In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Malcolm and Kevin, don’t you have homes to go to? Several homes?
At a time of record levels of government spending and intrusion, it is perhaps timely to consider the words of…
Honk – sorry – bonk if #YouStandWithDan
Logic, Danandrewstan-style. A quick glance at the updated coronavirus “roadmap” for reopening released by the Chairman today tells that even…
Coronavirus is fading, but not Daniel Andrews power lust
Declarations of Joe Biden’s victory overshadowed yet another press conference by Daniel Andrews — not that the Victorian Premier will…
Departures all round?
Shocking Chinese whispers came out yesterday that Vladimir Putin – supreme leader of Russia’s ‘totally not a dictatorship’ dictatorship –…
Anthony Albanese warns the Tsar
Some people have something to say and other people just have to say something. Anthony Albanese is firmly in the…
Aussie winds, republican kite-flying
Today, November 6, marks the twenty-first anniversary of the 1999 republic referendum. Two decades on, republican lobbyists are on the…
Why President Sleepy Joe will keep Australia up at night
It’s not yet certain, but it is looking likely that Joe Biden will be the next President of the United…
Kevin Rudd’s media royal commission call attacks a keystone of democracy
Just over 500,000 people had signed a petition launched by Kevin Rudd calling for a royal commission into media ownership…
Watch out for Adam Bandt’s new bold big thinking
ITEM: Greens leader Adam Bandt has urged one of Australia’s largest trading partners to use its economic leverage to renegotiate…
They’re different in Queensland
As the child of migrant parents, growing up in Brisbane, I learned fast that Mexicans were not, as I had…
Time to tackle Tax Office tyranny
If there’s a connection between the Australian Taxation Office and COVID-19, it can be described in one word:‘dictatorship. For freedom…
Daniel Andrews is getting away with it
Last week I warned how Daniel Andrews can come out on top of the coronavirus crisis he inflicted on Victorians…
Leftist meltdowns on broomsticks
It’s a very troubling state of affairs when an angry pack of left-wing activists are campaigning to see hard-working Aussies…
Queensland poll post mortems are missing the bigger picture
The ALP in Queensland has just won its third election in a row under Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, stunning almost all…
Contracting out High Court appointments to Ancestry.com
When I was young I played a lot of competitive team sports. One of them was baseball on teams coached…
Bordering on the absurd
November 3 is shaping up as a big day in the 2020 calendar: the US elections; the Melbourne Cup; and…
Will dislike of Trump vaudeville push the President out?
Tens of millions of American youngsters are this week facing the ballot box for the first time and their choice…
Education in reverse
Just when you thought radical cultural-left ideology and political correctness could get no worse along comes its most recent manifestation…
Holgate’s parachute packed
Christine Holgate, Australia Post’s MD and CEO, has packed her parachute and is preparing to jump or be pushed from…
Donald Trump, American Churchill
It is no exaggeration to conclude that humanity is approaching a crucial turning point, with one path leading us further…
When the going gets tough, the votes get going
Ever since Pauline Hanson first appeared on the national stage a quarter of a century ago, her detractors and the…
Getting on with the job? What job, precisely, Prime Minister?
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Scott Morrision said it was ‘the right decision’ of the Victorian Premier to impose lockdown draconian…
A true tale of Halloween horror
The SpecOz receives some curious media releases with curious punctuation, but this one might just take the cake — or…
Gold, gold, gold as Victoria wins in treachery, lying and incompetence
After one of the worst ever years for Australians, our state governments are lining up for medals for collectively delivering…
Danspeak decoded
Daniel Andrews this week insisted spin doctors had not helped him to craft key phrases that he has used during…