In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
What on earth is wrong with saying “all lives matter”?
It’s that time of the year again where no one’s doing all that much and the most innocuous comments are…
Still not cheered by the change from Coon – and now there’s a Scrabble scuffle brewing
Every parent knows that if you give in to your toddler’s temper tantrums, you will receive as your reward even…
The China threat and the art of war
The war being conducted by the Chinese Communist Party against the democratic, free world, particularly Australia has predictable and understandable strategies. Under the Xi Jinping dictatorship, clear principles of…
Canberra’s modern monetary theory dreamers are lost wandering their wonderland
There are certain human inventions that the world would probably be much better without. Things like nuclear and biological weapons…
There’s no scientific need to expose Australians to suffering. We need vaccine reciprocity now
As the city of Brisbane once again goes into full lockdown, borders remain closed, and businesses nation-wide are being decimated, the Australian…
Everything you always wanted to know about the public sector* (*but were afraid to ask)
Out of the mouths of babes and … Daniel Andrews? Amazing, but true. The Oz reports: Victorian private sector workplaces…
Welcome to the Age of the Goldfish
I hope you all have a good memory, because you are going to need it. Modern political events are being…
This is the politics the left made – based on threats of power, not peaceful persuasion
I guess like me you’ve been more than a little shocked at the Republican “insurrection” in the United States. But…
The two left wings
May I recommend the brilliant writing and analysis of Kevin Williamson in the National Review? He recently authored this nugget titled Joe…
No penises in the pool? Puh-lease!
For almost one hundred years, Sydney women have been able to bathe at Coogee’s ladies-only pool, free from the prying…
Coronavirus: we’ve barely scratched the surface of the economic contagion
Normally, I strut into a New Year full of motivation, inspiration and sass. Much like an underfed clothes horse down…
Today’s cold-blooded political animals are solar-powered
Now that it’s high summer, you might see a lizard, sunning itself on a rock. Lizards don’t just get their energy…
Now the Nats are choosing cute ‘n’ cuddly with koalas over facts
New South Wales Deputy Premier John Barilaro has ‘kissed and made up’ with Environment Minister Matt ‘Green’ Kean after taking time…
How our governments – and governance – could be improved by term limits
After a contentious two-year term capped off by a tumultuous 2020, January 3 marked the beginning of the 117th Congress…
Why we want foreign students with a commitment to Australia
Last summer, BC — Before Covid — a friend and I strolled around Canberra’s university precinct, called ‘The China Quarter’…
Daniel Andrews: the pissants’ premier
Victorian Premier, Daniel Andrews, leads a crumbling and unworthy public sector that is working against the interests of those who…
WA’s Mark McGowan lets the COVID cat out of the bag
Fresh from the Oz: Western Australian premier Mark McGowan has called on NSW to fall in line with the other…
Why the pandemic secrecy and censorship?
There is no justification for the uniquely high-level of secrecy the Australian government has maintained throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. A…
Deadly virus kills our freedoms
It has been fascinating to watch how different countries have dealt with the Covid-19 pandemic. Some nations have been nothing…
We have banned hate speech. Now we must ban hate votes
Drongo alert: this piece may contain traces of satire and irony. We have banned hate speech in order to protect…
Not the death of democracy – not even close
Contrary to the aphorism and what you’re seeing in America, things don’t fall apart, the centre nearly always holds. Despite what you read democracy…
The Great Purge
Beneath the noise of America’s Capitol Hill protests lurks the silent rise of Silicon Valley. Tens of thousands of social…
Another ‘mostly peaceful’ day in the USA
As Talleyrand famously said after Napoleon’s international kidnap and subsequent execution of the royalist Duc d’Enghein, “it was worse than…
Albo Labor is so bad it’s even dragging down the government
There are two writers whose analysis I try to almost always read – Aaron Patrick in the Fin and Troy…
A prayer for America
Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and…
