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

Tobacco companies must wonder: with enemies like Big Public Health, who needs friends?

5 August 2020 7:02 pm

There is a public health issue you would have heard very little about that could be far more important to…

Quarantine is for the sick

5 August 2020 5:45 pm

Healthy Australians have been forced into various stages of lockdown since 21 March: four and a half months ago. At…

Jim’s Mowing, ABC moaning

5 August 2020 3:31 pm

If you continue to work – even safely – during the Victorian lockdown you are irresponsible, according to ABC journalists…

War metaphor won’t defeat pandemic

5 August 2020 1:06 pm

The use of metaphors as a way to frame problems or issues has a dramatic impact on the way the…

The new holy trinity for schools and universities: gender, race and class

5 August 2020 11:06 am

George Orwell is quoted as saying “Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them”.  The cultural left’s campaign…

Try doing the daggy dad, not dictator, Dan

5 August 2020 5:00 am

We are currently undertaking something of an experiment in the limits of political authority and leadership. This is especially true…

If Peter Ridd loses, academic freedom in Australia is dead

4 August 2020 6:58 pm

Scott Morrison once stated that he was unconcerned about ongoing attacks on free speech, because he thought that free speech…

When you view all of life through the prism of offence, you’ll find offence in every fridge in the supermarket

4 August 2020 4:39 pm

The Indigenous activist who forced Coon Cheese out of Australian fridges now wants Paul’s to stop producing “Smarter White Milk”…

Fear is in the Melbourne air; not just of the virus, but of continuing incompetence by the Andrews government

4 August 2020 2:31 pm

Having lived in Melbourne all my life, I’m picking up that this Melbourne COVID-19 deep lockdown has induced fear. Fear…

We might have a pandemic on our hands, but we still also have the rule of law

4 August 2020 12:00 pm

I happened to switch on the telly at the start of the week just in time for Annelise Nielsen’s interview…

Why the woke war against women?

4 August 2020 5:00 am

Just when you think the world cannot get any sillier, it does.  The American Cancer Society is now recommending that…

How a premier should shoulder the burden of office

3 August 2020 7:02 pm

We can but wish… “It’s only fair”, Victorian Premier Dan Andrews said as he announced that he and his Cabinet…

Can’t Pirate Pete and pals just lay off Israel Folau?

3 August 2020 4:12 pm

Israel Folau is in the news again, and this time it’s for something he didn’t do. Over the weekend Folau…

State of Disaster? More like State of Despair

3 August 2020 1:09 pm

Like many Victorians yesterday afternoon, I stopped to listen to premier Daniel Andrews announce a crackdown on Victorians’ freedoms far…

White Ribbon’s gender biased Groundhog Day

3 August 2020 5:00 am

Last week was a bad week for anyone who believes in genuine, true equality.  White Ribbon strutted back on stage,…

That aged well, didn’t it?

2 August 2020 8:38 pm

Special acknowledgements for 2020 vision on 2020 from Van Badham, one of that unique breed of large ‘n’ loud Melbourne…

Tech giant media content code still slugs taxpayers over SBS and the ABC

2 August 2020 6:06 pm

The world-first draft mandatory code unveiled by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg last Friday in response to complaints tech giants Google and Facebook have…

Daniel Andrews’ state of disaster

2 August 2020 3:26 pm

A curfew from 8.00 pm to 5.00 am. A limit on travelling more than five kilometres from your home. An…

Ten good news stories from 2020

2 August 2020 5:00 am

2020. What a year. As someone has recently remarked on Twitter, I can’t believe we stayed until midnight and cheered…

Can Adam Bandt count?

1 August 2020 4:26 pm

Another day, another begging letter from the Greens. Another begging letter filled with complete bollocks. Herr Doktor Senator Adam Bandt’s…

Q&A’s selective moral outrage

31 July 2020 8:55 pm

This Monday on the(ir) ABC’s not so popular Q & A program (it rarely if ever rates in the top 20…

What’s woke this week (or racist)?

31 July 2020 11:00 am

It’s no surprise that I spy with my little eye something beginning with ‘R’ is once again the game of woke choice…

EXCLUSIVE: Information Commissioner to investigate SBS over deleted bushfires article

31 July 2020 5:00 am

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has looked at the Institute of Public Affairs’ submission and decided to commence…

How soon until we’re told that they’re the real victims?

30 July 2020 7:37 pm

It’s been the outrage story of the day, the tale of walking arguments against lip filler and botox Olivia Muranga…

Victoria has become a cautionary tale for Australia – and the world

30 July 2020 7:32 pm

With Victoria’s lockdown now in its 21st day, one would have thought after three weeks there would be some sign…