In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Doug Anthony: the original All Star goes out
The death over the weekend of former Country/National Party leader and Deputy Prime Minister, Doug Anthony, breaks the last link but…
What won’t be in the Victorian hotel quarantine fiasco inquiry report today
Justice Coate’s much-awaited final report of her inquiry into Victoria’s Covid-19 hotel quarantine program is due for release today. If…
Unto them a child is born: the joylessness of secular faiths
While those committed to extreme forms of secularism argue religion, especially Christianity, must be abolished it’s ironic that at the same time they adopt many of the characteristics of the…
The Greens cult of no personality
Out today: yet another screed of delusion, distortion and deceit that the Greens pass off as their magazine. It’s only…
2020: The year in review with Alexandra Marshall
If we have learned anything from 2020, it’s ‘don’t eat bats’. From Ebola to Covid, these winged Petri dishes have proved…
Woke and broke: what’s honourable about Victoria?
Time and common sense have appropriately bourne witness to the disappearance of centuries-old parliamentary extravagances such as gowns, wigs, frilly…
Meet the skinless chickens (AKA our university vice-chancellors)
Australia came to a fork in the road. The private sector went one way. The public sector the other, singing…
Clementine and Gillard? Together? Am I dreaming of a blight Christmas?
News headlines throughout 2020 have pretended to be concerned about the soaring male suicide rate. We’ve seen the government allocate unprecedented…
The world demands courage, not cowardice
The free world is looking to the United States with apprehension. Since Churchill handed the mantle to Roosevelt, the US…
Government by the people but not for the people
I’m no doubt in a minority, but I believe that the American governing model, with a Montesquieu-ian separation of powers…
There’s no point saying we’re outperforming all advanced economies if you’re introducing job limiting laws, Josh
The Morrison government has introduced a new industrial relations bill to parliament, with their hopes set on getting rid of…
The other coronavirus toll
We know all too well about the coronavirus death toll, but what about its household and financial impact? Treasurer Josh…
The states have hijacked power policy - and activists are coming for the sceptic’s seats
State governments have now taken control of electricity policy from the Commonwealth. Although state control potentially allows alternative approaches to…
Meet Dictator Dan’s Department of Fairness
To be honest I really couldn’t believe what I was seeing. For all the spin-doctoring, the hundreds of thousands paid…
Bring out McGimp
Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan isn’t a native sandgroper. He’s from Newcastle and only washed up in the West thanks…
Dr Jill and the importance of being qualified
Dr Jill wants to be Dr Phil, that is the question: whether you are a wanker for calling yourself a Doctor when you’re…
All meat is plant based
Wandering recently through an arcade popular with the green smoothie set, I saw a sign boasting: “Plant Based Meat”. Someone…
Victimhood Incorporated
Thanks to Israeli scientists we now have a psychological profile of a large section of our population and the body politic: A…
Home ownership or super: the true retirement wealth issue
Another review of the retirement income system has come — and it seems, gone — without clearly having achieved its…
If the Morrison government cares about jobs, it can’t cave to union scaremongering
The naked cynicism of the union movement has been laid bare in its attack on the Morrison government’s very modest…
So now we can’t even talk transgender issues?
Question: How many trans activists does it take to change a lightbulb? Answer: The same number that it takes to…
Joe Biden: gone in 60 weeks?
Joe Biden is not meant to govern. If he manages, and whatever he manages, that’s all well and good, and…
How a conservative Supreme Court nobly upheld conservatism
It appears the United States Supreme Court has snuffed out Donald Trump’s last chance to save his Presidency. This is…
Who is compulsory super benefitting: ordinary Australians or the top end of town?
Mainstream Australians are being failed by the political class as the gap between two Australias continues to widen. This failure is…
You too can wallow in Waleed’s wisdom, thanks to their ABC
Waleed and Scott are two of ABC radio’s intellectuals. Doubtless, they’d correct me to say they are ‘the’ two intellectuals at…