In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Dirty dependency: superannuation and ESG
There is nothing green about the big end of town pursuing ESGs instead of energy solutions
Sportspeople should know their limitations
Clint Eastwood, in the character of Inspector ‘Dirty’ Harry Callaghan, delivered what may well be one of the most underrated…
Trans rights or dangerous ‘agency capture’?
In a startling development this week, Paul Barry suggested that the ABC should review its relationship with the AIDS Council…
Thorpe: Boyfriend – bad. Rabble-rousing – okay!
Today, diminutive Greens leader Adam Bandt finally acted against firebrand Victorian senator, Lidia Thorpe. Bandt punted Thorpe from the Senate…
Reflections on the revolution in Britain
Like periscoped sheep, the palace hordes startled back and forth, lunging the gates, devices bobbing – flopping above the fray…
Was it worth it?
For the last two and a half years, we have been subjected to some of the worst perversions of human…
Has Labor invited terrorism?
The threat of terrorism is returning to Australia. The impending release of convicted terrorists at the end of their sentences,…
Dam or be damned!
Australia: the land of droughts and flooding rains. Dorothea Mackellar was clearly not just a poet – but a handy…
Stop fooling around with Covid
Covid has been described as the ‘least deadly pandemic in history’ because its fatality rate among young, healthy people is…
Stop infantilising victims
Everything in this current era appears to be about feelings. There is feelings-based feminism and feelings-based hashtags. If the fembots…
‘Woke’ poisons everything
If the intention of Woke acolytes is to make everything a lot worse, they should be given a gold star…
Church and State
Something I decided to help solve after the failures of the 2016 federal election is the level of misinformation that…
Frogself
A Hobart mayoral candidate has been accused of mocking transgendered people because she signed off an email by identifying as…
The nanny state
Contrary to the opinion expressed by Matthew Parris, the nanny state did not initiate the changes that he so rightly…
Debunking unions: the cure for Australian schools?
The biggest problem families and schools face is the power imbalance generated by unions. Unions do not have the cure…
Are fact-checkers liars?
It is an almost daily occurrence. A huge story breaks online. Some CEO, company, or politician was caught in a…
The Left’s addiction to destruction
It was the late English philosopher Roger Scruton who once wrote: ‘Good things are easily destroyed, but not easily created……
Men in women’s prisons is a human rights violation
On Sunday September 11, I – and around 30 other Victorian women – gathered on Parliament steps in Melbourne to…
Was Christianity buried with Queen Elizabeth II?
Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II made no bones about her deep Christian faith. Indeed, in her 2014 Christmas message,…
Ebola returns to the world stage
Welcome to yet another move in the game of pandemic chess we continue to find ourselves playing against the microbial…
Are you technically stupid? Check the Third Basic Law
Qualifying for the 3rd Basic Law of Human Stupidity is effortless for some, especially when they talk about the old…
Dutton sides with Dan Andrews in the Culture Wars
Liberal supporters disappointed that Scott Morrison wasn’t interested in fighting the Culture Wars will be dismayed to discover that Peter…
