In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Bureaucrats are our real monarchs
I’ve been thinking a fair bit today about what the passing of our head of state means for us as…
Dear Liberals, defeat is not certain
When you’re outflanked on the left, you push further to the left at your own peril. Nor can you push…
Thatcher failed to protect Hong Kong
Many conservatives, and all conservative politicians, worship the hallowed ground on which the late Margaret Thatcher walked. A visit to…
Republic: a play for unlimited power?
Like many, the passing of Queen Elizabeth the Faithful has given me pause. The carefully planned and executed traditions of…
Stealing the Stone of Destiny
Come breeding time, around 10 million Adélie penguins swarm the Antarctic shoreline. They ensconce themselves along the rocky beaches and…
Andrew Laming: how the media destroyed my life
Cancel is without antonym. It is decisive, brutal, and irreversible. Like a ticket punched and chad obliterated, it’s not something people…
Europe detransitions
Australia left behind as Europe distances itself from extreme gender affirmation
Divorcing the TQ from LGB
The LGB is divorcing the TQ and there is a court case. While the world’s eyes are on Britain changing…
George Clooney loves Aussie lockdowns
George Clooney has praised Australia’s harsh Covid lockdowns, telling Network 10’s The Project the lockdowns were impressive. Then again, Mr…
Majestic memories in Victoria’s Mallee
The cars and utes are beginning to gather around the small, corrugated iron and weatherboard hall at the tiny township…
Climate Change 101
With Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (foolishly) declaring it ‘entirely appropriate’ last Sunday that King Charles III should continue advocating for…
The future of Australia’s monarchy
Sombre recent events have driven pause and reflection, not only upon a life of great service, but on Australia’s connection…
On Her Late Majesty’s service
‘The Queen is dead, long live the King.’ Fellow Spokesperson Alessandro Rosini woke me with these words in Friday’s small…
Godzone is coming to Oz
Back in the 70s, I lived in New Zealand, (known locally as God’s own country, or ‘Godzone’ for short). A…
Dai Le’s patriotic speech leaves Left severely triggered
Australian, Dai Le, federal member for Fowler, delivered a spectacular ‘Australians-are-racist’ narrative-buster in her maiden speech. To the chagrin of Leftists,…
AFLW disrespect a towering female role model
The AFL decision to renege on its commitment last weekend to observe a minute’s silence to honour the passing of…
Queening ‘til the end
If you were saddened to learn of the death of Queen Elizabeth II (and evidently very few people on the…
Hazzard to ‘seek advice’ on child gender clinics
More than a year after child gender clinics in Europe began re-thinking puberty blockers and irreversible surgery for gender-confused children, questions are…
A tale of two cities
It is a tale of two cities. First is Barcaldine, Queensland, which has been left reeling after a proposed coal-fired…
ABC: too much Queen, not enough LGBTQ?
Darling of the ABC and former Insiders host Barrie Cassidy cannot understand why the national broadcaster is devoting so much…
Perrottet: just the annex!
The NSW Premier’s PR team might want to be a little more careful allowing Perrottet to loiter around historic buildings…
ACA after Tracy Grimshaw
With Tracy Grimshaw’s retirement from A Current Affair, Australians might speculate on who will replace the hard-hitting woman responsible for exposing…
The devotion of Elizabeth II
The death of Queen Elizabeth II is one of those special historical moments of near-universal feeling: a common, transcendent moment…
