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

The week in the world of MISANDRY

7 September 2018 4:12 pm

A quick peek at what’s going on the flip side of feminism – because it’s all about women. Sarah Hanson…

Only in Victoria does government rationalise victim-blaming like this.

7 September 2018 1:12 pm

I highly respect the police. I believe in the law. But when the laws are unjust, and naturally the laws…

Our army did not fight “frontier wars”

7 September 2018 7:30 am

The Australian Army commemorates March 1, 1901, as its official foundation date. This day had particular military significance in South…

Are sexy selfies a sign of oppression?

6 September 2018 8:15 pm

With all those bedroom eyes, duckfaces and cleavages splattered all over Instagram, Facebook and other social media — not to…

Trump Derangement Syndrome and the end of the West

6 September 2018 4:32 pm

If we assume for the moment that the zenith of Western Civilisation since at least the fourth century BC has…

ScoMo, scrap Snowy 2.0

6 September 2018 2:07 pm

Only politicians could think it’s a good idea to spend billions of dollars pumping water uphill to generate electricity in…

So what will you do about “gender whisperers”, Prime Minister?

6 September 2018 11:14 am

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said earlier this week that the reason why he has chosen to send his daughters to…

It’s easier to buy votes than sell policies

6 September 2018 7:29 am

What do Scott Morrison and Vladimir Putin have in common? For one thing, they’ve both backed down from proposals to…

Dr Gillard shares gender gems

5 September 2018 4:43 pm

It’s been a busy few weeks for Julia Gillard. Fresh from scoring her Honorary Doctorate from Curtin University for her…

Down in the polls — but still up for it?

5 September 2018 1:56 pm

In February this year Malcolm Turnbull banned ‘the bonk’ between ministers and their staff in a desperate bid to distance…

Immigration: practice please, not theory

5 September 2018 11:26 am

When Steve Bannon, President Trump’s former strategist, described Australia on Your ABC as the “canary in the mineshaft”; that it…

Dutton falls foul of the fembots

5 September 2018 7:48 am

For a mob obsessed with complaining they don’t want to do all the housework feminists are strangely fixated on packing.…

Never Mind the Bollocks

4 September 2018 9:20 pm

A regular feature on nonsense in the media masquerading as news. You all recall how, after the very first complaints about…

Sexuality quotas? Really?

4 September 2018 5:29 pm

Remember when Lisa Wilkinson—the highly-paid host of Channel Ten’s, The Project—claimed that ‘absolutely nothing’ would change with the redefinition of…

Conservatives and immigration

4 September 2018 12:55 pm

Conservatives today tend to fall into two camps when discussing the immigration issue. The first camp are neo or classical…

The push for compulsory corporate virtue signalling

4 September 2018 8:00 am

A current school of thought urges a legal approach to stop public companies becoming involved in politically-contentious social debates via…

Letting the Islamists win by default

3 September 2018 6:06 pm

Radical feminism and radical Islam both agree that men have no self-control and women should be kept cloistered and separated…

Why make a traitor a martyr, Mr Morrison?

3 September 2018 2:36 pm

Chelsea Manning is a no freedom fighter. ‘She’ is a traitor who betrayed her country and the cause of freedom…

China makes the ABC wear the free speech shoe on another foot

3 September 2018 11:24 am

One of the best tests for objectivity when criticising or commenting on ideas or more seriously, laws, is how we…

Tonightly is not the new punk

3 September 2018 8:35 am

It’s been over a week since the most recent Liberal leadership spill. The lurching between the wets and the drys…

Never Mind the Bollocks

2 September 2018 6:37 pm

The first of a regular feature on journalistic garbage in all its richness and diversity. “Could fake news infect the…

Fr Rod: blowback – or blowhard?

2 September 2018 10:12 am

Did you happen to see Madonna’s ‘tribute’ speech to Aretha Franklin at this year’s MTV music awards? The reason I…

Are you a sexual racist?

1 September 2018 5:35 pm

Everything is racist nowadays, so you won’t be surprised to discover that your sexual preferences and physical attractions may well be…

Their ABC: a conservative – and male – free zone

31 August 2018 6:36 pm

When I was growing up, a popular folk song written and recorded by Pete Seeger lamented “Where have all the…

The Age collapses – in more ways than one

31 August 2018 3:46 pm

It’s often been said that the Melbourne Age’s world ends with the tramlines. Beyond is “Here be monsters” territory. As…