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

An extraordinary shutdown demands an extraordinary reopening

24 September 2020 5:00 am

An extraordinary shutdown needs an extraordinary reopening. Australia’s only hope for economic and social recovery from the devastating effects of…

The low emissions technology statement: a (hydrogen) bomb

23 September 2020 7:21 pm

Matt Canavan’s lucid insights published in the Australian this week show how little understanding politicians and officials have of the…

BREAKING: How the SpecOz is smashing Daniel Andrews indefinite detention plans

23 September 2020 5:48 pm

If you’re in Victoria and can hear a cracking sound, it’s because The Spectator Australia has dealt some mighty blows to…

Rugby Australia’s humiliation is complete

23 September 2020 3:35 pm

Rugby Australia sacked their star player and trashed their brand to keep a sponsor happy. Now they have no star…

EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Andrews’ Ominbus Bill would allow union officials to police workplaces

23 September 2020 1:06 pm

As foreshadowed by The Spectator Australia yesterday union officials could be appointed as authorised officers under Victoria’s draconian Omnibus (Emergency…

The danger of following the experts

23 September 2020 5:00 am

People should be wary of politicians justifying their actions in terms of “following the experts.” Victorians are learning that lesson…

America’s wildfires: products of the policies that left us so badly burnt

22 September 2020 7:34 pm

First Australia in the first months of the year — and now the western parts of the United States. Australian…

New health advice from Victoria: get stoned

22 September 2020 5:08 pm

If you are a Victorian who has never tried illegal drugs, now might be a good time to start. Get…

More great jobs news from Victoria

22 September 2020 3:27 pm

There’s yet more evidence out today from the Bureau of Statistics that instead of #IstandwithDan, the hashtag should read #IstandinaqueueatCentrelinkthankstoDan.…

Celebrity pollies and turncoats may flame in – but most simply flameout

22 September 2020 1:31 pm

No-one could accuse Senator Kristina Keneally of being a turncoat, but a political ‘celebrity’? I reckon she’d settle for that. …

A Newspoll tick, but Daniel Andrews is still bottom of the class

22 September 2020 11:30 am

There’s been much buzz this morning around the Newspoll in The Australian which shows 62 per cent of Victorian voters…

Daniel Andrews’ indefinite detention plans – and yet more questions

22 September 2020 5:00 am

The lack of specificity in the Covid-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) Bill raises critical questions on which the Bill is mute…

Replacing RBG – much ado about the same thing

21 September 2020 8:50 pm

Aren’t the Democrats hoping to win the Presidency so they can nominate a left-sympathiser judge to the vacancy on the…

COVID normal: life without freedom?

21 September 2020 6:30 pm

In recent months, you may have heard a new term being thrown around, in particular by Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews.…

US Supreme Court replacement rows: could they happen here?

21 September 2020 4:08 pm

The death of United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday has ignited another intense feud over the…

From Canada: a new policy for the ABC

21 September 2020 1:10 pm

Canada’s Conservative Party, the official opposition to Trust Fund Trudeau’s ever more corrupt-looking lefty government, has a new leader. It…

Extinction Rebellion’s brave new protest

21 September 2020 11:36 am

Courageous, inspiring, fatuous, completely bloody ridiculous… From the Extinction Rebellion national newsletter, out this morning: The newsletter also declares “We…

Confronting China’s agents of influence: not McCarthyism, not racism – but in the national interest

21 September 2020 5:00 am

The father of liberalism, English philosopher John Locke once said, “We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the…

Clem and Yassmin’s dream date

20 September 2020 5:38 pm

What happens when two extremist exhibitionist feminists and professional victims sit down at a mic? It may sound like the…

I don’t like Donald Trump, but don’t hate him enough to be fashionable

20 September 2020 4:00 pm

Just for the record because everything is on the record: I doubt I could ever vote for Donald Trump.   My…

Sweden’s success mocks our folly

20 September 2020 11:09 am

Sweden matters. It sits there like a thousand-foot skyscraper in the middle of a medieval town, casting awkward shadows over…

The Greens: billboards are evil, please give us money for billboards

19 September 2020 3:32 pm

The Greens: billboards are evil. Shane Rattenbury MLA, Speaker of the Canberra City Council (AKA Legislative Assembly), Twitter, yesterday: The Greens:…

EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Andrews’ plan for indefinite detention – and more

18 September 2020 3:34 pm

The Victorian Labor government has introduced a bill to parliament that coupled with other measures is one of the most…

If Daniel Andrews has even lost the ABC… Wow

18 September 2020 1:35 pm

The findings of the ABC’s “independent” editorial complaints investigation unit are usually viewed with the same mix of bemusement and…

Coming soon: “I’m a Victorian, Get Me Out of Here”

18 September 2020 11:38 am

Comedian Daniel Andrews is set to host a new reality TV show, “I’m a Victorian, Get Me Out of Here.”…