Otto von Bismarck said: “Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of…

Treasurer Scott Morrison’s budget speech opened with the remark ‘What have you achieved?’ to which the chamber responded with howling…

The earliest date for a traditional simultaneous House of Representatives/half-Senate election is Saturday 4 August 2018. The last possible date for…

Thank God she didn’t wear a Chinese dress: Then again, even if she did — not being white — it’s not…

I read with great interest David Pellowe’s response to my Flat White article on factionalism in the Victorian division of…

A recent article in the Spectator raised some serious questions and concerns about the Victorian branch of the Liberal Party…

The big day is here – the last pre-election federal budget – and the Coalition government has promised something we’ve…

The Greens are headed for the wilderness. Why? Because they’re not just nongs, but hypocritical nongs; blinded by their own…

Nothing can instil bubbles of joy like the release of a major festival line-up. Whether local or international, ignoring the…

The timing of the announcement that Lifeline is to get $33m in government funding couldn’t be worse, coming amidst outrage…

Scott Pruitt heads the US Environmental Protection Agency. Last year he was planning to visit Australia, and the proposed agenda…

Dame Judi Dench, that most British of thesps, appeared on SBS TV last week speaking of her love and admiration…

It seems that some in the Victorian division of the Liberal party want to lose elections more than win them.…

There can be nothing more stupid than a demand for right-wing comedy. Nonetheless, towards the end of a recent Menzies…

I was sitting at my desk, ruminating on what to make of the whole Michelle Wolf fiasco, when my 14-year-old…

Tim Hammond’s decision to quit the Australian parliament has been hailed an honourable and courageous one. With two young children,…

What would Karl Marx (unhappy 200th birthday for next Saturday by the way, Beardo) think of a political party that…

The Indigenous business sector is booming. But recent calls for more targets to boost Aboriginal companies must be treated with…

The recent furore over the use of “death iconography” by the current Chief of Army raises important questions as to…

The global Ipsos poll released today and published by Fairfax Media, entitled Attitudes towards Socialist Ideals in the 21st Century, shows…

A petition to have extremist feminist activist Clementine Ford removed as a speaker at a Lifeline hosted event is gathering…

Won’t somebody please think of the adults? If there’s one thing we know well in our great southern continent, it’s…

It just seems like a year ago that Scott Morrison handed down the Commonwealth budget and brought joy and early…

How can anyone watch the debate on anti-Semitism in the House of Commons and not wonder at the madness that…

When the ABC ran its Four Corners program on climate change some weeks back, it had as its theme farmers,…