Oh, to be a fly on the wall when the Politbureau of Danandrewstan meets. Today’s concessions on the Pandemic Bill…

COP26 in Glasgow has ended in the manner largely predicted at the outset: with an ambiguously worded ‘Glasgow Pact’ containing…

As Victorian voters show early signs of recovery from their 262 days in lockdown Daniel Andrews’ Spring Street outfit is…

Before there were countries, there were tribes. In politics, there still is. Almost everyone identifies with a particular political tribe and, if even if one’s primary tribe is not one…

Politicians are paid to fight on behalf of their voters but Australian legislation electoral laws major parties a lazy way…

The ABC has run a piece that appears to lament the struggling sex industry in Thailand amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. It wistfully…

Scott Morrison is winning back support from conservative voters? That’s how the improvement in the Coalition’s primary vote in today’s…

Yikes.  There are political mistakes, and then there is Dominic Perrottet.  What was tentatively hoped to be a stroke of genius…

Not too long ago the left was all about freedom, individual choice, resistance to authority and the State, and full-on…

The Liberal Democrats unveiled their Freedom Manifesto on Outsiders this morning. Here is the fully text of the document. Prologue…

The government went to Glasgow to sell its net zero emissions by 2050 policy to world leaders.    The policy was based on…

Australia’s high vaccination rate is due to Aussie mateship and a high level of trust in government. Oh, and I’ve…

In an article last month, I noted the puzzling UK official data that confirmed the efficacy of vaccines in reducing hospitalisations and deaths but with infections for 40-49 year…

Without the slightest hint of irony, the Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday released the latest Employment and Earnings, Public Sector…

The relationship between India and Australia has grown rapidly in recent years, underpinned by a convergence of security interests in…

And here I was believing that Members of Parliament were servants of the people.  The Victorian Premier has humbled a…

You will have heard of the rule of law, that people in positions of authority should exercise their power within a…

The US state of Virginia is just about as close to Washington DC as you can be, and even contains…

Living under the McGowan regime continues to be less than ideal. And as the rest of the country emerges from…

As we were reminded many, many times 30 years ago — that’s a generation, by the way — Paul Keating…

Coronavirus has not so much changed us as unmasked us — yes, I get the irony — and what we…

World Food Programme director, David Beasely recently stated 2 per cent of Elon Musk’s wealth could solve world hunger, to which…

What a tragic shame that so much energy, time, resources and opportunities to really improve the lives of millions is…

Monday marked the last feasible date for a federal election to be called this year. There was no Newspoll that…