In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
‘Rackets of fire’: Djokovic is the new Eric Liddell
Is Novak Djokovic the Eric Liddell of our times? Liddell was the Scottish sprinter who famously refused to run in…
Holmes à Court: Kingmaker?
During climate activist Zali Steggall’s successful bid to topple the former Prime Minister Tony Abbott at the last federal election,…
The dreadful toll of campus injustice
A few years ago, an engaging young overseas-trained doctor arrived in one of our biggest cities to do post-graduate research.…
Let’s remove government regulations that undermine electricity
Today’s announcement of the early closure of the Eraring power station means that, with the Liddell station scheduled to close…
Worse than Watergate. And the cowardly LNP
Consider what old-fashioned Marxists used to dub ‘the ruling class’. In a loose and imprecise sense what they meant were…
Covid and the availability bias
‘Are you more likely to die from a shark attack or falling aeroplane parts?’ Cognitive psychologists Amos Tversky and Daniel…
What’s worse than a lockdown?
‘Worse than lockdown’ is a headline that has been used far too often in the media recently. That’s right, while most…
Men are the most privileged women of all…
If you watched the National Press Club address by Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins – which I did – and…
Consequences for kids, but not Dan and his ‘image-makers’
Most of us bring our kids up right. They know there are consequences if they misbehave or are disrespectful –…
Skin deep – a history of racial unrest
Whoopi Goldberg’s enormous faux pas – her insistence on The View that the Nazi Final Solution to the ‘Jewish question’ was not driven by…
‘That’s the way these things work…’ Bob Carr and China
One of the most ironic and poignant moments of the Beijing Olympics was when an Uyghur lit the flame. It…
To my critics I say, J’Avoue…!
J’Avoue…! Not to compare myself to Emile Zola or the impact of my writings to his famous open letter J’Accuse…! in 1898 on…
Our fairdinkum crisis
The Long March has reached its destination. Our world is governed by mass hysteria and Australia’s a world leader. There’s…
ATT: Service NSW – you do not ‘own’ our children
Last weekend I received a notice from Service NSW, which commenced as follows: Hello – Being together in a classroom…
The destruction of Australia’s grasslands
It’s the season for green-money showers in Australia – the Coral Community just got one billion dollars of green bribes…
McGowan: living in a state of denial and disgust
The intrusion of a police officer for a mask inspection into St Bernadette’s Catholic Church in the Perth suburb of…
We said nothing, and then they came for us
First they came for the freaks – Milo Yiannopoulos and Alex Jones – and we did nothing because, you know,…
China and Russia’s hypocritical foreign policy
The Beijing Winter Olympics feature placative themes of international unity. ‘Together for a shared future!’ is President Xi’s chosen slogan…
The chilling effect of net zero dreams
The push towards a Net Zero climate policy for Australia jeopardises investment of $200 billion in coal, gas and oil…
Love is in the air?
The love between a man and a woman is one of life’s great consolations, and one of the universe’s great…
Welcome to a ‘Brave New Australia’
Aldous Huxley, in a 1946 preface to Brave New World (1932), wrote of a people of slaves who would love…
Homeward bound (eventually)
After over four months in exile in Melbourne, I’m pleased to be back in Perth. My experience over the last…
Whoopi Goldberg, Disney’s hypocrisy, and how ‘Critical Race Theory’ makes you stupid
Whoopi Goldberg broke the internet last week by making painfully ignorant claims on The View about the Holocaust – and then being…
Politicians are talking a lot of ship!
Who would believe that Australia, with 60,000 kms of coastline ranking in the top seven in the world for coastline…
Canberra Freedom Convoy demands, ‘Sack them all!’
The Canberra Freedom Convoy is an awful lot bigger than the mainstream press would like you to believe. Although they…
