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

Republic calls based on a blatant untruth

3 January 2018 10:20 am

As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. Proverbs 26:11 This biblical proverb is,…

In defence of Israel

2 January 2018 6:36 pm

Gough Whitlam coined a memorable political phrase when he said, “only the impotent are pure”. It’s memorable because it’s so…

Not another postal ballot?

2 January 2018 1:04 pm

Barely had the last flutes of champagne been emptied,  the last fireworks burst over the Sydney Harbour Bridge, but a…

Gangsta rap and our African crime wave

2 January 2018 10:29 am

In 2007, the then minister for immigration, Kevin Andrews, banned from entry into Australia famous gangsta rapper Snoop Dogg on…

Give us the tools to tackle terror

1 January 2018 12:26 pm

The recent terrorist outrage in Melbourne, as well as the too-frequent rampages by immigrant criminal gangs in that city, will…

The Week Before Christmas

22 December 2017 3:02 pm

T’was the week before Christmas And all through the House No person was stirring, not even a mouse. The files…

2017: a year to acknowledge the leaven of faith in Australian politics

22 December 2017 12:50 pm

With Australian politics becoming somewhat top-heavy with careerist party-hacks and apparatchiks who view power for its own sake as the…

But it’s not terrorism

22 December 2017 9:30 am

From The Age this morning: The horrific attack on pedestrians at a busy intersection in Melbourne’s CBD is not believed to be…

Star Wars and the Christmas story

22 December 2017 7:21 am

The cinema was packed, but we just had to see ‘The Last Jedi’ for ourselves. We were so fixated we…

Heading home this Christmas

21 December 2017 6:08 pm

Some will head home joyfully this Christmas. Others? Not so much. As the latter will tell you, if home is…

Do the Jedi look a lot like Islamic State?

21 December 2017 3:30 pm

Imagine this: a poorly educated kid from an isolated rural area is enticed by a message from a woman he…

BYO gender, BYO race

21 December 2017 1:08 pm

I often seek out BYO restaurants, to avoid paying exorbitant prices for wine, and turn up at the appointed dinner…

With political pistol firing, Barnaby makes a big boo

21 December 2017 7:52 am

Captain Barnaby Joyce has steered the good ship National Party into choppier waters with the dumping of Darren Chester from…

Star Wars has always been a leftie fantasy

20 December 2017 3:48 pm

The latest of the Disney “Star Wars” franchise is out, and it’s already dividing the audiences – and not just…

Cultural Marxism’s war on freedom

20 December 2017 7:27 am

One of the things that characterise Left-leaning journalists is their Cultural Marxism. And one of the chief ways in which…

Net neutrality? Bahaha!

19 December 2017 4:33 pm

Another reminder that “net” is never neutral: Twitter began a massive purge of users on Monday the company claims violate its…

Holt anniversary barometer to slide in standards

19 December 2017 7:27 am

Beer is flowing at pubs and clubs and fuel is available at the bowser even if prices may be opportunistically…

“Citizen jury” rules against High Court

18 December 2017 6:14 pm

The MP citizenship debacle that was swept the ranks of political parties in federal parliament throughout much of 2017 and…

Bennelong win doesn’t cure dying Liberal culture

18 December 2017 3:03 pm

While voters went to the polls in the Bennelong by-election, in Melbourne I attended the memorial service of a local…

Billabong Boy waltzes into Melbourne Clown Hall

18 December 2017 12:03 pm

A young blond professional environmental activist who has never had a real job is set to become the City of…

Bennelong to Turnbull: change or go

18 December 2017 7:23 am

Unlike New England, which was very much Barnaby Joyce’s victory, the Liberal win in Bennelong may be credited to the…

Making Victoria’s euthanasia laws: consultative and thorough

17 December 2017 7:24 am

I refer to Making Victoria’s euthanasia laws: a process to be shunned, by my friend and colleague, the Hon Robert Clark…

A nation guided by the moral fashion of the day

16 December 2017 6:26 pm

The whole same-sex marriage debate involved a lot of talk about right and wrong. Whether someone voted “yes” or “no”…

Just another night in Melbourne

16 December 2017 12:48 pm

Youths.  Just another night in Melbourne: Hundreds of youths have allegedly bashed and robbed tourists amid a series of wild brawls on…

Mea culpa: Abuse angst grips churches

15 December 2017 5:09 pm

All hell has broken loose on Australian churches now the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has…