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

All you need to know this week

3 August 2019 5:59 pm

Melbourne City Council, not to be outdone by Sydney Mayor Clover Moore’s declaration of a Climate Emergency plans to declare…

A burqa ban that only shows the weakness of the West

3 August 2019 3:35 pm

I’m of mixed views about the burqa and the niqab (more Islamist than Islamic head to toe “modesty wear” which…

Dare Boris Johnson go rogue and prorogue?

3 August 2019 9:33 am

An old, seldom-used word has been on the lips of British MPs and political commentators alike in recent days. With…

Stop talking about the future of work and rebuild the basics

2 August 2019 12:34 pm

Ernst and Young’s recent report Stop Talking about the Future of Work implored radical action on education ‘ecosystems’ (they mean…

Why women will be the losers from Victoria’s latest gender stunts

2 August 2019 5:00 am

The State of Victoria wishes to be at the vanguard of the sexual devolution. Sadly, Victoria is already becoming an…

What to do if your parents are committing thought crime

1 August 2019 1:01 pm

If you are a woke Millennial, chances are at least some of your older relatives – parents, grandparents, uncles –…

Why do powerful men back abortion?

1 August 2019 5:00 am

It’s a little known fact that the prolific and revolutionary pornographer Hugh Hefner helped fund the litigation leading to the…

A soirée with the Steggalls

31 July 2019 3:20 pm

Australia is the Big Country. Yet, in some ways, in some Sydney circles, it’s very small. Members of the Australian…

Abortions are hell, but a woman’s choice to make

31 July 2019 12:44 pm

I’m sick of religious men carrying the torch for anti-abortion. Every woman in the world is entitled to have bodily…

Don’t underestimate China’s plans

31 July 2019 5:00 am

Just over a week ago, China revealed an unprecedented class of hypersonic weapons. These weapons are capable of travelling thousands…

I’ve got them Barnaby blues… not!

30 July 2019 6:57 pm

My house is flooded. The bathroom. The bedroom. The office. The laundry. Flooded with my tears for poverty-stricken Barnaby Joyce.…

Whatever happens to those poor, unwanted gonads down Danandrewstan way?

30 July 2019 3:48 pm

It was a small piece in the paper last weekend. You may have missed it as that is what happens…

NSW bill includes late term abortion

30 July 2019 12:00 pm

The Bill currently being presented by Alex Greenwich this week in the NSW Parliament not only seeks to decriminalise abortion…

The biggest threat to our democracy is government, not social media

30 July 2019 5:00 am

Social media has been blamed for an epidemic of damaging misinformation that has supposedly poisoned political discourse. But the real…

Superannuation isn’t working: full stop

29 July 2019 9:45 am

It has been an article of faith on the left for several years that one of the best things that…

EXCLUSIVE: New NSW Liberal abortion push overrides checks and balances

28 July 2019 6:13 pm

New South Wales Liberals seem set to hide behind a left-wing independent to rush through a full decriminalisation of abortion,…

Drugs in sport? Let’s go all the way

28 July 2019 5:04 pm

In light of the recently renewed drama between Aussie swimmer Mack Horton and Chinese champion Sun Yang, there has been…

Essington Lewis: I am Woke

28 July 2019 2:11 pm

Legend has it that at the financial end of Collins Street where all the smart people go to beg there…

L L BoJo

27 July 2019 5:05 pm

The fact that Boris Johnson is a seriously flawed scallywag is part of his charm. Like the rugged womanisers of…

The public service are about to be told: pull your weight

26 July 2019 2:41 pm

The unexpected May 18 election results sent a chill through the ranks of Canberra’s public service class. Now, the Secretary…

Why a treaty is no answer

26 July 2019 5:00 am

Australia, as with so many other Commonwealth nations settled by colonial force, has a difficult relationship with its Indigenous peoples.…

No knockout left hook from Mueller

25 July 2019 5:16 pm

The question I hurled several times at my TV during the six-hour-long Mueller hearing at the House Judiciary Committee yesterday…

No, school choice does not cause ‘segregation’

25 July 2019 1:28 pm

The mental gymnastics displayed by some people in order to blame freedom of school choice for Australia’s education woes never…

Trump or The Squad: who’s doing harm?

25 July 2019 10:03 am

The most insightful and quotable commentary I heard last week was made by Greg Gutfeld of Fox News. If you…

If there’s just one thing you need to read on climate science…

24 July 2019 3:44 pm

This could be it. None of the contents are new or original, but in this longer-than-an-average opinion piece, Bjorn Lomborg distils all…