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

The God question

27 November 2017 5:58 pm

The Sydney Morning Herald’s Mark Kenny crowed. Australia’s “self-appointed conduits to the metaphysical” -– its Christian clergy — have been…

Ten thousand ways that will not work

27 November 2017 12:32 pm

I have not failed 10,000 times. I have successfully found 10,000 ways that will not work — Thomas Edison The…

Labor Lite

27 November 2017 7:18 am

Despite all his rhetoric to the contrary, Malcolm Turnbull really isn’t concerned about protecting civil and religious freedoms. In what…

Was Bennelong Kristina Keneally’s second choice?

26 November 2017 1:37 pm

Voters in Bennelong who need to front up to the polls once again may be surprised – and perhaps unimpressed…

Farewell speeches

26 November 2017 8:18 am

The Zimbabweans spoke and that old tyrant Mugabe was forced to listen. His resignation speech stated that his decision to…

Time to end the election day circus

25 November 2017 4:01 pm

A sausage sizzle and a vote is an old Australian tradition. But as a wise man once said, those who like…

Wild rumour department: it will all be over by Christmas

25 November 2017 11:37 am

More may be riding on today’s Queensland election than the premier’s job. A far more important role, in Canberra, appears…

Why the Palaszczuk government deserves to go

24 November 2017 4:02 pm

Annastacia Palaszczuk’s Labor government in Queensland is not the worst in Australia –- it’s not as offensively far-leftist like the…

The unknowns of assisted dying

24 November 2017 1:32 pm

Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense during the administration of George W. Bush, famously spoke of different kinds of knowns and…

ABC = Anything (but) Biblical Christianity

24 November 2017 11:48 am

When it comes to reporting on religion, Julia Baird is a great example of what is wrong with the ABC,…

Howard’s end? The enduring legacy of ‘Lazarus’

24 November 2017 7:24 am

With the entrance to The Lodge turning into something of a revolving door since prime minister-elect Rudd bestrode the victory…

No matter the question, government is the answer

23 November 2017 9:14 pm

Earlier this week Menzies Research Centre boss Nick Cater carried out a skilful dissection of the Northcote by-election in Victoria.…

Yassmin, we’re just not that in to you

23 November 2017 5:36 pm

Yassmin Abdel-Magied has returned to Australian shores, and it seems she is even more out of touch than when she…

Not another lobbyist

23 November 2017 2:30 pm

Recently Jim Molan has been best known as Footy Show host Erin Molan’s dad, but that may be about to…

Our Yassmin, right or wrong

23 November 2017 11:29 am

I don’t watch “The Project”, or TV generally for that matter, but fortunately News.com.au is here this morning to tell…

The misguided politics of virtue signalling

23 November 2017 7:35 am

One of the most amusing ways of seeing how out of touch major parties and leading politicians are with the…

Homophobia AND cultural appropriation?

22 November 2017 5:21 pm

I know that every man and his dog in business wants to benefit commercially from the “pink dollar” and the…

Turnbull’s energy policy proposals: more steps forward than back?

22 November 2017 2:48 pm

The Government has now received but not yet released a report into the energy market plans it wants to put in place. …

Nanny, away from my drink

22 November 2017 11:34 am

December 1 marks five years since plain packaging laws were introduced in Australia. The aim was to deter people from…

Political refugees seeking asylum

22 November 2017 7:26 am

For someone claiming that he has an exclusive hold on the high moral ground regarding ‘love,’ Peter Van Onselen certainly…

Cancel the one way tickets to Victoria

21 November 2017 6:18 pm

It is a sad reality that perfectly well older Australians are looking into their futures and finding solace in the…

White ribbons of truth

21 November 2017 3:53 pm

A very important question has, so far, remained unasked in the latest round of Bernardi debate. Furious feminists are seemingly…

A good idea from the Turnbull government

21 November 2017 11:29 am

Another day, another idea from the Turnbull government. But at least this time it’s a good one. In an address…

Freedom to discriminate

21 November 2017 7:28 am

Now that the country has been surveyed on the question of same-sex marriage, it’s time to turn our attention to…

The problem with charities

20 November 2017 8:07 pm

The problem with charities is, in a nutshell, like the government and the bureaucracy they are mostly interested in self-perpetuation…