John Simpson

Bastard Bill unfit for public office

25 January 2021 3:27 pm

Bastard Bill’, ‘Slithering Shorten’ — call him what you will — confirmed again this weekend why he is comprehensively unfit…

Daniel Andrews: the pissants’ premier

11 January 2021 5:11 pm

Victorian Premier, Daniel Andrews, leads a crumbling and unworthy public sector that is working against the interests of those who…

The new COVID crisis shows Victoria’s public health administration is in deadly decline

4 January 2021 1:45 pm

With the Victorian-New South Wales border shut again and the holiday plans of tens of thousands thrown into chaos it’s…

Daniel Andrews: diminished, damned and disgraced

21 December 2020 3:37 pm

And so the 543-page final Report of the Coate Inquiry into Victoria’s deadly Covid-19 hotel quarantining has been tabled.  …

Woke and broke: what’s honourable about Victoria?

18 December 2020 5:31 pm

Time and common sense have appropriately bourne witness to the disappearance of centuries-old parliamentary extravagances such as gowns, wigs, frilly…

You too can wallow in Waleed’s wisdom, thanks to their ABC

14 December 2020 11:06 am

Waleed and Scott are two of ABC radio’s intellectuals.  Doubtless, they’d correct me to say they are ‘the’ two intellectuals at…

The Andrews government pre hotel quarantine report manoeuvrings defy reality

3 December 2020 5:00 am

With only weeks to go before the final Coate Inquiry report into Victoria’s shameful hotel quarantine fiasco is released, things…

Victoria keeps its Triple A rating for reckless budget bastardry

25 November 2020 4:06 am

Having morphed its deadly 2020 Covid response ‘strategy’ into a popularity triumph with voters the Andrews Victorian government has delivered…

ABC director defends the indefensible

20 November 2020 12:36 pm

When directors of taxpayer-funded boards start defending the indefensible you know there’s a serious problem. In this case, the problem…

Yet another senior departure in Danandrewstan raises fresh questions

14 November 2020 12:17 pm

No one could accuse Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews of not being decisive — and certainly not when it comes to…

Banning and restricting are hallmarks of weak government. Just ask Dan

11 November 2020 2:54 pm

Acting tough in government is easy during a crisis.   Prime Ministers and Premiers routinely dress up the easiest of…

Will dislike of Trump vaudeville push the President out?

2 November 2020 6:52 pm

Tens of millions of American youngsters are this week facing the ballot box for the first time and their choice…

Gold, gold, gold as Victoria wins in treachery, lying and incompetence

31 October 2020 4:57 pm

After one of the worst ever years for Australians, our state governments are lining up for medals for collectively delivering…

We have a crisis of good governance – and it’s not just in Victoria

25 October 2020 11:57 am

As weeks go, the one just past has been a shocker — and not just for Victorians still in the…

The Cox Plate cock-up: another sign Dan Andrews’ crew is headed for the knackery

21 October 2020 3:50 pm

Another day, another cock-up, by Dan Andrews’ shambolic government.  This time it was the ‘essential industry’ of horse racing that…

Daniel Andrews: “You can now get a haircut. Aren’t you going to thank me?”

19 October 2020 1:30 pm

Precisely how many times did the ‘so, so sincere’ Victorian Premier, and his ‘stand-in’ Health Minister, thank Victorians in their…

Daniel Andrews’ top mandarin turns out to be a lemon

12 October 2020 2:35 pm

The Secretary of the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet Chris Eccles, who resigned today, revelled in his position as…

The(ir) ABC’s gimmicky gotcha budget broadcast

7 October 2020 9:42 am

In her post-budget interview with Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, ABC 7.30 anchor, Leigh Sales, seriously embarrassed herself and her viewers. Sales…

Taking out the trash in Victoria: bureaucrats, not just ministers, need to go

27 September 2020 11:10 am

Other Victorian Ministers will inevitably soon join Jenny Mikakos on the political scrapheap, but the spotlight should be turned to…

Celebrity pollies and turncoats may flame in – but most simply flameout

22 September 2020 1:31 pm

No-one could accuse Senator Kristina Keneally of being a turncoat, but a political ‘celebrity’? I reckon she’d settle for that. …

Labor ideology is killing Victorian businesses, jobs – and hope

13 September 2020 5:00 am

The Victorian Labor Government’s entrenched anti-business ideology is costing tens of thousands of jobs and killing hope.  This ramshackle group…

The class of Covid-19

24 August 2020 11:35 am

While coronavirus poses a deadly threat to older people, it is young Australians who will take the heaviest hit from…

Public administration in New South Wales and Victoria has failed us

19 August 2020 8:11 am

Between them nearly three-quarters of a million people earn their living from the public purse in Australia’s two largest States.…

The Hong Kong protests have echoes of Tiananmen

15 June 2019 9:00 am

Whatever the authorities in Beijing say, the anger on the streets of Hong Kong isn’t synthetic, nor is it stirred…

Roll up for the Bo Xilai show

24 August 2013 9:00 am

China’s fallen princeling has a new role to play: one he may not enjoy