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

Victorian Liberals can’t afford to gamble

3 July 2018 9:06 am

Many litigants are like gamblers on the pokies.  Having had the satisfaction of winning a small jackpot, they punt, punt…

There was a concerted effort to ruin my life: Yassmin

2 July 2018 3:09 pm

It was a vast, right-wing conspiracy — a concerted effort — explains Yassmin Abdel-Magied: “I don’t know how to explain how…

Do the Greens go for pre-teen sexts?

2 July 2018 10:37 am

It’s now official. The world has gone completely mad and the Greens have so utterly lost the plot politically that…

The rich get richer while the poor get… richer too

2 July 2018 7:45 am

One of the striking results of the survey of millennials released by the Centre for Independent Studies last month was…

The Ramsay soap opera continues

1 July 2018 1:24 pm

While I am disappointed that the men of Ramsay Street, Tony Abbott and his Neighbour, John Howard… sorry, the Ramsay…

Spring is coming?

29 June 2018 7:04 pm

A recurrent theme in the avidly-watched Games of Thrones is ‘winter is coming’. This has been interpreted to mean various…

Plastic Bags and the nuisance state

29 June 2018 4:48 pm

The lives of ordinary people have been made worse by the elimination of plastic bags in supermarkets – achieved by…

The Ramsay Centre? It’s still all Tony Abbott’s fault, apparently

29 June 2018 2:11 pm

I must say, Peter van Onselen is doing nothing for the editorial standards over at The Australian at the moment…

Professional politics: in the name of the people, with contempt for the people

29 June 2018 11:30 am

Politicians are building more barriers to repel the views of their voters, and a directionless centre-right is at the forefront.…

It’s official: Australia is not dangerous for women

29 June 2018 8:01 am

If you listen to screeching hysteria of extremist exhibitionist feminist activists, you’d think women are in perilous danger every moment…

Caught by the Shorten curlies?

28 June 2018 5:19 pm

Can you imagine the temperature under Bill Shorten’s collar right now? Positively boiling. His neck is probably generating sufficient heat…

Guess who’s got a poll next year?

28 June 2018 4:04 pm

Every budget has a theme, whether real or concocted. For the NSW budget tabled last week, the theme is “putting…

Consent? Hell no!

28 June 2018 1:02 pm

Charles Sturt University in New South Wales has introduced a compulsory, intensive education program for first-year students. Students watch and…

Are we banning single-use condoms too?

28 June 2018 10:32 am

I heard it on ABC News Radio so I am sure it is correct. The presenter interviewed Peter Whish-Wilson the…

Discrimination, or just good brain function?

28 June 2018 8:06 am

It’s home economics class at the pre-school. Today the children are learning about kitchen utensils. The teacher has almost exhausted…

The ABC needs reforming – and fast

27 June 2018 5:50 pm

While the government has ruled out the privatisation of the ABC, the almost 2:1 vote in favour of doing so…

Religion, repentance and refugees

27 June 2018 4:09 pm

Tonight, in the national capital, Brian Douglas, the Rector of St Mark’s Anglican Church at Manuka and the Archdeacon on…

Never interrupt your enemy

27 June 2018 1:16 pm

Napoleon Bonaparte once observed, ‘never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake’. Politics can be defined as war…

Children, migration and blackmail

27 June 2018 7:46 am

Children are an endless source of moral blackmail in causes of the Left. Nowhere is this truer that in migration.…

Catholic schools should trade funds for freedom

26 June 2018 6:01 pm

A centre-right government and the largest non-government school system in Australia should be natural allies. But you wouldn’t think so,…

Time to rediscover the enlightenment with the lighten-upment

26 June 2018 12:03 pm

Wit and wisdom go together like … a gin and tonic? Whatever. They add fizz and flavour to the everyday,…

That precious poppet is yours, not the state’s

26 June 2018 7:57 am

We are living in the age of entitlement. Need proof? Take a quick look at the curious demands of left…

Everything wrong with Australian politics in just one paragraph

25 June 2018 9:36 pm

From today’s Australian, everything that is wrong with our politics in just one paragraph: There’s no need to add anything…

That Nobel’s looking better, people

25 June 2018 6:01 pm

It’s early days yet, but this is an interesting — and swift — development. The BBC reports: Over the past…

Taylor Swift still isn’t interested in politics

25 June 2018 4:31 pm

You have to wonder if celebrities have a clause in their contract to voice their political opinions, but more specifically…