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

The unions are at war with NAPLAN (and why it must be saved)

22 March 2024 10:20 am

Like clockwork, NAPLAN’s most vocal critics have again shown they miss the point of the national assessment. Around 1.3 million…

Tony Abbott warns against complacency in the face of ‘creeping Wokeness’

22 March 2024 9:52 am

A majority that stays silent does not long remain a majority

The Bill of ‘self’

22 March 2024 2:30 am

‘Belief Bashing’… That is what some have nicknamed Greenwich Bill sitting before the NSW Parliament. I would argue it is…

Neonicotinoid prawn cocktail, anyone?

22 March 2024 2:00 am

Most Australians wouldn’t think twice about throwing a ‘shrimp on the barbie’ with their mates… This Aussie tradition is an…

Senate votes against vaccine-injured Australians 

21 March 2024 8:40 pm

I am a vaccine-injured Australian, writing under a false name to protect my identity. The reason I do this is…

How about tax deductions for your home loan interest?

21 March 2024 2:25 am

Imagine if you could claim the interest you pay on your mortgage as a tax deduction. While you can’t in…

Netflix’s Damsel is in distress

21 March 2024 2:00 am

After watching the first ten minutes of Netflix’s Damsel, I had the entire plot mapped out. About halfway through the movie,…

Australia needs leadership before it can improve its military capability

21 March 2024 1:29 am

Australia’s military strategy seems devoid of leadership – and yet we are going to need some. The outlook isn’t good.…

How immigration will decide future elections

21 March 2024 12:37 am

Are we heading towards a political, or even social, clash?

Has the Gender Pay Gap Report accidentally measured Women’s freedom of choice?

21 March 2024 12:11 am

On February 27, days before International Women’s Day, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) issued The Gender Pay Gap Report.…

The Har-win-ger of truth

20 March 2024 4:30 am

The NSW Liberal Party sits at a crossroads. An impossible choice. Does it continue down the well-known and comfortable road…

Even God (the Editor) has made mistakes

20 March 2024 4:00 am

Recently, I recounted how, as a young journalist in the Swinging Sixties, I had been ordered to drive through a…

The grim cost of firming up solar and wind

20 March 2024 3:30 am

The ‘transition’ of the electricity supply industry has been forced by government subsidies to renewable energy generators with increased impositions…

‘Gender-affirming care’ for kids must be stopped

20 March 2024 3:00 am

It has been apparent for some time that health care in this country is being politicised at all levels. Nothing…

The Liberals reap what they sow in the Senate

20 March 2024 2:00 am

In the 76-seat Senate, the Liberals and Nationals cannot block legislation despite holding more seats than Labor. There are 31…

Week in 60 Minutes S2E7: A cash ban by stealth… Terry Barnes, Victor Dalziel, Rebecca Weisser

20 March 2024 12:15 am

Terry Barnes asks the question: Is it time for the Victorian Liberals to change their party leader? Things are looking…

Walk for Life

19 March 2024 3:00 am

This was not the first time I marched at a Walk for Life, but it was the first time I…

Four-year terms: an outsider perspective

19 March 2024 2:00 am

Australia’s current Prime Minister has suggested that Commonwealth Parliaments should go four years between elections, instead of the current three.…

Hobson’s leadership choice for Vic Libs

19 March 2024 1:00 am

Over the weekend, the Melbourne media were full of fevered speculation that a challenge to struggling Victorian Liberal and Coalition…

The cheap renewable thrill of climate protests

18 March 2024 11:29 pm

On March 13, 2024, Greta Thunberg was dragged away from blocking the Swedish Parliament entrance for a second day. She…

Reject education furphies

18 March 2024 2:35 pm

Despite the additional billions invested over the last 30 years, countless educational enquiries and reports, several national reform agreements, and…

Labor’s Brisbane horror election night could be a trap for the LNP

18 March 2024 4:25 am

Queensland held its local council elections Saturday, which would normally be a big yawn outside the Sunshine State, except for…

Australian banks need to be making much bigger losses on their lending

18 March 2024 2:30 am

At a recent event I met and had a long chat with a retired economist who, in his professional career,…

‘Hell to pay’ if gender equity activists get their way

18 March 2024 2:00 am

Every year, like clockwork, the grievance industry works itself into a righteous fury over the annual Employer Census results compiled…

Voiceless in Victoria: farmers horrified by renewable energy fast-tracking

17 March 2024 9:30 am

‘It takes too long:’ Solar and wind farm blockers to be weeded out to fast-track renewable projects. That was the…