In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Release the tape!
In the blue corner, we have Senator Jacinta Price who it is blindingly obvious has a heart of gold with…
We must rescue the good bit of the ABCC
It’s pretty easy to understand the politics behind the Albanese government’s shutting down the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC).…
When truth is flummoxed by sophistry
Having watched the inexperienced Albanese government go from fighting a real pandemic threat in Covert to now apparently totally absorbed…
Against the ‘Karenocracy’
Are we governed by ‘Karens’? For the uninitiated, a ‘Karen’ is a synecdoche for a type of affluent and out-of-touch woman…
Healthy reef defies dubious science
‘Peer-reviewed’ is not interchangeable with ‘established fact’ or ‘beyond question’. It used to be an acknowledgement that others in the…
Pandemic 'science' in sports is a bit wonky
Cricket is played by a small number of people spread out in a vast paddock. This, however, did not stop…
Healthy Great Barrier Reef, healthy environmental scandal
The release of the Australian Institute of Marine Science’s Annual Summary Report on Coral Reef Condition for 2021/22 has exposed a major…
Infectious disease dominates our roost
Infectious disease has been a deep-seated and inescapable feature of Australian life since the early days of settlement. Over the…
Free Speech vs. Drag Queens
After almost three years and substantial legal fees, my fight for free speech goes to court. It’s also your fight…
What would the Voice say?
The Gruen Transfer, the ABC’s comedy show about advertising, has a segment in which host Wil Anderson asks, ‘What would Putin/Palmer/Trump do?’…
Lidia Thorpe for President?!
When we consider which eminent citizen amongst us we might place our trust in if Australia were ever to become…
Nuclear: the age of immortal energy
‘Carbon dioxide poses a dilemma for the radical environmentalists. Since nuclear reactors emit almost no carbon dioxide, how can one…
Lozza is a legend
Laurence Fox – the British actor cancelled for famously flopping over in exhaustion after being dismissed as a ‘white, privileged male’ by…
Constitutional change could be catastrophic
Politicians seek constitutional reform to expand their power, not serve the people
Unfair contracts
Get ready for a profound disruption to some core big business operations in Australia. The Albanese government has committed to…
Labor’s Climate Bill is an economic precipice
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Grievance politics will never reconcile
Recognition, reconciliation, closing the gap, a Voice … all bundled into a grievance package squeezing the guilt out of contemporary…
Do North Sea birds dream of giant spinning machetes?
Gutting the agricultural industry via nitrogen bans isn’t the only bad idea washing around Europe’s climate elite. Four ‘virtuous’ nations…
The authentic Church is not Woke
Woke: A collectivist mindset that requires absolute, unquestioning obedience to the current thing, to display that you are a good…
A second-hand private jet? How dare!
Another day, another shortage. Could anything be worse than living through the dreaded toilet paper wars or the more recent…
Trump's 'Fox ban' wishful thinking by Democrats
In the most outrageous piece of transference bias, the left-liberal New York Times reported that Fox News had not invited Donald…
Sydney to host World Pride 2023 during a Monkey pox emergency
Hullo, hullo! Are there any investigative journalists left in Sydney? When there was a Covid surge in India last April,…
Fascism pretending to be manners
Notoriously, the very brief tenure as Liberal Party leader of Alexander Downer came to a shuddering halt in January 1995…
What is the true purpose of 'The Voice'?
There are two elements to this proposed Voice referendum. The Voice itself and its inclusion in the Constitution. The latter…
Empty Space: Silicon Valley’s war against victims
The third world is full of silent victims. Impoverished nations ruled by dictators, or those left to fend for themselves…
