In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
The rise of toxic femininity
The days of women merely fighting for equal opportunity have long since ceased. According to Christina Hoff Summers, the goal of…
WA Labor’s bizarre bout of Murdoch madness
We really are in a post-truth era of politics; and for a change, Western Australia is leading the pack instead of trailing 30 years behind.…
You can’t reduce debt by taking on more debt
Pop. That is the sound of the pin of reality piercing the inflated balloon of Australian economic wishful thinking. Fresh…
GDP is up, but recession conditions remain
The September quarter national accounts released last Wednesday have been interpreted by some commentators as heralding the end of the…
Be afraid: Victoria restarts hotel quarantine today
Today, Monday 7 December, will be a day filled with trepidation for Victorians and all Australians. Today is the day…
The need to blame someone in the COVID-19 pandemic: a personal reflection
Social stigma is a damaging phenomenon. It occurs when people are associated with negatively viewed events, beliefs, and social phenomena…
Victoria’s latest gender legislation risks a future litigation tidal wave
In 1869, a “well-meaning” Victorian government passed the Aborigines Protection Act under which Aboriginal children could be taken from their…
Real Climate Science
According to Tim Flannery’s Climate Council, Aborigines ate the megafauna, so highly flammable scrub grew up and they had to…
The reef is fine but academic freedom remains in peril
The first images I saw of the Great Barrier Reef were in 1980s television news reports warning that the crown-of-thorns…
The Greens: we’re washed up
Can I interest anyone in a festive tea-towel? The Australian Greens are flogging a new range optimistically titled ‘legends’ featuring…
The Greens: we want to change the world, so let’s first get stoned
I hate to admit it, but there seems little point trying to hide the obvious. We’re losing the war on…
Andrew Bolt drives the Mad F–king Witches madder still
Only a small handful of people can trigger the Mad F***ing Witches. Rupert Murdoch, is up there, obviously. Ditto most ‘conservative white…
Annastacia Palaszczuk’s arrogant Twits
A Twitter incident from Wednesday last week reveals a few interesting things about the Queensland state government and modern politics…
Their ABC presents: Jimmy Barnes, the China expert of the Largs Piers Hotel
Jimmy Barnes is better known for his screaming than for his expertise on foreign affairs which, of course, makes him…
The compelling case for replacing stamp duty
Grey-haired Australians can sit on their porches and yell at lawn-trespassers to their heart’s content. But they need to stop…
What’s the magic word, Lidia? Justice?
As any toddler will tell you, there’s usually a way to get what you want. There’s a magic word to…
The Andrews government pre hotel quarantine report manoeuvrings defy reality
With only weeks to go before the final Coate Inquiry report into Victoria’s shameful hotel quarantine fiasco is released, things…
Daniel Andrews abortion doublethink
Cognitive dissonance, thy name is Victoria. How else to explain a state in which the miscarriage of a wanted baby…
Talk is cheap – just like we want our electricity to be
Guardian Australia staff have been doing cartwheels around the office after the latest Essential Research findings. “Three-quarters of Australians back…
Hello, Kevin. Want some good news on media diversity?
As Kevin Rudd continues on his strange search for affection and respect through Twitter tantrums demanding media diversity by attacking…
Why is the Coalition planning to give more money to the ABC?
Given the spite and the scorn with which many at the national broadcaster view the Coalition and mainstream Australians, one…
Parents targeted in Daniel Andrews’ latest gender theory folly
While 98% of Australians are happy being women or men and the overwhelming majority of children and teenagers are happy…
Questions raised about the Oxford AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine
As discussed in this publication by Professor Jennifer Rogers last week, there have been discrepancies in the data reported by…
Ok, Twitter. Let’s just get this straight…
Ok, Twitter. Let’s just get this straight… You take down a New York Post article on Hunter Biden — effectively…
China is deliberately singling out Australia to intimidate the region
Yesterday’s ugly, viciously confrontational Chinese tweet insulting Australia has been instructive to onlookers. Flat White asked a seasoned Asian diplomat…
