In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
All the news that fits the agenda
Three stories over the past few days should have been huge. Instead, two of them made just a passing blip…
Time to put free speech in the Constitution
I want your help. I want your help to give we the people the most important power there is, one that…
Euthanasia laws: inherently unsafe
A doctor was called to the bedside of a patient with lung cancer because she was in pain. At that…
What we can learn from tax cuts and Trump
The Trump administration’s liberalisation of the United States economy has seen growth accelerate to four per cent for the second…
The Great Barrier Money Magnet
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has become a money magnet for those with green political agendas. The climax of this green…
Do we have an ADF gender dissembler?
Forget about all the recent furore over the politically correct ‘They Day’ fiasco, where the approximately 10,000 staff of the…
Will climate change make you neck yourself?
To go with all the forecasts of floods, fires, pestilence and plague from climate catastrophists we have a new warning…
The renovation memory hole
Anyone hip enough to know inner-suburban Melbourne knows the Gatwick Hotel. It is (or was) that sleazy, abandoned, druggie flophouse…
Free speech on campus comes cost free – for Pirate Pete lefties
University campuses are supposed to be places of robust debate, places where a contest of ideas can be held with…
SHY’s victimhood card is declined
After tearful displays and fighting talk on The Project and anywhere else that would give her a platform, Sarah Hanson-Young…
Alex Jones and the new social media censorship
In the wake of Alex Jones’ banning from Facebook, YouTube and Apple the outrage has been palpable. And that is…
Vaping: why the status quo is not an option
If you work in the city, or in one of our regional town centres, you’ve probably crossed paths with someone…
The Ruby Rose Batwoman PC Comics special
Forget about the Australian Defence Force getting rid of gender-neutral pronouns, or the inequity of transgender athletes competing in sporting…
The Victorian Liberal Punch and Judy preselection show
Last week, the Financial Review highlighted how utterly underprepared the Liberal party is compared to Labor in contesting marginal seats.…
Blinkered self-publicist feminists aren’t helping violence
Self-publicist feminists have been keeping themselves busy churning out their gender biased myths about violence. On Monday Tracey Spicer wrote…
Free speech now comes with security costs?
La Trobe University is encouraging censorious behaviour by charging special security fees for an event with commentator Bettina Arndt hosted…
The gift of the far left
The far left elements of New Zealand are cheering and slapping each other on the back after successfully denying Lauren…
Guessing game population predictions are not good government
Australia’s population clock will tick over to 25 million today — more than 20 years ahead of schedule if we…
Tim Soutphommasane goes, the racism industry remains
As the term of the Race Discrimination Commissioner Tim Soutphommasane comes to an end, it is worth reflecting on his…
“They Day” Mayday
The Victorian government has staged its latest attempt at imposing a gender-neutral newspeak on the public service. After subjecting public…
Tim Soutphommasane’s unending hypocrisy
Tim Soutphommasane is coming to the end of his directionless term as Australia’s Race Discrimination Commissioner. No doubt both he…
Official: lefties are less tolerant
A fascinating new study from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln: In a new study, University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers found that self-identified liberals were…
Australian unis: no thinking allowed
If you’re still in any doubt as to the insidious influence of the Left’s long march through nearly all of…
Weekend reading, weekend thoughts
While The Weekend Australian has declined in size, it is still of a sufficient size to waste one’s entire weekend; unless…
It’s not hate when you’re attacking white people? Part II
I wrote yesterday about “The New York Times” hiring a Korean-American anti-white bigot to their editorial board. Andrew Sullivan now provides the ideological context…