In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Morrison: tough talk on Putin, feeble on freedom
When Scott Morrison was asked what he thought of the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, Mr Morrison responded: ‘I call him a…
Fresh gunpowder in the nostrils of politics
Fresh gunpowder in everyone’s nostrils has brought a new political reality. It was only this month that US Army Secretary,…
Is the West cannibalising itself?
As Putin’s army continues its invasion of Ukraine, I am beginning to fear we are seeing Western society cannibalise itself…
Thugs ‘R’ Us
The meeting in Moscow was kept secret. The Soviet leadership had agreed to a low key exchange of views with…
When did we stop listening?
I consider myself to be a reasonably intelligent person, not Mensa level by any means, but in all likelihood a…
No one cares about boys doing badly
Nearly forty years ago, I was interviewing a senior New South Wales bureaucrat about how badly boys were doing in…
Societal myopia – Covid’s severe complication
I am in my fourth and final year of post-graduate medical school. From the beginning of second year in 2020,…
Is it too late to save women’s sport?
There’s a change in the air. Last week, transgender swimmer Lia Thomas’ ‘wins’ and ‘records’ at the Ivy League Women’s…
False tears and pretend remorse over China
Pick up a politician – give them a little shake – and a few Chinese billionaires will probably fall out…
Morrison must make a choice about Ukraine
On Sunday morning, Prime Minister Scott Morrison attended church as he very often does. Except yesterday, it was at a…
New Zealand High Court overturns police and defence forces vaccine mandate
A New Zealand High Court challenge questioning the legality of Covid vaccination mandates for Police and Defence Force employees has…
Equal before the law
While it came as a surprise to me that a Canberra resident could lose her patience in front of the…
Scott Morrison, are you serious about protecting women’s sport?
‘It’s male and female bodies that jostle in sporting competition, not gender avatars.’ – The Australian. With the biological male,…
Will ‘woke’ survive the war?
Will the West’s obsession with Woke survive war in Europe? Or will Putin’s missiles finally explode the Never-Never Land of…
Heartless Woolworths to start sacking unvaccinated staff
While many countries across the world have ditched Covid health orders entirely – declaring the pandemic over and the Omicron…
Free things are not a ‘nappy’ thought, councillor
Buoyed by thoughts that Labor might actually be getting its act together, one of Sydney’s Inner West councils has come…
The working class of the world unite – against the Left
‘Working men of all countries, unite!’ exclaimed the last sentence of Marx and Engels’s The Communist Manifesto. Looking around the world,…
Terry the truth teller
Last week the LNP member for Longman in Queensland, Terry Young, did something few politicians do. He told the truth.…
1939 Revisited
September 1, 1939: Germany invades Poland, quickly overrunning Polish border defences, and advancing on Warsaw. What if, in the lead-up…
It took a while, but green academics finally woke up!
It has suddenly become politically correct to acknowledge that disruption of Aboriginal burning caused megafires in Australia before any hint…
Keeping Australia ‘on brand’
‘After four years of research and almost $10 million, a new “nation brand” and tagline have been unveiled – comprising…
Life is for living - not hiding
A woman came to the emergency department (ED) with abdominal pain. She was in her mid-fifties and was not well.…
We should be mad as hell at Putin and Western leaders
The trouble with Odysseus, the Ancient Greek mythological hero and King of Ithaca, was that his deceptions, while good in…
Want to ‘think bigger’? Switch off the ABC
Earlier this month, ABC Managing Director David Anderson delivered the startling news to a Senate Committee that, ‘Now, more than…
Australia’s ‘children of the Covid state’
The Victorian Department of Education and Training has now become the co-parent of our children. In a most disturbing government…
