In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Our corona double standards have now gone global
After yet another unnecessary and damaging snap lockdown in Western Australia, government hypocrisy has once again been exposed. It seems…
Mike Pezzullo would not have sent his ‘drums of war’ message without the PM’s blessing
The hottest topic this week has been the Anzac Day message sent to his staff by Home Affairs Secretary, Mike…
REVEALED: Al Gore’s real climate catastrophe
Next month is the thirtieth anniversary of the most entertaining and damning chapter in Al Gore’s career. By the mid-nineteenth…
What genius decided to invite Clementine Ford to the consent conversation?
Despite what raging left-wing lunatics are screaming in your poor, bleeding ears, consent will never be a simple issue. Add one human being…
The science is unsettled? The SpecOz settled that years ago
The title of the new book, Unsettled, could refer to the effect it will have on readers who believe in…
Why should we all pay for Annastacia Palaszczuk’s vanity Olympics?
Pain heals. Glory lasts forever. And longer than that lasts the bill for hosting the Olympics. Scott Morrison this week agreed that…
It can’t be a supermoon if it’s not gender inclusive
Were you aware that only two per cent of moon craters are named after women? Neither was I, until I…
It’s everyone’s task to face up to Beijing’s bullies
In Churchill’s “finest hour” speech, perhaps the ultimate highlight in the career of history’s greatest Briton, he beseeched his people to…
Mr Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
A kiss on the hand may be quite continental/And Mr Wang’s my new best friend… Well, it certainly looked like…
Why is Pirate Pete scared of Craig Kelly?
Peter FitzSimons, the man who would be ‘king’ of Australia if he got his republican wish, has revealed how little the…
Mark McGowan, the premier who cried “wolf”
Today, I write to you from the People’s Republic of Westralia shortly after the end of our ‘circuit-breaking’ lockdown. Mark McGowan has said…
A Christian believes he is doing God’s work? Well stop the presses and hold the front page
Two things happened last Tuesday involving religion. See if you can guess which one caused Leftists’ heads to explode Last…
The facts on compulsory coronavirus vaccination in the workplace
Last week the Nine newspapers reported a Fair Work Commission decision to uphold the right of an employer, in this case major…
How much do you really pay in tax?
The Budget’s around the corner and income tax is already being debated. Income tax is easy to calculate. But filing…
How the premiers are keeping us at home
Another weekend, another lockdown. Brisbane at the end of March, now Perth. It’s probably only because someone sensible is filling…
Can ScoMo learn from BoJo and regain his poll mojo?
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson should be on the political ropes. He is in open warfare with his embittered former…
PVO’s real problem with Scott Morrison? He won the 2019 election
Political commentator Peter van Onselen’s just-released book about the Prime Minister is, like eternal damnation, well worth avoiding if the…
Their ABC’s ‘victim’ of Anzac Day
Sunday was Anzac Day and, unsurprisingly, the ABC had a crack at this important commemoration for being *checks notes* not…
Hooray for Hollywood
I must confess that I have never enjoyed the off-stage antics of entertainers as I have since Trump was elected.…
Lest we forget… the planet is doomed
It’s getting to the stage where The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age are becoming so unreadable you don’t even…
Mark McGowan, WA’s lazy lord of the lockdown
For the second time in less than three months, the Wester Australian Premier Mark McGowan has locked up two million…
Spectator Australia TV: Lionel Shriver on Biden’s spending spree – and more
Five years ago, a novel warned of a dark, disturbing, and dystopian image of the US. Now in 2021, this…
The challenge of Anzac Day, 2021
The extended ADF community has possibly never been so divided against itself as it is right now. The ADF’s current…
What’s woke this weekend?
The woke love rules. They have lots of them. And they’re zealous in policing them. Oops… sorry, I obviously can’t…
Even the Q&A crowd have had it with Q&A
The ABC political talkfest Q&A recorded its lowest-ever ratings on the same night Malcolm Turnbull and Sarah Hanson-Young featured as…
