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In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.

Multiculturalism is in, and that’s a good thing

2 July 2022 7:00 am

According to the latest Census results, for the first time, more than half of Australians (51.2 per cent) are now…

The big reason you can’t afford a home

2 July 2022 4:00 am

Why are houses so ridiculously expensive in Australia? This, and other expletive-laden questions, I shouted at my screen while scrolling…

Where’s ‘The Voice’ of reason?

1 July 2022 3:03 pm

Hey, Mr Albanese, fools rush in and all that… Hold back on the referendum for a moment. The voice of reason should…

Climate Justice? Victoria’s fresh assault on businesses

1 July 2022 12:57 pm

Last week’s restoration of the electricity market, following the regulator assuming full control on June 15, means the energy crisis…

Climate Change causes domestic violence…?

1 July 2022 10:00 am

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The person who should have resigned

1 July 2022 8:00 am

The resignation of four Victorian Ministers last Friday is too little, too late. That’s despite other Ministers previously stepping down…

Shameful star chambers ruin men’s lives

1 July 2022 4:00 am

In a recent judgment about a sexual misconduct case at Cornell University, the judge compared the campus disciplinary committees to the infamous…

Yikes! Solar battery farm fined $900,000

30 June 2022 3:10 pm

It turns out that South Australia’s miracle battery solution to the instability of renewable energy isn’t all it’s cracked up…

Leadership strife for Xi Jinping?

30 June 2022 1:00 pm

Rumours of leadership splits abound around party-congress time in the Chinese Communist Party. Xi Jinping is set for a convention-breaking…

The Wogs, Huns, Balts, Poms & Paddys need a ‘Voice’!

30 June 2022 12:22 pm

Dear Prime Minister, The time has come for members of the Third Wave of immigrants who arrived in this country…

A victory for freedom and democracy

30 June 2022 10:00 am

The US Supreme Court finally overturned Roe vs. Wade – the 1973 precedent that struck down a swath of federal and…

Make abortion rare – shag with care

30 June 2022 5:00 am

If you believe the ABC, the US Supreme Court’s decision in the Mobbs case, overturning the 1973 Roe v Wade abortion decision, is the…

Marxist education? Senator Hughes might be right

30 June 2022 4:00 am

The NSW Liberal Senator Hollie Hughes gave a speech to the Sydney Institute identifying why the Scott Morrison government was…

UK public rejects Yassmin after nasty remarks about flag

29 June 2022 1:41 pm

It’s happened again. Left-wing activist Yassmin Abdel-Magied has insulted her host country on Twitter, triggering an angry response from citizens.…

Christianity becomes a minority, but religion is on the rise

29 June 2022 1:01 pm

Australian census data released yesterday shows that – for the first time in our nation’s history – Christians are in…

Laughably ludicrous ‘green’ targets

29 June 2022 1:00 pm

In Mary Poppins, Uncle Albert’s infectious laughter has first Bert, then the children, float up from the floor to join…

Are you pregnant, sir?

29 June 2022 11:00 am

When one thinks of Scotland, one might conjure up images of the hauntingly beautiful and bleak highlands. A place that…

The Left’s war on children

29 June 2022 8:00 am

The Labor and Green alliance in Australia and the Biden Administration in America are modern political movements with a very…

WA gets closer and closer to Beijing

29 June 2022 4:00 am

With the Western Australian government rolling back vaccination requirements for several industries after June 10, a fresh wave of court…

Peddling rainbows

28 June 2022 2:00 pm

Universities should be impartial when it comes to active ideological disagreements, and they should certainly not cede that impartiality in…

At least Lidia Thorpe is honest

28 June 2022 1:24 pm

Following Greens leader Adam Bandt’s refusal to stand in front of the Australian flag at a press conference because the…

State governments must recognise natural immunity

28 June 2022 11:00 am

It has been a while since anyone has spoken seriously about natural immunity. It is, as I have written about…

Fast-tracking Australia toward nuclear subs

28 June 2022 8:00 am

The path to Australia acquiring nuclear submarines is being portrayed as too steep. We could get ourselves one Virginia-class nuclear-propelled…

Renewables: the deep end of the South China Sea

28 June 2022 7:00 am

It would be a mistake to view the South China Sea dispute between China and Japan as a simple territorial…

Is Prime Minister Albanese scared of the crossbench?

28 June 2022 4:00 am

Prime Minister Albanese has reduced the advisory staff available to crossbench Senators and MHRs from four to one. This may…