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

Even Victoria’s Chief Health Officer admits it: coronavirus restrictions have been arbitrary

15 May 2020 3:11 pm

Early this week, Liberal Democrat David Limbrick MP asked an excellent science question of the Victorian Chief Medical Officer appearing…

How we’ve cooled on China

15 May 2020 12:42 pm

Welcome to the political chaos theory –- or, should we say, fact: a bat flapping its wings in China produces…

Without fossil fuels, the Wuhan Flu would have us beat

15 May 2020 5:00 am

Number six in Craig Kelly’s series 20 reasons why the Wuhan Flu is the final nail in the climate alarmists’…

Corona college

14 May 2020 7:13 pm

The corona/Wuhan/Covid-19 virus has done an excellent job of educating everyone in Australia regardless of politics —  except for Bob…

Is tomorrow’s School Strike 4 Climate still on?

14 May 2020 5:31 pm

Now that CNN has decided Greta Thunberg is an expert on coronavirus, we’re wondering if tomorrow’s School Stike 4 Climate…

This pandemic is about more than identity politics. True

14 May 2020 3:46 pm

Australia’s National LGBTI Health Alliance has said of coronavirus “We acknowledge the panic, frustration, confusion and uncertainty felt by many…

This is what a lockdown economy looks like

14 May 2020 11:55 am

Straight from the horse’s mouth — with an important qualification. The ABS has changed its definitions. This means people paid…

Pigs might fly – and the left might for once admit their errors

14 May 2020 10:51 am

It took the coughing fit of the Treasurer for some real claws to come out.  “It’s not a good look now…

Just what’s going on in Queensland politics?

14 May 2020 5:00 am

Queensland’s recent local government elections, combined with two state by-elections, provide a window into what might happen at the next…

Alan Jones, tribune of the people

13 May 2020 7:39 pm

David Flint writes: Alan Jones, probably the most influential commentator in the Australian media has announced his retirement from leading…

Look at our history: protectionism doesn’t work

13 May 2020 7:36 pm

We rarely think about supply chains – those immensely complex networks of production and logistics that structure the economy.  That…

Those nosy neighbours are watching

13 May 2020 5:45 pm

“They’re not happy with you.” My friend Mary takes a sip of her green tea and beams. I don”t know…

The economic statement: business as usual won’t defuse our new debt bomb

13 May 2020 3:00 pm

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg yesterday delivered a sobering economic statement to Parliament. In stark contrast to the premature “back in the…

The economic statement: the real issues

13 May 2020 10:39 am

The Treasurer’s ministerial statement to parliament yesterday – in place of the usual budget speech scheduled for that day — could…

Seven words to Clementine Ford

13 May 2020 5:00 am

Last week Flat White broke the news that the City of Melbourne has handed over a hefty chunk of ratepayer’s…

Why are we all so sick of the MSM?

12 May 2020 7:15 pm

Why do the public dislike journalists so much; treating them as they would the sanitation workmen in the days before…

Josh just doesn’t get it

12 May 2020 4:54 pm

Josh Frydenberg still doesn’t get it  The Treasurer delivered a grim economic outlook today, giving figures that have not been…

Thank you, Alan Jones

12 May 2020 1:20 pm

Alan Jones’ career has been remarkable. As a broadcaster, his dedication has been outstanding; he continually used his talents in…

Five key grabs from the Treasurer’s statement

12 May 2020 1:18 pm

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has forecast the economy will grow by close to $10 billion a month once all three stages…

Computer modelled scaremongering ain’t going to cut it any more

12 May 2020 5:00 am

Number four in Craig Kelly’s series 20 reasons why the Wuhan Flu is the final nail in the climate alarmists’…

Round, round get around, don’t get around

11 May 2020 7:14 pm

Travel restrictions in Queensland have been recently relaxed. We are allowed to drive 50 kilometres from our homes, and there’s…

Danandrewstan: the education state?

11 May 2020 2:43 pm

Victoria bills itself as “The education state”. We all know what that means — dodgy, dumbed-down degree and diploma factories…

How the(ir) ABC put the “I” into Mother’s Day

11 May 2020 11:37 am

Remember the days when Mother’s Day was actually about mothers? A homemade card, poorly buttered toast in bed and an…

Whatever happened to economic leadership from business?

11 May 2020 5:00 am

Having reached the pinnacles of their profession, business leaders have earned the right to speak with authority and have become…

Should churches be among the first to reopen?

10 May 2020 5:36 pm

Last week the Prime Minister launched his Three-Step plan to ease COVID restrictions with Stage 1 allowing up to 30 people…