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

The left want to rewrite the past to seize control of our future

26 January 2018 1:08 pm

Thirteen years ago, Mark Latham led the Labor Party. He was the favourite son and chief representative of Labor values and philosophy.…

Don’t let the loony left spoil our party

26 January 2018 6:00 am

If you were a tourist attending the Australian Open, and you happened to have been perusing the papers in between…

Australians all let us rejoice, we’ve got the TTP

25 January 2018 8:17 pm

Hungry young foreigners who crowd around the lavish food samples waiting to be eaten in Tokyo department store food halls…

Are the Greens an actual travelling circus?

25 January 2018 6:00 pm

You would think there is one TV show in the nation, which wouldn’t show the Greens up for the ludicrous…

The stupidity of sex segregation in sport

25 January 2018 4:00 pm

When it comes to highlighting the extremism of the latest Leftist fad, The Conversation is the gift that just keeps…

Where have all the feminists gone?

25 January 2018 12:30 pm

I consider myself a feminist. But the word feminist has become so bastardised today by women calling themselves feminists that…

What exactly is the #MeToo message for schools?

25 January 2018 8:08 am

Earlier this week, NSW Education Minister Rob Stokes backed discussion of the “anti-sexual harassment movement” #MeToo in classrooms. Well, that’s…

Seven uncomfortable truths about invasions, conquests, and imperialism

24 January 2018 7:00 pm

As most Australians are about to celebrate Australia Day this Friday and other Australians refuse to celebrate the Invasion Day…

The end of men?

24 January 2018 5:00 pm

This has been around for a while. Nothing to do with Rumpole’s observation of his wife as “She who must…

Shouldn’t we hear from victims of African crime – not just of racism?

24 January 2018 12:30 pm

Melbourne journalist Benjamin Miller writes in Fairfax Media on African crime “A mature society can talk about these issues in…

What’s in a (gender) pronoun? A response to Ben Shapiro

24 January 2018 7:46 am

Is it he or she? Him or her? In the real world away from the keyboards and our smartphones, gender…

Jordan Peterson proves truth will out

23 January 2018 5:12 pm

Last week something insignificant occurred that may in future assume greater importance. Just like the defenestration of Prague, which started the Thirty…

A communique from Xi Jinping

23 January 2018 1:30 pm

A message of great joy from Chinese Peoples offering fondest salutations and joyous liberation to Australia on your national day.…

What do we do about selective schools?

23 January 2018 7:47 am

Six years ago, I graduated from Normanhurst Boys High School, a selective school in New South Wales. I was awarded…

Time for a freedom fight back in our universities

22 January 2018 7:49 am

‘Who has been too scared to express their opinion in a tutorial?’ I asked a room packed with students last…

Corey Bernardi: songs in the key of strife

19 January 2018 8:29 pm

Musicians get quite touchy about their music. It is their baby after all, and who wants their baby touched by a…

It’s marvellous the difference Milo makes

19 January 2018 1:30 pm

People who wondered what the fuss was about when Milo Yiannopoulos visited here should read Dangerous, in which he shreds…

Stop playing gender politics with people’s lives

19 January 2018 8:08 am

Aziz Ansari went on a date. Now, his reputation is ruined. That’s how rapidly the hateful #MeToo flames can take…

The only solution to bullying

18 January 2018 5:31 pm

Einstein said, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” The…

The Greens fail at 2018

18 January 2018 7:52 am

Inhale and all chant together – the Greens have failed at 2018. Watch through half closed eyes and you’ll observe…

Has identity politics shattered Martin Luther King’s dream?

17 January 2018 7:33 pm

Martin Luther King Jr’s character and life offer a stark illustration that only a few saints and monsters walk the…

The great Indigenous funding fallacy

17 January 2018 4:07 pm

Aboriginal people in the ACT are receiving a similar level of government funding to those in Western Australia, despite having…

“Israel… has nothing to do with Jews”

17 January 2018 2:27 pm

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas — now in the thirteenth year of his four-year term — has delivered a “wide-ranging”…

Greens patronising over Australia Day

17 January 2018 8:22 am

In the last few minutes (history time) some white dudes, notably the Greens, have taken it upon themselves to speak…

The Greatest Showman: celebration of capitalism, or moral failure?

16 January 2018 4:37 pm

When I heard that The Greatest Showman had received negative reviews in the media, I knew I had to see…