In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Designer sickies and other madness
The new Enterprise Agreement at the University of Queensland is special but a typical example of the genre: designer sickies.…
OpenDAEN: making sense of the TGA’s Covid adverse event reports
It was a dinner table conversation imprinted in my memory. The date: September 2021. Topic: Covid injections. Discussion: robust. With…
Spy pigeon
China’s super-secret ‘spy pigeon’ has been unmasked as a humble Taiwanese racing pigeon. So, a little less ‘Bond’ and a…
Ethnicity and crime
The internet is currently awash with the video of four youths of Somali/Sudanese appearance leaving a car. Police want to…
About Western whataboutery
I recently saw an ad for an anti-Israel protest in Christchurch, New Zealand. Alongside a picture of the Palestinian flag,…
Conservative polemics – a new dawn?
A superior weapon is of no use if you do not know how to wield it. In a debate, the…
Was cost a factor in the senseless deaths of three US soldiers?
Recall Gen George Patton’s reported exhortation to his troops in Africa in 1943, about winning a war ‘by making some…
The writer with an incurable wound
‘They were seated in the boat, Nick in the stern, his father rowing. The sun was coming up over the…
Labor cannot define ‘women’, but it’s offering them tax cuts
When Labor’s Minister for Finance and Women, Katy Gallagher, alerted us to her intention to give women tax cuts, my…
Alexandra Marshall LIVE S2E1: Norman Fenton & Rachael Wong
Mathematician and UK political commentator Professor Norman Fenton became a freedom celebrity during the Covid saga. He sits down for…
Brace yourself
RBA meeting intervals have been extended to take place every 6 weeks, with 8, as opposed to 12, now occurring…
Hamas’ horrifying summer camp musical
Lights, music, guns! Dozens of school children run out, armed with prop assault weapons enact a choreographed assault against imaginary…
Calvin Robinson won’t be cancelled from Australian Christian conference
Dr Gavin Ashendon was the Queen of England’s personal chaplain from 2008 until he resigned from the progressively wokeifying Church…
Delenda est Australia
Cato the Elder’s rhetorical phrase comes to mind when reflecting on the present sorry state of Australia. The left’s propaganda…
Post-Davos, Argentina’s Milei holds the Libertarian line: ‘There’s no plan B’
Post-Davos, Javier Milei’s Libertarian plan for Argentina hasn’t changed. As suspicious as any association with the shady World Economic Forum makes politicians…
Did they chant ‘Gas the Jews’ or ‘Where’s the Jews!’
The choked, panicked words ‘I shot the prick!’ recorded in an emergency call played at a murder trial would have…
Misinformation: the science of political manipulation
Political science is an oxymoron. What is an oxymoron? The word’s etymology suggests it is derived from two words, ‘oxygen’…
The WEF’s Digital ID invades Australia
Warfare in the 21st Century is often conducted in the realm of cyberspace. Despite the growing concerns of cybercrime and…
Double Shot S2E1: The Left’s war against Australia Day! Dr David Adler, Blake Keating, and Senator Ralph Babet
Why are the Labor Party and the Greens so keen to hand money over to UNRWA? Dr David Adler explains…
Steal from the rich. Steal from the poor. Steal from them all!
What does our Prime Minister really think about money? Does he see himself as the ‘Robin Hood’ of Australian democracy?…
A journey into the classical Roman rite
In the heart of an Australian capital city, amidst the bustling modernity of our liberal society in 2024, I found…
Boycott backlash: Rip Curl on the run
#BoycottRipcurl is ripping its way through social media after the surf and snowwear icon featured a trans activist instead of…
Albanese is the real source of misinformation
Anthony Albanese likes to decry misinformation, but the irony is that his government is one of its biggest proponents. As…
Anzac Day shame
News today that a rock concert has been planned for Anzac Day in Sydney demonstrates just how much trouble we…
Will this be the summer of Daniel?
‘Wholesale electricity prices on the East Coast have halved from 2022 levels, reflecting the increasing role that low-cost renewables are…