In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Take responsibility for your life
Prominent intellectual and speaker Jordan Peterson’s current Australian tour could well be the first time many millennials have heard a…
The myths of the Murray
Over the past century, the Murray Darling river’s naturally highly irregular flows have been transformed to convert it into the…
Married at First Sight and the unkindness of strangers
Critics ask, ‘why MAFS’ – and it is certainly a polarising topic. This take, for example: ‘Fucking hard hitting journalism…
The green-left war on God becomes a poll fight
One of the things that the Left hates the most is religion. And unfortunately, New South Wales Labor contains a…
Doctors are doctors, not philosopher kings
Doctors swear on the Hippocratic Oath that they will “first do no harm”, yet they pay little attention to the…
Switching off a nation: no-coal Germany
In 19 years’ time, Germany will have no more coal mines and coal power plants, bringing to an end hundreds…
Reconciliation requires greater free speech
The Victorian government, having passed legislation to authorise negotiation with Aboriginal Victorians, is advancing towards a formal treaty. Despite the…
Ignore Hayne and deregulate the banking sector
It may seem paradoxical – even insane in polite society. But with a surge of new technologies emerging, which could…
Cubbie Station is a scapegoat
Cubbie Station cops the blame for all of the problems of the Darling River, particularly by green journalists, politicians, and…
What’s woke this week?
Super Bowl has been the biggest woke show in town, with a number of performers declining to perform at the…
Man-hating and fashion(able) victims
If you have the audacity to get yourself murdered, I have some suggestions on how to keep your name in…
When South Australia is the economic pacesetter, you know things are bad
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?
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
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
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?
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
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
Parliament returns tomorrow, yet in recent weeks, the government has been provided with two golden opportunities to turn around its…
Perfect performers, imperfect men
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
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
Strange things happen on Married at First Sight. A strange thing so strange that even the hair gelled, shaved skulled,…
Tolerance – or else
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
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?
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
Daniel Andrews this week announced with self-righteous glee that his government plans to make ‘any practice or treatment that seeks…