Our Australian Reef science organisations had a hard time at the Senate Inquiry into the effects of agriculture on the…

Heavy hints from ministers that planned personal income tax cuts will be brought forward in next week’s budget have sparked…

Anyone who didn’t see this coming has been living in a rock. Or possibly hiding in a basement with Joe…

The Victorian state Attorney General, Jill Hennessy, has written to the Law Institute of Victoria attempting to allay concerns about…

There’s an old saying which goes “desperate times call for desperate measures”.  It means actions which may seem extreme in…

Disparate government policies within Australia in response to the SARS-Cov-2 pandemic have highlighted strengths and weaknesses in our federal structure.…

Asking meticulous questions of Premier Daniel Andrews is the fastest way to get yourself sent to the gulag.  China hasn’t…

I’ve been a very bad girl. I have come home to Australia to be with my husband. I travelled by…

The dictum that “a little knowledge is a dangerous thing” rings very true in the run-up to the federal budget.…

Lessons have been learnt — or, as the modern bureaucrat might ask — learnings have been made? Not quite. The…

For something made in China, Coronavirus is surprisingly good. How else to make sense of the latest non-sensical restrictions aimed…

Evidence given at the Hotel Quarantine Inquiry gives no confidence that the government would be able to manage the implementation…

It is with great sadness that we must inform SpecOz readers that the wonderful Giles Auty passed away last week…

Ask anyone sane: there is absolutely no doubt that that episode of ABC’s Q&A was outrageous and unacceptable. You know,…

When it comes to making decisions, the Victorian hotel quarantine disaster shows neither politicians nor public servants seem to know…

“I saw nothing. I heard nothing. I know nothing.” This is the recurring theme that has been the hallmark of…

Netball Australia decided to hold an Indigenous Round last weekend to celebrate diversity and inclusion. What could possibly go wrong?…

The great wartime British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is attributed with the expression “Indeed it has been said that democracy…

In a year of ongoing global protests involving Black Lives Matter ™, any artwork addressing racial inequality was always going…

Other Victorian Ministers will inevitably soon join Jenny Mikakos on the political scrapheap, but the spotlight should be turned to…

Outside the United States, few people are as interested in American politics as Australians.  Understandably so given our peace and prosperity remain closely tied to America.    The…

Whether it is Daniel Andrews in Victoria, Gladys Berejyklian in New South Wales, Annastacia Palaszczuck in Queensland or the Novocastrian…

‘Annus Horribilis’ was how Queen Elizabeth II described 1992, a tough year at the palace.  The Latin term means ‘horrible…

Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews has insisted that Nobody made the decision to hire private security guards used in the state’s…

Criminals have been busy committing crimes while Victorian Police have been busy keeping people who have committed no crime locked…