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In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.

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…

Who’s going to win the Queensland election? It’s complicated

30 October 2020 7:00 pm

If polls really could foretell the future, rather than just being an imperfect model of the present, then the LNP should currently be cruising…

What’s woke this week?

30 October 2020 4:58 pm

‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean…

Men have a penis and women have a vagina. Oh. Wait…

30 October 2020 2:33 pm

Men have a penis and women have a vagina — but only a crazy brave person would say so. Perth…

Forget the Cartier watches. We should be talking about privatising Australia Post

30 October 2020 12:30 pm

Australia Post CEO and managing director, Christine Holgate, has been caught between the conflict of running a government business enterprise…

The Liberal Party: caught in the gender trap?

30 October 2020 5:00 am

While Australians are worried about actual problems like rising unemployment, the Liberal Party is worried about gender imbalance among its…

Marx’s zombies

29 October 2020 7:01 pm

It is time we start listening to our kids. No, I haven’t lost my mind… Social discord, previously dismissed as…

Queensland can do better than Annastacia Palaszczuk, but the LNP must lift its campaign game

29 October 2020 1:00 pm

This Saturday’s Queensland State Election will see the LNP not only with top weight, but a wide barrier draw and…

Liberalism is in trouble

29 October 2020 5:00 am

Liberalism is in trouble. This is not a comment about political parties which may use the Liberal name, but about…

Scott Morrison: dismal with Daniel Andrews, feeble on freedom

28 October 2020 6:25 pm

Ahead of question time in federal parliament yesterday there were two contrasting speeches given. In response to a motion moved…

Don’t trust the polls? Follow the money

28 October 2020 11:59 am

If publicly available political polling stinks – and it does both in Australia and in the case of the US…

Hot potato, hot potato

28 October 2020 5:00 am

The latest “culturally insensitive” crisis to engulf Western Civilisation is Blue Wiggle Anthony Field apologising for a video clip of…

Welcome home: a tale of quarantine

27 October 2020 6:24 pm

“This is a five-star hotel. I can tell you, the food is great.” he said. “I get the same food as yous get.” …

Beware the Dan trap

27 October 2020 1:30 pm

Melbourne businesses are preparing to open up — what’s left of them — and Victoria’s Stockholm Syndrome is in full…

Rupert Murdoch doesn’t dominate our media. He stands in the way of total left control, hence the hate campaign

27 October 2020 5:00 am

For the left, Rupert Murdoch truly is an, if not the, Antichrist. He has been so before Trump and is…

When will WA Labor lift the Iron Ore Curtain?

26 October 2020 7:11 pm

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he is hopeful Western Australia will re–open by late December. No doubt that will be on…

Danandrewstan opens – in a way that only the people who created the problem to begin with could arrange

26 October 2020 4:02 pm

Daniel Andrews loves his facts and figures. At his press conference today, he seemed proud that it was 139 days…

ABC staff confirm their selfishness and self-obsession

26 October 2020 1:00 pm

The number one rule of consumer media is to understand your audience – unless you work at the(ir) ABC.  The…

Palaszczuk’s punt: baristas or the bush

26 October 2020 5:00 am

Once again, conservative Queensland voices stand alone and well apart from the madding crowd. While almost every other political body…