In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Princess Annastacia versus the little people
The Queensland government is denying vaccinated parents of a newborn the right to see their baby while, at the same…
Trolling the Queen
The Ginger and the Whinger have welcomed a daughter into the world, Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor. We should all be…
Twitter now claims to be an essential human right
Where to start? Twitter outdid itself over the weekend when it ditched any semblance of modesty and decided to identify…
The Dan Show
Strap on your masks and break out the hand sanitiser – The Dan Show is back for a fourth season, sans Dan! Debuting…
My daddy issues
Prince Harry wants to talk about his childhood and work out whom to blame. So do I. I grew-up in Mount Waverley and they really were…
A harsh lesson for our university chiefs
Education Minister Alan Tudge gave a speech at the annual Universities Australia conference yesterday. Here is how the AFR education editor described what…
Another cock up from their ABC
If a story would not stand up in court, it should not be published. It certainly should not be published…
‘Crackpot’ lab leak theory suddenly ‘feasible’
What a difference a year makes. Sir Richard Dearlove, the MI6 chief (‘C’) from 1999 to 2004, was first interviewed on the UK’s excellent Planet Normal podcast almost exactly a year ago. His…
Being in opposition is awesome (really)
If you ever catch a cuppa with an Australian federal or state politician who is out of government and in…
What are the odds of a politician saying something sensible about sharks?
For the first time in five years, an Australian politician has acknowledged a bleeding obvious fact about the way we…
‘Sweaty men have touched that ball’: South Australia’s special corona craziness
Every cloud has a silver lining, and corona craziness is providing a unique insight into how the nawabs of nannying,…
Sesame creep
Just because it’s Gay Pride Month—yep, there’s so many varieties on the LBTIQ+ spectrum they couldn’t just have one day—in…
Their ABC fails the objectivity test on Aboriginal history
According to its Code of Practice, the ABC “has a statutory duty to ensure that the gathering and presentation of…
China’s concerning Covid diplomacy
Covid-19 has so far caused the deaths of near three and a half million globally and led to significant social and…
Is ‘voluntary assisted dying’ in Queensland really going to remain voluntary or safe?
The Queensland Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021, and reports that the Queensland Government will include mental suffering as a criterion,…
How to avoid coronavirus? Duck and cover
Not content with her discovery of the elusive “pizza box” strain of coronavirus, South Australia’s chief public health officer Nicola…
Why we’re slipping behind in the world game
Soccer is one of the most popular amateur sports in Australia. Out of the shadow of Covid-19, we’re expecting a…
The ABC does a Billy Snedden
The late Liberal leader Billy Snedden is well-known for his declaration after the 1974 election “We were not beaten. We…
Marxism has taken over Christianity
Australia cannot ignore reality any longer: an unhealthy relationship has formed between Marxist activism and the Christian church. Whether it…
The fantasy prediction of 510,000 deaths
In the evidence he gave to the British parliament on 26 May, Boris Johnson’s former chief of staff Dominic Cummings…
ABC 7.30: ‘Underwhelming – on any measure’
High paid ABC TV current affairs presenter, Leigh Sales, likes nothing more than rattling off carefully compiled, pre-prepared questions to…
Is this really about Israel?
The reignition of Israeli-Palestinian conflict was as inevitable as it is tragic. Following the prompts of mainstream media, the world’s…
Fight to win or don’t fight at all
Here are a few quick thoughts on the Christian Porter saga. First, though, let me say bluntly what regular SpecOz…
Lockdown IV: The Victorian government can’t evade the law
Why is it that Victorians, perhaps more specifically Melburnians, are having such a bad time with Covid in comparison to the other states? Why is this fourth lockdown occurring? Already…
ScoMo and Josh’s irrational exuberance
Last week the Australian Bureau of Statistics released figures showing new private capital expenditure rose 6.3 per cent in the…
