In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
How identity politics can only lead to anger – and violence
In these past two weeks identity politics has been thrust into the mainstream with an almost religious force. We have…
Roll on a republic, we can stack Yarralumla
The extraordinary plans afoot in Canberra for Malcolm Turnbull, Paul Keating, Kevin Rudd, or someone of their ilk, to succeed…
Julia Baird’s monumental confusion
Sometimes it’s hard to keep up with what the left are thinking. But thankfully we always have the internet to…
Why do conservatives hold back?
Why do conservatives hold back? Why do they feel they are constrained from activism or speaking out? The left certainly…
Reaping the whirlwind: the darkness of three decades of PC
A generation ago I first warned about the insidious and dangerous nature of political correctness, arguing the neo-Marxist inspired concept…
Welcome to the University Australia
In their 1976 classic Hotel California, The Eagles sang of a haunted hotel where “you can check out any time…
No, inequality is not discrimination
A problem misdiagnosed is a problem mistreated. Many people today assume without question that all inequality is the result of…
Cook statue vandalism: one of these reports is not like the others
In the early hours of yesterday, the statue of Captain James Cook in Sydney’s Hyde Park was vandalised, allegedly by…
Uproar in Danandrewstan: the inside story (or not)
The following is a transcript of an interview with Chairman Dan Andrews conducted by Fake News late on Sunday evening…
Ultimo must fall
Over the weekend, we saw police officers being punched, kicked and spat on. We saw riots, looting, property destroyed and…
Goodbye Giants, but I don’t need your virtue signalling
Dear Tony I have enclosed my 2019 GWS Premium Membership Card which you might like to pass onto one of…
Quick, we must rename Darwin!
The Black Lives Matter movement sweeping the globe has led to statues of controversial historical figures like slave traders and…
They know nothing
So, now we are apparently living in what is called a “cancel culture”. Removing historical TV shows and movies will not help anyone in trying to…
Collective guilt?
The iconic flags flutter from masts behind the podium. A woman stands before the microphone dressed in black, her mask…
More movies that must be gone with the wind
Many have questioned the validity of censoring viewer consumption of particular movie and television titles. My humble opinion is that…
How did a human rights abuser end up running the WHO – and how is he still there?
In 1348, the Black Death killed between 30 to 50% of the entire population of Britain. In one of the…
Albo lives matter?
You read it here first… Whatever you can say about Canberra’s shinybums, they have their ears to the ground. It’s…
Puck you, censors
It appears as though the political correctness tidal wave that is sweeping the Western world, has claim yet another victim, and this…
Why we erect statues – and should keep them there
Amid a world that seems hell-bent on tearing down statues in a cathartic frenzy, it is worth sparing a moment…
EXCLUSIVE: Extinction Rebellion’s shameful Holocaust memorial appropriation
One of the most poignant and best know memorial to the Holocaust is a sculpture in Budapest, Hungary, entitled Shoes…
Black Lives Matter protesters aren’t making history, but shallow gestures
Many are saying the events of the past fortnight – with marches against racism being held around the world –…
Mob rule is not ok
When a man with a sign “Black, white — all lives matter” is booed and physically attacked by an angry…
Brazen double standards expecting ABC to be bulletproof
On Tuesday, it was announced the(ir) ABC expects to cut around 250 staff. Of course, sadly, that will mean more…
The left’s now all about past war, not class war
The political divide remains as strong as ever but the points of difference between left and right have changed. Where…
Andrew Jaspan, SOB, AM
The news that one of journalism’s most despised characters – Andrew “Jocky” Jaspan, (aka “the poisoned dwarf”) – had been “honoured…