In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
How the left silence women – starting with Deves
The vicious demonisation of Warringah Liberal candidate Katherine Deves is the latest attempt to silence women who speak out about…
China’s pact with the Solomons is a direct threat to Australia
Tulagi, a 1.5 square mile island in the South Pacific’s Solomon Islands, is perhaps the most remote place on the…
‘Experts’ get it wrong
Expertise in a topic requires applying common sense, reason, and logic to background knowledge. Knowledge can be learned. Common sense…
All the wrong reasons for a federal integrity commission
Criticism of the Morrison government for not introducing a national anti-corruption Commission is not about Morrison refusing to have a…
Whither the real conservatives on May 21?
Taking to the skies seems rather popular on May 21. On that day in 1927, the American aviator Charles Lindbergh…
Shanghai screaming: China has gone Covid-crazy
In Shanghai, the night air is full of screams. Locked in skyscrapers since March by Covid health orders, residents have taken…
Climate cowards and apocalypse peddlers
Have you ever questioned the links between bushfires and atmospheric CO2? Discussions about the changing climate and the level of…
Flawed fuel taxes cost us a fortune
The federal government’s halving of fuel taxes seems like a great win for struggling Aussies, but it may actually turn out to…
Money well spent? Australia’s aid in the Solomons
The Solomon Islands’ deepening involvement with China has focused attention on the Pacific and Australia’s role in the area. In…
Kneeling to the rainbow
Scott Morrison put his head above the parapet for girls, women, and children in week one of the election campaign,…
Race-baiters reveal huge weaknesses in left-wing orthodoxy
I may sound naïve for saying this, but the Left always astound me. After Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at…
Ukraine was conned
Volodymyr Zelenskyy was brought up in the grunt town of Kryvyi Rih, a Soviet-looking industrial city in the southeast of…
The Moskva sinking is significant
It’s early days yet, but the sinking of the Russian cruiser Moskva in the Black Sea, apparently by Ukrainian missiles,…
Is Deves right about children being harmed?
I agree with Liberal candidate for Warringah, Katherine Deves. We are sterilising and surgically mutilating children. I’ve watched countless videos…
Humanity’s limitless potential for evil
In last Saturday’s Weekend Australian, Geoffrey Robertson argued that sanctions against Putin and his supporters must be tightened, (What responsibility do…
Love is love - unless you disagree
When it comes to transgender issues, our Prime Minister is a weathervane trapped in a man’s body. His pronouns are…
Spotting cracks in the first home deposit scheme
Canberra’s extension of the First Home Deposit Scheme, Regional Home and Family Home Guarantees is set to put another 50,000 Australians…
Dr Murphy, Cultural Marxism, and the desecration of truth
Who would you trust the most? A person who has dedicated their life to helping others but is a Christian?…
I want my country back
I hope the day returns when I am not surprised by the events unfolding before my eyes. The older I…
Scomo, Albo, and their fantasy Net Zero policies
Both the ALP and the Coalition have the same Net Zero goal for 2050, but that time frame is, at…
Women in politics: protection or persecution?
The cowardly distancing of Scott Morrison today from issues around women’s and girls’ sports tells us two things. Firstly, that…
Dishonesty, the new transparency?
Labor Leader Anthony Albanese wouldn’t answer (three times, like Peter the Apostle’s denial of knowing Jesus) whether a Labor government…
It’s time to bury the ‘One China’ myth
If history teaches us anything, it is that autocrats and would-be invaders should know what the world thinks before anything…
Christensen returns, Albo walks out, Bandt is factless
Ex-Liberal-National George Christensen’s foray into the political wildness of retirement struggled to outlast the average coffee run. His scathing valedictory…
Labor’s campaign of contempt
With Australia on its way to what is likely the most important election it has ever had, it is crucial…
