In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
SA’s climate emergency: prepare for carbon footprint tracking
The new South Australian Labor government has declared a ‘climate emergency’. Climate lockdowns, surveillance of your ‘carbon footprint’, and restrictions…
Naomi is not crying wolf
Major issues of the day tend to fall along political and ideological lines. But not always. Some matters are so…
The Pacific flirts with China at its own risk
Forewarned is forearmed… As China’s Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, visits the nations of the Pacific, the rest of the world…
Customers won’t like the new energy game
Right now in Australia, we are seeing some smaller electricity retailers being forced out of the market and voluntarily shedding…
Voters put the ‘majors’ on notice
In this federal election, the Coalition and the freedom parties – Liberal Democrats, One Nation, and United Australia Party –…
Autocratic behaviour thrives in Western Australia
Western Australia’s Premier, Mark McGowan, recently launched a war of words on Peter Dutton after being asked by the media…
A knighthood for AstraZeneca
The French haven’t let go of their love for royalty entirely, it seems, as AstraZeneca Chief Executive Sir Pascal Soriot…
Depp wins battle, but men are losing the war
Along with many around the world, I predicted Johnny Depp would win his defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard. Predictably, much…
Is the Catholic Church going Woke?
Double Shot Editor Terry Barnes wrote on Tuesday there was an article just waiting for me to write on a…
A global food crisis approaches
With the Covid pandemic, an ongoing war in Europe, and soaring inflation all jostling for the leading headline, some may…
And the winner is: Woke capitalism!
Capitalism is dead in Australia. Long live capitalism. The economic system that made the West rich has been defeated –…
Netflix universities…?
Universities around the world have compromised academic rigour to serve Woke maxims. Now, this centuries-old and once highly regarded institution…
The ‘leave me alone’ coalition
I have never really liked the whole left-right political construct. A framework of who sat to the left or the…
China rising: a paradigm shift for the ADF
Australia is facing an existential crisis that demands immediate and radical action. The confluence of China’s rise, a declining America,…
Holy war: Pelosi v. the Catholic Church
The Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco has banned Nancy Pelosi from taking communion because of her continued support for abortion…
We’re not dead yet!
In response to the federal election and to paraphrase Mark Twain, the death of centre-right parties, including the Liberal Party,…
Will the ABC tell the whole story about Mount Dispersion?
I think ABC reached the zenith of Wokeism in a tall story supposedly Honouring Aboriginal History and Mourning an Atrocity…
#MeToo hashtag hijacked
The official #MeToo Twitter account has come out after the conclusion of the Amber Heard v. Johnny Depp trial to complain that…
Jacinda’s alternate climate reality
I sometimes wonder if I live in an alternate reality. A parallel universe, if you will. This is a universe…
Bend the knee, peasants!
The breakdown of the nation-state has been instrumental in global institutions growing their power and influence. How did this breakdown…
The price of not being ‘Liberal enough’
The outcome of the federal election certainly did not come as a surprise. The Coalition consistently lagged behind in the…
Bureaucracy: the bane of our existence
Behind every bad decision is a bureaucrat. This has been true for a long time, but the response to Covid…
Dutton is crowned – now where’s the mop for the wets?
Former Minister for Defence Peter Dutton has been elected to the Liberal leadership unopposed. Finally. He was the man Australian…
Enshrining race in the political system
Can anyone look objectively at the past two and a half years and wonder if the government of this nation…
Global warming: a quest for truth?
Like many who pontificate on Climate Change, (such luminaries as Greta Thunberg), I am not a climate scientist, but I…
