In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Just to re-Itarate for Their ABC
Perhaps the government does have an eye on the women’s vote with its choice of Ita Buttrose as the new…
The elephants in the polling booth: infrastructure and immigration
With the New South Wales state election now just a few weeks away, all the respective parties are out there…
What’s woke this week?
It’s been another big week for woke, especially in the literary world (and I use that term loosely). We’ve seen…
Why Twitter brings out my worst
As a full-time freelance writer – having transitioned from law practice at midlife, accursed with all the selfish, self-doubting sensibilities…
Surfers snake Bight oil facts and jobs
Move over, Adani. There’s a new group of protesters in town, and they are as fanatical as the zealots using…
American Socialism and the coming Great Leap Backwards
It was never going to be the case, even under the most perfect Marxist Communism, that the proletariat would rule…
Philosoph Van has done it again
Jordan Peterson’s appearance on the ABC’s leftist echo chamber, Q&A, was quite the ratings hit recently. But one of the…
Deny democracy, feed the fringe
Just a few days ago we awoke to the news that firebrand British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn had finally caved…
Blood sisters, dirt brothers and other brand new inanities
I’ve often tried to challenge myself to come up with a scenario that so-called ‘progressives’ might invent that is just…
Julie Bishop and the wars of succession
While Julie Bishop is retiring from politics at the next election, the recriminations and regrets that have been flowing through…
What do Justice Kavanaugh, Cardinal Pell and this man have in common?
The following note was sent to me on Saturday, March 2, 2019, by a man whose life has been damaged…
Charity? Balls!
Last year, Australians gave more than $12.5 billion to charity. This sum reflects millions of individual acts of goodwill that…
Men, now you too can breastfeed!
Just before you think that this is such a good April Fool’s joke that I’m getting in a month early,…
Princess PC versus the colonisation of the curriculum
Were you aware that the curriculum of our universities has been colonized? Apparently this is a serious problem and we…
Why won’t the left recognise global progress on poverty?
Is the declining rate of global poverty simply a neoliberal lie, spread by the likes of Bill Gates? According to…
Feminist fighters love their boys – as weapons
Author, presenter and former Kevin Rudd press secretary Jamila Rizvi penned a column for The Age on Friday about the…
An epistle to Van Badham: there is no such thing as Marxist Christianity
Oxymorons abound, such as ‘Arab unity,’ or ‘leftist logic’. But one obvious candidate which just will not go away is…
Fearless Girl, shameless stunt
A replica of the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of the world of statuary, Kristin Visbal’s Fearless Girl, has been installed in Melbourne’s…
When gender activism masquerades as good HR
The university thought police have developed a new tool to ensure their students think correctly. Clubs at the University of…
She’s tackled everything, but can Ita tame the ABC?
In the halcyon days of magazines in Sydney in the seventies, one name was spoken with admiration tinged with –admit…
What’s woke this week
In the woke-honoured tradition of ‘If it ain’t woke, then fix it’ the usual suspects were woking up a storm…
As a survivor of child sexual abuse, I just feel sad
As a survivor of child sexual abuse, abuse that occurred within a religious institution supported by Australian churches, the verdict…
Energy policy: the $72 billion fair dinkum disaster
Energy and climate change policy in Australia and other western democracies is now, along with immigration and its associated fear…
Statistics, like gender, are now fluid too?
My son came home from his private church school the other day and made a startling declaration. “Dad, do you…
Bugger the Newspoll, ScoMo can win
Shortly after the 2016 federal election, Christopher Pyne declared, “That’s our sixth victory out of eight in the last 20…