In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
UK: the tide turns in favour of women
Things are looking up for women in the UK. In a landmark tribunal ruling last week, Maya Forstater won her…
Oxymoron of the day: the ‘Green’ defence
Every now and then I make a mistake and go and do something stupid, like read the policy detail of…
Europeans punished by expensive renewables backed by Russian gas
Europeans are now paying heavily for their shift in abandoning coal and nuclear and adopting renewable energy supported by Russian…
Climate Science for Dummies – the TV show
Given the ever-escalating hysteria about this catastrophic, urgent, the-end-is-nigh ‘climate emergency’ that has been turbo-charged by world leaders who have…
Republic referendum a reckless economic waste
Since June 1, Matt Thistlethwaite has served as Assistant Minister for ‘the’ Republic. (What republic?) One month since his appointment,…
The Voice: a hollow gesture?
Australia’s new Prime Minister is sending out what he believes is a clarion call to move on and support a…
WA playing politics at the border?
In Western Australia, a state government minister has been accused of allegedly preferencing political donors for border entry during the…
Adding race to politics is not a good idea
It seems it is not only Indigenous Australians, but also some resident Kiwis, that may be given an extra voice…
Woke churches erased women
It was the African American social commentator Candace Owens who once quipped: ‘Telling children they can pick their gender is…
Henan: China allegedly restricts protesters with Covid app
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The closing of the Australian mind
The quietly resurrected Alan Tudge, now Shadow Education Minister in the freshly minted Opposition, probably hopes the Albanese government won’t…
Sri Lanka: aftermath of a political tsunami
Members of the Sri Lankan diaspora, people like my family, have been noticeably quiet about the upheavals in their former…
The Governor-General is Australia’s Head of State
Some journalists, politicians, academic lawyers, and supporters of an Australian republic continue to claim that it is obvious from reading…
Quotas for - uh - merit?
It’s back. The discussion of gender quotas in parliament is back in a conversation being led by those who would…
Australia’s power paradox
Energy, energy everywhere, And all the lights did dim; Energy, energy everywhere, Nor any watts to glim. Or so…
‘Chuckmate’ – Elon Musk corners Twitter
Chuckmate? No, it’s not a typo – it’s a meme war. It was tweeted by Elon Musk beneath an image…
Albanese: putting Australia last?
In the lead-up to the federal election that resulted in him becoming Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese made a speech in…
Evolution is preferable to revolution
Grace Baldwin, in Monday’s Herald Sun, joins a long list of commentators arguing in favour of rising Wokeness saying, ‘If…
NSW cancels itself over flag wars
The good news first: New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet isn’t going to throw $25 million at a flag pole…
#MaskUp or ‘mask-off’?
Before Covid hit, we could barely imagine a reality where the world went into shutdown to safeguard ourselves from a…
Alberta’s anonymous silent killer
The province of Alberta in Canada puts outs annual statistics on causes of death. This data for 2021 was released on June…
Damaging women in the workplace with ‘quotas’
Identity politics is driving terrible division in our society. Immutable identity is a feeble, hopeless way of judging the ability…
Prince Charles’ ‘Great Reset’
It’s a conspiracy, until it isn’t. There are those that claim to be ‘serious’ journalists who continue to insist that…
The power of cancel culture reduces women to ‘a vibe’
How powerful is cancel culture? Ask singer Macy Gray. Just 72 hours after telling Sky News that a woman is ‘a human…
Regions vs. Cities: an insurmountable electoral divide
With the election result now established, it has been interesting to see how many commentators, politicians, and other experts have…
