In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
There is still no rape crisis on campus
Five years ago, the Australian Human Rights Commission conducted a million-dollar survey to try to find evidence of a rape…
Those damned dams
While it was very pleasing to this old water conservation enthusiast to hear PM Morrison announce a 5.4 billion funding…
Kate and Will’s fabulous Caribbean journey?
Well, Kate and Will’s ‘Horrible Caribbean Journey’ is at an end and I now have a chest full of newspaper…
Authoritarianism gets women hot…
To understand why the rise of authoritarianism in once-liberal Western democracies is greeted – not by resistance, but rapturous applause…
Can men have babies? Albo says ‘no’, Labor says ‘yes’
Anthony Albanese has incensed LGBTQ+ activists by saying men can’t have babies, but the public don’t believe him when he says he’s not Woke.…
Frydenberg is wrong, Australia is in economic decline
The economy is not bounding ahead as declared by the Treasurer, it is stagnant – probably even in decline. There…
Is WorkSafe doing its job?
The effort to prosecute the Victorian government – including the Premier and his ministers, over the 2020 Hotel Quarantine disaster…
Trust ‘the science’ – or else
Science used to be seen as something revolutionary – a catalyst for incredible change with the potential to bring about…
Challenge to WA mandatory vaccine directions heads to trial
On Tuesday, Senior Constable Ben Falconer’s challenge to the WA Police Mandatory vaccine directions heads to trial. The last month,…
The ‘Green’ shades of political hypocrisy
It was only last month that the Leader of the Victorian Greens, Samantha Ratnam, called on the government to ensure…
‘Mean Girls’ will shape the next election
Liberals are basking in schadenfreude after allegations of bullying were levelled at Labor’s Senate leadership team of Penny Wong, Katy…
Teaching sexual consent in high schools
Last month it was announced all Australian high school students are to be taught about sexual consent and coercion. Mandatory…
Judge Jackson and the ‘Cult of the Woke’
The Great Awokening has reached every nook and cranny of our culture. And the impact of this disease is now…
A South Australian perspective
Inserted appropriately between Australia’s buttock states – Western Australia and Victoria – lies that curious social phenomenon of South Australia.…
Gareth Ward and the presumption of innocence
I live in Kiama, a village just south of Wollongong. It is the centre of a small state seat. Its…
Those are ‘my’ islands!
While the West inflicts sanctions on Russia, Japan has decided to call it quits on a high-profile peace negotiation regarding…
What is a ‘woman’?
I happen to know that a woman is an adult female. And these days, that makes me a veritable genius.…
Today’s forecast? More ‘doom and gloom’
I am weary of forever reading and listening to doom merchants. They are everywhere, on the TV, radio, and all…
What the Great War taught us about ‘establishment thinking’
Establishment thinking can be lethal, especially when the establishment are the ‘elite’ and their prevailing paradigm is not adaptable enough…
Sydney University’s climate change agenda
As a Sydney University Student in my final year of an undergraduate degree, the past three years have been a…
Daniel Andrews’ ‘casual’ betrayal of workers
The Victorian government’s Sick Pay Guarantee, launched on March 14 of this year, provides taxpayer-funded sick and personal leave entitlements…
A year of death and of unknowing
Though we may still be in the early stages of a long, bitter conflict, an estimated 7,000 Russians and 1,300 Ukrainians…
You can’t save the world with Net Zero
Ever since socialism’s credibility collapsed in 1990, environmentalism has increasingly dominated the political agenda. Central to this was the global…
Stop saying, ‘Where are the feminists?’
While Lia Thomas was showing us how gender identity ideology destroys women’s sport at the NCAA swimming championships, a group…
Net zero or national defence? Morrison must choose
Former cosmopolitan elite-in-chief, Adrian Blundell-Wignall (a former head of the OECD) let the mask slip earlier this month when he…
