In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
What about civics education?
The current review of the national Curriculum seems an almost covert operation, and neglects the pressing need to elevate Australian…
What’s wrong with a nice little bit of consensual kink?
Fifteen women have accused American singer and songwriter, Marilyn Manson of horrific sexual abuse. Manson has responded to the sexual abuse…
What Saint Valentine and Margaret Court have in common
The same people who revile Margaret Court will today celebrate Valentine’s Day, without even a hint of irony. Few will…
The new necessity for civil disobedience
The twenties are a difficult period for any century. We are no different, having reached the point where the stresses…
Daniel Andrews’ corona incompetents: name them
The Nine newspapers today contain an interview with the supposed “patient zero” of the latest Victorian quarantine disaster that my…
What’s woke this week?
Wokeworld really is a fairyland where all kinds of magical and amazing things happen. Its residents are the super-sensitive princesses…
How the left can’t let Trump die – while wishing death upon him
US media continues to be gripped by Trump derangement syndrome with Thursday’s New York Times breathlessly reporting a non-story about…
Ah, Daniel Andrews, you’ve done it again
Melbourne’s famed Brunetti’s pasticcerie turn out the most exquisite pastries and cakes, but their decor resembles that of a Las…
Double standards Dan strikes again
They say if the Left did not have double standards, they would have no standards at all. Time and time…
The economy is stuffed full of stimulants – and so are too many business commentators
It is results season in Australian capital markets, This is the time of year listed companies delivery their half or…
The cult of cryptocurrency
The first rule of Crypto Club: You constantly talk about Crypto Club. The second rule of Crypto Club: You constantly talk about Crypto Club. How do you…
Did Eddie resign or was it the Pope?
ABC TV news viewers this week could have been excused for thinking the Papacy had been suddenly vacated. Fully…
A good day for Peter Ridd - and free speech
A potentially crucial blow for academic freedom and free speech has been struck today, with the High Court granting former…
Don’t mention ‘breastmilk’, let alone ‘mothers’. It’s oppressive
Welcome to 2021 where we can no longer talk about “breastfeeding”. The women’s lobby, of course, spent years trying to…
No, the climate wars aren’t over
For over a dozen years, shills in the media and among the subsidy-seekers have been declaring the ‘climate wars’ to…
The Bizarro World of coronavirus death stats
Some years ago, Marvel Comics gave us Bizarro World. In Bizarro World, everything was the opposite of what it should…
Who loves the WHO?
What are the odds of the WHO investigators discovering the actual origins of the Covid-19 virus? Even if the investigation team had been there a year ago, when the pandemic was just…
James Packer’s slipped Crown: a victim of sleaze – and snobbery
Melbourne legend tells that days before Crown Casino opened senior police visited the next largest gambling place in town, a…
Net zero jobs by 2050?
Australian farmers will hardly sleep easy with the assurance of the President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions Michele O’Neil that…
Albo almost gets it right while Bowen blows hard
Labor Leader Anthony Albanese has told The Australian: A government I lead will always respect the central importance of successful…
Eddie McGuire: only a fool feeds the woke beast and thinks it will not devour him
Collingwood Football Club President Eddie McGuire played the woke game for years but he could not outrun it. Yesterday he…
Putting the Voice in the Constitution: a dangerous move
Recently, The Australian has run a series of articles, six at least, pushing the idea of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament. …
EXCLUSIVE: Church set to defy Daniel Andrews’ conversion laws
The Presbyterian Church of Australia stands poised to defy Daniel Andrews controversial ‘Change or Suppression Practices Bill’, passed last week. As…
Capitol Hill: call that a coup?
To understand how far short the Capitol Hill riot falls of any serious standard for insurrection one only needs to…
The UN decrees ‘There’s no wrong way to be a woman”
It’s not for nothing that the United Nations entity for women is called UN Women. They do, after all, spend…
