for brainwashed adults.…
Blather, babble, blah – the death throes of ABC TV news
That ABC TV news is dying is not in dispute. The remaining question is whether to switch off life-support or…
‘Howitzer Harry’: shots fired
Let’s face it, Harry Windsor has taken the ‘festive season’ seriously and kept us all mightily amused with his ripping…
Victorian Labor: trashing public trust
As Victorians head to the polls this Saturday they’re deciding much more than who controls the state’s finances for the…
Twenty years hard Labor
On November 22, Daniel Andrews will mark exactly twenty years as a member of the Victorian Parliament. Just four days…
Diamonds are forever: Andrews puts a ring on it
‘Bottom of the barrel politics’ is nothing new to Victorian Labor Leader Daniel Michael Andrews. He loves the contest and…
Victoria’s rotten body politic
Democratic government is no longer about delivering election promises. Forget the promises. Forget even the broken promises – there are…
Victoria’s talentless politicians forfeit right to govern
The decrepitude of Victorian politics as the November election approaches is eclipsed only by the obscene self-indulgence of its practitioners.…
Victorian politics – a desolate landscape
Just ten weeks from polling day and we are left to ask, could the political outlook for Victorian voters be…
Fiscal vandalism alive and well in ‘Danistan’
Dodgy Labor Party politicking and fiscal vandalism are the enduring hallmarks of Daniel Andrews’ leftist government which, in just six…
Treacherous Turnbull?
Our remarkable nation has had thirty Prime Ministers since Federation serving thirty-five separate terms of office. Elections at the national…
