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

It can be so hard to find an honest cheater these days!

9 April 2024 3:40 am

Student cheating in Australia’s universities is back in the headlines – again. The national tertiary education regulator, the Tertiary Education Quality…

The gathering storm against religious freedom

9 April 2024 2:30 am

There is a gathering storm against religious freedom in this country, and it’s about to break upon not only Christian…

Thank the Greens for a national crime surge

9 April 2024 2:15 am

‘You must realise,’ my mother said sternly, so close to my face that I thought she was examining my teeth,…

Bowen’s strategy to reduce bills hides $360 billion in costs by 2050

9 April 2024 2:00 am

Consumers to pay $129 billion in rooftop solar and around $229 billion in home batteries

Inflation accountability? Not likely!

8 April 2024 3:30 am

We are at a point in history where once again the plebs have woken up to the fact that inflation…

When Medicare refunds end up ‘somewhere’

8 April 2024 3:00 am

I wonder how many Australians, like me, have found communicating with our national health care bureaucracy, Medicare, about as easy…

Albo unashamedly takes credit for union buster’s grand vision

8 April 2024 2:00 am

Albanese is selling our young voters a dangerous lie

Alexandra Marshall Live S2E8 with Aidan Morrison

8 April 2024 12:14 am

When it comes to energy policy, Australians have been woefully mislead by the political class. Aidan Morrison from the Centre…

Matt Kean’s opposition to nuclear borders on the absurd

7 April 2024 2:34 am

In the world of political irrelevancy, there are few people climbing higher, harder, and faster than New South Wales Shadow…

Busywork? UN Secretary-General António ‘global boiling’ Guterres appoints Julie Bishop as special envoy to Myanmar

7 April 2024 12:51 am

Australia’s political elite seem to have a knack for clawing their way into prestigious international bureaucracies. This time, it’s former…

Musk vs Australia’s ‘you can’t say that’ surveillance state

6 April 2024 4:06 pm

Australia’s Labor/Green ‘you can’t say that’ surveillance state is being challenged by Elon Musk in a lawsuit over bureaucratic bullying.…

Concern over activism in public schools

6 April 2024 3:03 pm

It’s increasingly the case that public schools are among the most dangerous places to send your children. It shouldn’t be…

Another day, another women problem for the Libs

6 April 2024 2:37 pm

Albanese handing the Governor-General’s gig to tame activist Sam Mostyn gave the Liberals a perfect opportunity to call out Labor’s…

The UK cost of living crisis and Net Zero

5 April 2024 1:14 pm

The cost-of-living crisis in the United Kingdom (UK) has severely worsened during the Covid era, pushing households into financial hardship…

Is the Gen Z backlash justified?

5 April 2024 12:41 am

‘I cannot stand how the news has been dogging Gen Z and calling them lazy for not wanting to work…

Double Shot S2E8 The trans-activist pitchfork mob! Graham Lineham, Kevin Donnelly, John Ruddick

5 April 2024 12:15 am

Comic and creator of widely praised and loved sitcoms such as the IT Crowd, Graham Lineham, is touring Australia to…

Renewable gas?

5 April 2024 12:13 am

State government bans on gas connections to new premises have caused confusion among their respective constituents, and outrage among stakeholders.…

We have a problem with democracy

4 April 2024 3:30 am

The UK Reform Party, whose President is Nigel Farage, is campaigning for a referendum on ‘Net Zero’. However, YouGov polling…

When government wedges itself between the church and its people

4 April 2024 3:00 am

In one of the most significant rulings in generations, the ABC reported in February that, ‘Justice Martin found the Police…

Digital ID dystopia: you do not solve incompetence with tyranny

4 April 2024 2:00 am

With the Digital ID Bill passing through the Senate, the bombardment of promotional material has begun – even ahead of…

Temptations of a digital world

3 April 2024 1:43 am

In his recent book, The Anxious Generation, the American psychologist Jonathan Haidt warns about the debilitating and destructive impact of mobile phones…

ABC failed fact check on Dick Smith: ‘Can a country run entirely on renewable energy?’

3 April 2024 1:00 am

On March 18, 2024, Dick Smith argued that there is a necessary role for nuclear in Australia’s energy mix (for…

Week in 60 Minutes S2E9: Airbus Albo and Boeing Bowen – Michael de Percy, Edie Wyatt, Andrew L. Urban

3 April 2024 12:15 am

Labor Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen have made a laughing stock out of…

Truth Telling, circular arguments, and the wrongful conviction of colonialism

2 April 2024 3:30 am

Just when you thought Australians had voted firmly against the Voice to Parliament and its entire grievance baggage, Indigenous Australians…

Floating nuclear power plants make a compelling argument

2 April 2024 3:00 am

About 20 years ago, a seat-warming Senator came out of hiding and declared his thought bubble that Australia’s coast was…