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

Trade with Chinese characteristics?

11 November 2020 7:25 am

Wine. Barley. Beef. Lobsters. Sugar. Timber. Copper. Thermal coal. These are important Australian exports which are increasingly being used as…

It’s not all sunshine and lollipops – for the US or here

10 November 2020 7:40 pm

Following their declaration of the United States presidential election results for Joe Biden, there has been great surprise expressed by…

Tasmania’s euthanasia diehards

10 November 2020 6:20 pm

Euthanasia is being considered by the Tasmanian Parliament for the fourth time in 11 years, proving that some things just…

Could Trump really call out the troops?

10 November 2020 4:49 pm

It is extraordinary to have to ask the question: can Donald Trump somehow use United States’ armed forces to stay…

There’s no such thing as an unbiased journalist

10 November 2020 2:58 pm

There’s no such thing as an unbiased journalist. It’s long believed that the role of the news media is to…

Who needs the Australia Card when you can do a Xi Jinping?

10 November 2020 1:18 pm

My. How soon people forget. In 1985, at the national tax summit, the Labor Government proposed the Australia Card: The…

Goldblunder

10 November 2020 5:00 am

On Friday last, November 6, the Australian Taxation Office had a serious legal bomb blow up in its face. It’s…

America, remember the Australian ballot? Here are more electoral wonders from Down Under to try

9 November 2020 7:21 pm

What a mess. You know what I mean, so I’m not going to list all the problems and alleged irregularities…

Why it’s fine to talk about ‘Dictator Dan’

9 November 2020 5:03 pm

For those who count themselves, as I do, among the #DictatorDan crowd, whether full-throated or privately enthusiastic, the decision in…

The Biden win: a grave mistake?

9 November 2020 3:54 pm

Data from the official Michigan government voter index indicates that a man who died in 1984 voted in the United States presidential…

Gee, Leigh. Donald Trump is Robert Mugabe?

9 November 2020 1:33 pm

I’m old enough to remember when journalists gave us the news and we added our own prejudice. These days journalists…

Anthony Albanese’s conduct confirms he’s a joke, not a leader

9 November 2020 5:00 am

Australia and the United States share a history marked by many similarities and some stark divides.   Over more than a century, however, our…

Malcolm and Kevin, don’t you have homes to go to? Several homes?

8 November 2020 5:04 pm

At a time of record levels of government spending and intrusion, it is perhaps timely to consider the words of…

Honk – sorry – bonk if #YouStandWithDan

8 November 2020 3:05 pm

Logic, Danandrewstan-style. A quick glance at the updated coronavirus “roadmap” for reopening released by the Chairman today tells that even…

Coronavirus is fading, but not Daniel Andrews power lust

8 November 2020 1:43 pm

Declarations of Joe Biden’s victory overshadowed yet another press conference by Daniel Andrews — not that the Victorian Premier will…

Departures all round?

7 November 2020 5:24 pm

Shocking Chinese whispers came out yesterday that Vladimir Putin – supreme leader of Russia’s ‘totally not a dictatorship’ dictatorship –…

Anthony Albanese warns the Tsar

7 November 2020 2:15 pm

Some people have something to say and other people just have to say something. Anthony Albanese is firmly in the…

Aussie winds, republican kite-flying

6 November 2020 4:28 pm

Today, November 6, marks the twenty-first anniversary of the 1999 republic referendum. Two decades on, republican lobbyists are on the…

Why President Sleepy Joe will keep Australia up at night

6 November 2020 12:50 pm

It’s not yet certain, but it is looking likely that Joe Biden will be the next President of the United…

Kevin Rudd’s media royal commission call attacks a keystone of democracy

6 November 2020 5:00 am

Just over 500,000 people had signed a petition launched by Kevin Rudd calling for a royal commission into media ownership…

Watch out for Adam Bandt’s new bold big thinking

5 November 2020 4:55 pm

ITEM: Greens leader Adam Bandt has urged one of Australia’s largest trading partners to use its economic leverage to renegotiate…

They’re different in Queensland

5 November 2020 2:45 pm

As the child of migrant parents, growing up in Brisbane, I learned fast that Mexicans were not, as I had…

Time to tackle Tax Office tyranny

5 November 2020 5:00 am

If there’s a connection between the Australian Taxation Office and COVID-19, it can be described in one word:‘dictatorship. For freedom…

Daniel Andrews is getting away with it

4 November 2020 2:28 pm

Last week I warned how Daniel Andrews can come out on top of the coronavirus crisis he inflicted on Victorians…

Leftist meltdowns on broomsticks

4 November 2020 4:00 am

It’s a very troubling state of affairs when an angry pack of left-wing activists are campaigning to see hard-working Aussies…