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In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.

Elon Musk accuses the European Commission of a secret censorship deal

14 July 2024 3:59 am

Elon Musk set the proverbial cat amongst the pigeons yesterday when he alleged via tweet: ‘The European Commission offered X…

Big batteries bring big problems

14 July 2024 2:31 am

Wind and solar energy have a fatal flaw – intermittency. Solar generators won’t run on moon-beams – they fade out…

Xi keeps Russia’s war alive

14 July 2024 2:21 am

With one phone call, the war against Ukraine could be ended and the missiles stopped from hitting children’s hospitals. And,…

Le Pen’s win threw the French far-left into free-fall

12 July 2024 12:35 pm

France has been pushed into the arms of the communists

Woke and broke Britain: how fake Tories led to Labour’s landslide victory

12 July 2024 12:13 pm

The political landscape in the United Kingdom has reached a critical juncture, marked by a seismic shift in voter allegiance…

Not conservative enough?

12 July 2024 2:18 am

‘Not conservative enough?’ Never mind Burke, Rishi Sunak’s illiberalism is to blame for the Tory loss In the aftermath of…

Recent UK and French elections highlight flaws of fixed-term Parliaments

12 July 2024 1:08 am

Earlier this year, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the Business Council of Australia suggested Australia was out of step with…

Universities must take a stand against anti-Semitism with Sydney leading the way

12 July 2024 1:00 am

Anti-Semitism is on the rise, including on university campuses. Unfortunately, despite this explosion in anti-Semitism, some universities continue to appear…

Genuine conservatives must find a way forward – or be stuck in the worst of all worlds

11 July 2024 2:35 am

For classical conservatives, it was hard to know for what outcome to hope from last Thursday’s UK General Election. Were…

Can the Australian economy really emulate America?

11 July 2024 2:30 am

As inflation stumbles its way between 3 and 4 per cent and interest rates remain fairly steady, the question begs,…

Great Labor Split II: Albo’s succumbing to socialist dilemmas

11 July 2024 2:00 am

The Great Labor Split of 1955 stemmed from theoretical dilemmas that have always haunted the Western left’s fragmented socialism. 70…

Nuclear escalation

10 July 2024 12:54 pm

The fight over Australia’s energy future is hotting up

No one is thinking of the children

10 July 2024 10:27 am

The evidence of the damage to children at the hands of LGBTIQA+ gender clinics is in. All that’s needed now…

Australia is a Christian country (for now)

10 July 2024 10:02 am

Whether you realise it or not, you live in a Christian country. And whether you believe in the Christian faith…

Why are residential builders going bankrupt when there are houses to build?

10 July 2024 9:15 am

We are constantly informed and reminded of major state or federal infrastructure or building projects that have overrun both financial…

Shhhhhh…

9 July 2024 3:30 am

It is somewhat refreshing to watch a movie whose entire premise can be summed up with a finger on the…

Nuclear is but the second option

9 July 2024 3:10 am

One of the great aberrations of the executive state is the obstinacy, determination, and poll-driven enthusiasm with which governments (both…

Witchery witch-hunted by fashion activism

9 July 2024 3:00 am

Witchery is an Australian women’s fashion brand that has been popular since its founding in South Australia in 1970. It…

Reform is driven by common sense, not ideology

9 July 2024 2:00 am

I had to fly to the UK for the campaign in Clacton because had Nigel Farage not won there, the…

Killing the birds and the bees

8 July 2024 8:06 pm

In late 2022, I wrote an article for the Epoch Times titled: Not the Bees! Varroa Mite Madness… At the…

Bill Shorten and the NDIS: if you want sex, pay for it yourself

8 July 2024 4:33 pm

Bill Shorten has given credence to speculation that Anthony Albanese is considering an early election by randomly deciding that sex…

Mainstream media is not long for this world

8 July 2024 2:30 am

So… Joe Biden identifies as a black woman? In his first radio interview in the wake of his disastrous debate…

Omnicause

8 July 2024 2:00 am

When people stop believing in God, the British author GK Chesterton argues, the problem is, ‘They don’t believe in nothing;…

Petrodollars, climate change, and the end of the world as we know it

7 July 2024 1:05 am

Quietly, America’s petrodollar deal expired. June 8 marked the end of an agreement signed in 1974 between Saudi Arabia and…

Superannuation funds and green energy

6 July 2024 10:19 pm

A new One Nation cartoon speculates that when it comes to superannuation funds which are union-controlled, ALP donors support renewable…