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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?

8 November 2020 5:04 pm

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

8 November 2020 3:05 pm

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

8 November 2020 1:43 pm

Declarations of Joe Biden’s victory overshadowed yet another press conference by Daniel Andrews — not that the Victorian Premier will…

Departures all round?

7 November 2020 5:24 pm

Shocking Chinese whispers came out yesterday that Vladimir Putin – supreme leader of Russia’s ‘totally not a dictatorship’ dictatorship –…

Anthony Albanese warns the Tsar

7 November 2020 2:15 pm

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

6 November 2020 4:28 pm

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

6 November 2020 12:50 pm

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

6 November 2020 5:00 am

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

5 November 2020 4:55 pm

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

5 November 2020 2:45 pm

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

5 November 2020 5:00 am

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

4 November 2020 2:28 pm

Last week I warned how Daniel Andrews can come out on top of the coronavirus crisis he inflicted on Victorians…

Leftist meltdowns on broomsticks

4 November 2020 4:00 am

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

3 November 2020 5:42 pm

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

3 November 2020 1:01 pm

When I was young I played a lot of competitive team sports. One of them was baseball on teams coached…

Bordering on the absurd

3 November 2020 3:00 am

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?

2 November 2020 6:52 pm

Tens of millions of American youngsters are this week facing the ballot box for the first time and their choice…

Education in reverse

2 November 2020 4:35 pm

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

2 November 2020 12:31 pm

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

2 November 2020 12:01 am

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

1 November 2020 12:22 pm

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?

1 November 2020 5:00 am

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

31 October 2020 6:33 pm

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

31 October 2020 4:57 pm

After one of the worst ever years for Australians, our state governments are lining up for medals for collectively delivering…

Danspeak decoded

31 October 2020 2:41 pm

Daniel Andrews this week insisted spin doctors had not helped him to craft key phrases that he has used during…