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

Yes, companies sometime underpay workers. Get over it

1 November 2019 5:00 am

Most of us have now heard that another company — Woolworths this time — has underpaid workers and are going…

Leunig and the loon brigade

31 October 2019 5:01 pm

The ‘martyr mother’ archetype sums up motherhood in 2019 succinctly. The outrage over Michael Leunig’s illustration ‘Phoney Love’ is proof…

ScoMal goes green to GULAG glee

31 October 2019 2:13 pm

Our non-cisgendered prominent political personage from the Progressive Canberra Cadre writes: The exhilaration! CBD’s Christmases (oops seasons) are coming early. Just…

Washington, we have a problem (and probably Canberra too)

31 October 2019 5:00 am

Another year, another annual survey on American attitudes towards socialism, communism and collectivism, conducted by YouGov on behalf of the Victims of…

Worker entitlement funds: the missing millions

30 October 2019 5:52 pm

Big unions boast that they represent the financial interests of workers. But actions speak louder than words. If unions are…

Techtonics: why the party of the workers has a problem with working people – and why it matters

30 October 2019 12:02 pm

This is the first in a series of articles on shifts in Australian politics and the future of the ALP.…

No free speech please, we’re Millennials

30 October 2019 5:00 am

Another day, another survey paints a worrying picture of the attitudes to freedom of expression in the home of the…

Catholics didn’t squib the NSW abortion fight

29 October 2019 8:00 pm

Christopher Akehurst’s lament of the Catholic Church’s apparent absence from the recent New South Wales abortion debate, Eavesdropping on Sin,…

Why is the left allowed to bully whoever it deems dissident?

29 October 2019 4:30 pm

The Ellen De Generes I saw in the public eye was never really my cup of tea. Then again, it…

God and the Rock

29 October 2019 2:07 pm

Religion is a serious business. It used to command our lives and our attention, albeit the latter only weekly. Still,…

What the Joker furore says about our gatekeeper journalists

29 October 2019 12:24 pm

Perhaps the only thing to come out of the cinemas recently that is as interesting as Todd Phillip’s Joker has…

How woke workplaces make us big babies

29 October 2019 5:00 am

Businesses have “gone too far” in telling people how to live their lives, according to Attorney-General Christian Porter. His comments were sparked…

How the left make their own reality

28 October 2019 4:54 pm

There are facts, but your perception of these facts differs depending on your values and beliefs. There is nothing new…

What has the Sydney Morning Herald got against Anglican women?

28 October 2019 1:02 pm

I love the word bonkers. My mum used to say it all the time, and I just don’t seem to…

Is the feminist left allergic to accountability?

28 October 2019 5:00 am

This Saturday, a woman was arrested after two young girls were found dead in Perth. Assistant Commissioner Paul Steel said…

(Left wing) Australia Talks

27 October 2019 2:00 pm

There is a reasonable chance you have not engaged or heard of the ABC’ s latest pet project ‘Australia Talks’,…

As Ronald Reagan said, it’s a time for choosing

27 October 2019 5:00 am

“I have an uncomfortable feeling that this prosperity isn’t something on which we can base our hopes for the future,”…

We need to talk about the United Nations – and the drought

26 October 2019 4:01 pm

You have a nice place on the beach. You’re a generous host.  You’ve been gracious to numerous people in the…

Don’t patronise us with ‘your right to know’. Everyone’s right to free speech comes first

25 October 2019 4:50 pm

If you have been following the ‘right to know’ discussion here and elsewhere, you will probably have purchased a newspaper…

Victoria: the flawed jewel in the Liberal crown

25 October 2019 1:19 pm

Sadly, Victoria has become the under-performing state for the Liberal Party and unless the ship is turned around, Victoria could…

I’m from the Deep State and I’m here to help

25 October 2019 5:00 am

It’s 2019, so it’s perhaps time to update Ronald Reagan’s famous dictum that “The most terrifying words in the English…

What’s woke this week?

24 October 2019 3:42 pm

This past week has been an absolute cracker in the world of woke with a flurry of activity in aid…

How smarter tax cuts will boost the budget

24 October 2019 1:00 pm

Treasury’s flawed tax model has led to the government’s structural reforms being estimated to cost much more than they actually…

It’s all happening with Extinction Rebellion

24 October 2019 10:30 am

The SpecOz, natch, is on the Extinction Rebellion mailing list — so we couldn’t help but notice this highlight from…

Does Mark Zuckerberg really want to preserve free speech?

24 October 2019 5:00 am

The line between inciting hate or violence and informing others about that hate and violence is being blurred. Facebook’s recent…