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

Bad apples to rotten forests

1 March 2024 9:35 pm

Sifting through some British Medical Journal (BMJ) articles to further my knowledge of the methodology of scientific research, I found…

Should ANZ be allowed to buy Suncorp Bank?

1 March 2024 7:34 pm

As I’m writing this article, I have one eye on the ANZ share price. I’ve watched it drop more than…

WA Labor MP seeks to remove religious protections from Christian Schools

1 March 2024 5:11 pm

According to elements within the Australian Labor Party, Christian schools are rife with pro-life beliefs and homophobic teachings. This appears…

Government silencing Australians in the name of human rights

1 March 2024 2:34 pm

The Australian Human Rights Commission wants to hear your views on dangerous male sex offenders being allowed to identify as…

Double Shot S2E5: Help! It’s an apocalypse! (Just kidding.) Professor Ian Plimer, Terry Barnes, and Bettina Arndt

1 March 2024 12:15 am

Professor Ian Plimer joins Speccie TV having read two new climate reports that contradict some of the most radical climate…

The moral hazard of Managerialism

29 February 2024 11:44 pm

If you’re a political enthusiast who hasn’t been living under a rock over the past decade, there’s a strong likelihood…

2024 or 1984?

29 February 2024 9:55 pm

The Misinformation and Disinformation Bill, introduced this year, paves the way towards a 1984 totalitarian reality where foreign organisations find themselves…

Crisis of faith?

29 February 2024 9:23 pm

Never afraid to talk about his personal Christian faith, Scott Morrison used his valedictory address to Parliament this week to…

Inside the Christian Right conspiracy to ‘take over government’

29 February 2024 8:13 pm

[Tongue in cheek … obviously.] Since 2018, a small annual conference has been held in Brisbane which claims to be…

The new space race: putting Woke into orbit

29 February 2024 2:00 am

If we want to reach for the stars, then it will be our best and brightest – not virtue signalling…

Retrieving Australia’s energy policy disaster

29 February 2024 1:50 am

Australian governments are in denial but it’s clear that the great green revolution they planned for energy supply has failed…

Medicinal cannabis and government licensing

28 February 2024 3:00 am

One of the more insidious aspects of government involvement in commercial markets is the practice of supplier licensing. As entrepreneurs…

The AMA are wrong about Dr Julie Sladden

28 February 2024 2:00 am

Last week, the Australian Medical Association (AMA) publicly called for the disendorsement of Tasmanian Liberal candidate Dr Julie Sladden, accusing…

Retail outrage: Plibersek wants the clothes off your back. ‘I’ll be watching.’

28 February 2024 1:50 am

To cope with the outrageous creep of authoritarian behaviour and inescapable globalism, sometimes citizens of the West refer to themselves…

Week in 60 Minutes S2E5: Plibersek’s war on fashion! Senator Malcolm Roberts, Marita Pushon, and Kevin Donnelly

28 February 2024 12:45 am

When the World Economic Forum calls with a terrible idea, Labor dutifully obeys. This time, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has…

Queensland Supreme Court finds some Covid vaccine orders unlawful

27 February 2024 6:21 pm

The Queensland Supreme Court, in a recent judgment, found that mandatory Covid vaccination orders for that state’s police and ambulance…

MAGA Aussie’s insider experience at CPAC USA 2024

27 February 2024 12:27 pm

While all of Sydney was in the thrall of Taylor Swift, I went to a four-day concert that was more…

History is watching

27 February 2024 2:00 am

Speaking to the Press recently, President Joe Biden made his case why the House of Representatives should pass the Bipartisan…

The war on children

27 February 2024 1:51 am

On February 18, Elon Musk shared the documentary directed by Robby Starbuck titled The War on Children. The film is a…

Yes, minister… The Lowy Institute edition

27 February 2024 12:55 am

What do you mean, ‘deliberative democracy’? Sounds like BS to me

Fighting academia’s feminist tentacles

26 February 2024 4:00 am

As the toxic sludge of feminist claptrap seeps through the academic world, there are many principled researchers grinding their teeth…

Defence is the topic of the day

26 February 2024 3:00 am

The Albanese government has acted true to form with a big announcement that sounds like a lot is going to…

Decolonising (or radicalising) the curriculum

26 February 2024 2:00 am

It appears our educational elites have learned nothing from 2023’s referendum on the Voice to Parliament. Despite promises of a…

Alexandra Marshall Live S2E4: Campbell Newman and the Queensland crime wave

26 February 2024 12:45 am

No, you’re not imagining it. Queensland is living in the grip of a crime wave that has left residents terrified…

Gaslighting AI chatbots over the Covid pandemic

24 February 2024 11:59 pm

I’m just going to come out and say it, I love AI chat programs. I believe that when employed judiciously,…