In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
How pandemic panic has perverted our politics
Coronavirus has panicked Western leaders — not all, but most — into behaving irrationally and dishonestly. Australia, so lightly touched…
An extraordinary shutdown demands an extraordinary reopening
An extraordinary shutdown needs an extraordinary reopening. Australia’s only hope for economic and social recovery from the devastating effects of…
The low emissions technology statement: a (hydrogen) bomb
Matt Canavan’s lucid insights published in the Australian this week show how little understanding politicians and officials have of the…
BREAKING: How the SpecOz is smashing Daniel Andrews indefinite detention plans
If you’re in Victoria and can hear a cracking sound, it’s because The Spectator Australia has dealt some mighty blows to…
Rugby Australia’s humiliation is complete
Rugby Australia sacked their star player and trashed their brand to keep a sponsor happy. Now they have no star…
EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Andrews’ Ominbus Bill would allow union officials to police workplaces
As foreshadowed by The Spectator Australia yesterday union officials could be appointed as authorised officers under Victoria’s draconian Omnibus (Emergency…
The danger of following the experts
People should be wary of politicians justifying their actions in terms of “following the experts.” Victorians are learning that lesson…
America’s wildfires: products of the policies that left us so badly burnt
First Australia in the first months of the year — and now the western parts of the United States. Australian…
New health advice from Victoria: get stoned
If you are a Victorian who has never tried illegal drugs, now might be a good time to start. Get…
More great jobs news from Victoria
There’s yet more evidence out today from the Bureau of Statistics that instead of #IstandwithDan, the hashtag should read #IstandinaqueueatCentrelinkthankstoDan.…
Celebrity pollies and turncoats may flame in – but most simply flameout
No-one could accuse Senator Kristina Keneally of being a turncoat, but a political ‘celebrity’? I reckon she’d settle for that. …
A Newspoll tick, but Daniel Andrews is still bottom of the class
There’s been much buzz this morning around the Newspoll in The Australian which shows 62 per cent of Victorian voters…
Daniel Andrews’ indefinite detention plans – and yet more questions
The lack of specificity in the Covid-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) Bill raises critical questions on which the Bill is mute…
Replacing RBG – much ado about the same thing
Aren’t the Democrats hoping to win the Presidency so they can nominate a left-sympathiser judge to the vacancy on the…
COVID normal: life without freedom?
In recent months, you may have heard a new term being thrown around, in particular by Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews.…
US Supreme Court replacement rows: could they happen here?
The death of United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday has ignited another intense feud over the…
From Canada: a new policy for the ABC
Canada’s Conservative Party, the official opposition to Trust Fund Trudeau’s ever more corrupt-looking lefty government, has a new leader. It…
Extinction Rebellion’s brave new protest
Courageous, inspiring, fatuous, completely bloody ridiculous… From the Extinction Rebellion national newsletter, out this morning: The newsletter also declares “We…
Confronting China’s agents of influence: not McCarthyism, not racism – but in the national interest
The father of liberalism, English philosopher John Locke once said, “We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the…
Clem and Yassmin’s dream date
What happens when two extremist exhibitionist feminists and professional victims sit down at a mic? It may sound like the…
I don’t like Donald Trump, but don’t hate him enough to be fashionable
Just for the record because everything is on the record: I doubt I could ever vote for Donald Trump. My…
Sweden’s success mocks our folly
Sweden matters. It sits there like a thousand-foot skyscraper in the middle of a medieval town, casting awkward shadows over…
The Greens: billboards are evil, please give us money for billboards
The Greens: billboards are evil. Shane Rattenbury MLA, Speaker of the Canberra City Council (AKA Legislative Assembly), Twitter, yesterday: The Greens:…
EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Andrews’ plan for indefinite detention – and more
The Victorian Labor government has introduced a bill to parliament that coupled with other measures is one of the most…
If Daniel Andrews has even lost the ABC… Wow
The findings of the ABC’s “independent” editorial complaints investigation unit are usually viewed with the same mix of bemusement and…