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

When South Australia is the economic pacesetter, you know things are bad

12 February 2019 6:48 pm

Payday is one of the most joyous reoccurring occasions of life which has somehow managed to escape being narrated by…

Why can’t I marry my sister’s husband?

12 February 2019 11:00 am

Remember back to before the non-binding-voluntary-postal-survey regarding the re-definition of marriage how the ‘yes’ campaign said that nothing was going…

The banking royal commission we still need

12 February 2019 7:57 am

I originally thought the Financial Services Royal Commission was unnecessary. Then I heard the evidence, and I changed my mind.…

Alexandria’s new Children’s Crusade

11 February 2019 8:34 pm

Ben Shapiro twitted last week that he is “increasingly convinced Trump created AOC in a laboratory to provide a comic…

What if Latham and Hanson works?

11 February 2019 5:56 pm

Since Mark Latham joined Pauline Hanson’s One Nation, taking the reins of New South Wales branch of the party, much…

The Rocky Hill horror decision show

11 February 2019 12:02 pm

A New South Wales judge (an ex-solicitor and activist from the Environmental Defenders Office) has stopped development of the small…

The Liberal Party loses heart, loses vision as the election year begins

11 February 2019 7:26 am

Parliament returns tomorrow, yet in recent weeks, the government has been provided with two golden opportunities to turn around its…

Perfect performers, imperfect men

10 February 2019 11:57 am

It would have been easier for Liam Neeson if he had kept his mouth shut. Still, thinking that society was…

The devastating cost of taking the razor to masculinity

9 February 2019 5:04 pm

After Gillette jumped on the #MeToo bandwagon last month, in the process derogating masculinity, it will be open season now…

I’m rooting for the virgin

9 February 2019 2:06 pm

Strange things happen on Married at First Sight. A strange thing so strange that even the hair gelled, shaved skulled,…

Tolerance – or else

8 February 2019 5:05 pm

The organisers of the Hardcore Till I Die festival and the managers of Sydney Newtown Hotel both deserve credit for…

Clive Palmer’s excellent adventure

8 February 2019 3:00 pm

Clive Palmer seems to be pissing off everybody of late. First, it was his billboards, then unsolicited text messages, and…

Wasn’t the Royal Commission about the banks? Why give them more power?

8 February 2019 12:28 pm

Judging by his Final Report, one could be forgiven for concluding that Commissioner Hayne has little confidence in the common…

Daniel Andrews’ gender agenda suddenly can’t decide if it’s Arthur or Martha

8 February 2019 7:17 am

Daniel Andrews this week announced with self-righteous glee that his government plans to make ‘any practice or treatment that seeks…

Crazy Rich Commies

7 February 2019 7:59 pm

There nothing new or surprising in the fact that the self-proclaimed friends of the workers are living it up while…

The Gordian union?

7 February 2019 6:03 pm

As the remaining time for Britain to negotiate a deal before it leaves the EU on the March 29 continues…

Unequal work, equal pay – because you feel you deserve it

7 February 2019 1:47 pm

Asda, British supermarket giant, has recently lost the right to appeal a bizarre ruling regarding its allegedly discriminatory remuneration practices.…

Immigration: the house price elephant in the room

7 February 2019 7:20 am

It speaks to the shallowness of Australian democracy that the obvious is now very seldom spoken. A wide range of…

The fall of the machines

6 February 2019 7:14 pm

About 30 years ago, General Motors experimented with fully automating a car factory. An immense design effort was implemented to…

Fr Rod: don’t give them your poor yearning to breathe free

6 February 2019 3:16 pm

Gosford’s finest continues to deliver, this time with this insightful critique of American society gleaned from, presumably, The Hunger Games:…

The Trump delusion syndrome sufferers’ Samson strategy

6 February 2019 7:20 am

Trump obsessives believe the current United States political imbroglio is all about a wall between that country and Mexico. Added…

We need to curse less and dam more

5 February 2019 6:03 pm

Water conservation peaked in Australia in 1972. Our last big dam was Wivenhoe, in Queensland, built 35 years ago. Elsewhere…

Can you bank on Banks?

5 February 2019 1:25 pm

Renegade Liberal MP turned independent, Julia Banks, continues to tease. Having spat the Liberal dummy over the self-immolation of Malcolm…

Why does Jordan Peterson bother with our nation of naysayers?

5 February 2019 7:15 am

You must not speak of same-sex relationships nor criticise the church nor blaspheme against God! Why? Because it causes offence!…

Everything you always wanted to know about socialism but were too woke to ask

4 February 2019 5:54 pm

It is the greatest, most tragic of ironies that those on the political Left, especially America’s election hopefuls such as…