In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Rewire the Nation or go nuclear?
The Albanese government’s promise to reduce average household power bills by $275 is disappearing along with its mandate for a…
Not ‘green’ at all
‘Green’ policies are destroying the natural environment and changing local weather. This is part of a futile United Nations scheme…
WA: democratic freedoms for religious schools under attack
On August 16, Western Australia’s Attorney General John Quigley tabled in Parliament the Law Reform Commission’s report into the Review…
This is war: Renewables vs the West
The future of renewable energy is laid out before us, bound by inevitable consequences and engineering restraints. It is a…
A society without boundaries is madness
Until we know the shape of something, we cannot begin to understand what it might be or what it might…
The laddie’s not for turning
If you walked down a south side Canberra road during the lead-up to the last federal election, as this spectator…
Anti-fragile: humans need risk, not ‘safe spaces’
Last week I had a medical student shadowing me when we were called to the Emergency Department for a critically…
Sydney’s Covid cruise ship
A great deal of effort went into ‘talking up the fear’ yesterday when a cruise ship with 800 positive Covid…
Are you not entertained? Politics is the death of sport
I have a confession to make. Sometimes when I drive home, I listen to a sports talk-back radio program. Recently,…
Is Ratnam living on another planet?
I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when I read the following words from Victorian Greens leader Samantha Ratnam,…
The inversion of politics is just a scratch beneath the surface
Modern politics has been condensed – within 280 characters to be exact – with much of the political tide swayed…
Twenty years hard Labor
On November 22, Daniel Andrews will mark exactly twenty years as a member of the Victorian Parliament. Just four days…
Free range eggs and supermarket hypocrisy
If you are shopping for eggs in the supermarket, free range eggs will be at eye level, barn laid eggs…
Religious schools struggle to keep the faith
The expression the price of freedom is eternal vigilance is certainly true when it comes to religious freedom and freedom…
Excess deaths? Governments should tread softly on Covid measures
Humility is not a dominant personality trait among Australian state leaders and health bureaucrats. Annastacia Palaszczuk’s rush to advise further…
Sydney: murdered by Brutalism and Modernism
I’m a relative novice, but I imagine one of the best things about being murdered with a jagged knife is…
The case of the missing red wave
What follows is conjecture, not evidence. But there is no way anyone can dispute it. So here goes. The US…
The Teals are ‘my people’
Facebook is something I try not to open. It’s not only a jarring reminder of mortality, with spectres from my…
What if Daniel Andrews loses his seat?
Could Premier Dan Andrews lose his seat at the Victorian state election on November 26? This is a serious, surprise…
Palaszczuk’s war on retail
We are approaching the crucial Christmas sale period – the make-or-break moment when businesses terrorised by the government for two…
A fool may be known by six things, now there’s a seventh
Let’s face it, the ISIS wives would not be returning to Australia if the Islamist extremist head-lopping Caliphate was still…
How AIDS charities are erasing gay men
An HIV+ gay man claims to have been denied counselling by an AIDS charity because he openly refuses to include…
Grace for the graceless?
For two and a half years, many endured the impacts of authoritarian decisions made by politicians and unelected bureaucrats, spurred…
Gas reserve: woeful short-term thinking
Energy scarcity equates to higher costs of living and lower quality of life. This fundamental equation is being proven in…
Net Zero? The hypocrisy of the religious clerisy
It is a rootless age when 100 of the leaders of various Christian and other churches in Oceania can pen an…
