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

Indigenous bureaucracies keep the gap alive

21 August 2023 4:30 am

While reading Thomas Mayo and Kerry O’Brien’s The Voice to Parliament Handbook: All the detail you need, I was reminded of…

Matildas wouldn’t stand a chance against men

20 August 2023 6:00 am

Melbournians stuck in traffic on the frequently congested Punt Road would have seen an exciting billboard last week. ‘Fair Sport for…

The widening gap of medical knowledge

20 August 2023 5:00 am

No experience is wasted if we learn from it, and in the time of Covid many of us were pushed…

The Voice must make a conservative case to win

20 August 2023 4:00 am

The proliferation of Vote ‘Yes’ shirts on the university campus, bumper stickers, and YouTube campaigns where the speaker is sped…

Italy’s bill to reject synthetic food passes Senate

20 August 2023 3:07 am

In early 2021, Microsoft’s Bill Gates engaged in various speaking events for his book How to Avoid a Climate Disaster. It…

Voting ‘Yes’ for ‘designated’ jobs

19 August 2023 5:00 am

On the bus in Drummoyne, Sydney, an obvious granddad with his cherubic grandson, who cheerfully ignores all worried cautions in…

Make vaccines safe again (and manufacturers liable)

19 August 2023 4:00 am

Will making manufacturers liable for their products lift standards? During the pandemic, it is my belief that powerful international organisations…

When science becomes a threat to population health

18 August 2023 1:25 pm

‘The medical-political complex tends towards suppression of science to aggrandise and enrich those in power. And, as the powerful become…

Let’s cut to the chase: this Bill is about protecting the ‘settled science’ of ‘global boiling’

18 August 2023 6:00 am

Dear Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), I write regarding the Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2023.…

With malice towards all, Uluru statement is no Gettysburg address

18 August 2023 5:00 am

Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s call for an end to ‘welcome to country’ ceremonies at public events is not racist, it…

Conservatism and the virtue of saying ‘No’

18 August 2023 4:00 am

William F. Buckley said famously that: ‘A conservative is someone who stands athwart history yelling stop! at a time when no…

Can we have that $444 million back?

17 August 2023 1:17 pm

In 2018, the Coalition government gifted $444 million of other people’s money to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. The money…

The death of democracy? Victoria’s hush-hush Indigenous agreements

17 August 2023 6:00 am

Australians are being asked to open their hearts – to be generous – to vote ‘Yes’ to something greater than…

One man’s triumph over Malthusianism

17 August 2023 5:00 am

Let’s gamble. I will bet you $1,000 that in 10 years’ time any five non replenishing commodities of your choosing…

Canberra isn’t listening to Indigenous voices on remote education

17 August 2023 4:00 am

Hypocrisy within government undermines the credibility of policymakers, erodes public trust, wastes precious time, and squanders taxpayer funds. An example…

And the 2023 ‘Voice’ award goes to … the Scots

16 August 2023 12:27 pm

For sure, if there was an award for the nation that contributed the most to Australia, it would definitely go…

Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Laws scrapped, but for how long?

16 August 2023 6:00 am

The Western Australian Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act went into effect on July 1, 2023. On August 8, 39 days later, The…

Sometimes, only satire does the job

16 August 2023 5:30 am

Oisín MacAmadáin’s Busting Anti-Vax Myths! Seriously EXPERT Arguments for the Covid-Deniers in Your Life is a slim, wickedly funny satire…

The Liberals and energy policy: only half-right

16 August 2023 4:30 am

The Liberals are to be congratulated for opening-up the discussion of nuclear power as an option for Australia. Following encouraging…

The heart of the Voice is confusion

16 August 2023 4:00 am

It takes a special kind of agility to shoot oneself in the foot while being hoisted by your own petard,…

Will the Voice lead to ‘reparations’? Voters want straight answers

15 August 2023 5:30 am

The Voice has lost support in recent polls. Newspoll shows that support has fallen below 50 per cent in every state. Redbridge shows…

Hipkins’ government is a lame duck

15 August 2023 5:00 am

It has been a little over six months since Jacinda Ardern handed the Prime Ministerial reins to her friend ‘Chippy’,…

The new Dark Ages: millions of animals die in the fires of environmentalism

15 August 2023 4:30 am

It was only 235 years ago when our European elders introduced modern civilization and technology to an ancient culture. There…

Barbie-‘ism’: feminism’s unhelpful verbal warfare

15 August 2023 4:00 am

When asked whether Barbie is a feminist movie, the film’s star Margot Robbie replied, ‘Anyone who thinks men and women…

BREAKING NEWS: Mark Latham removed as NSW One Nation leader

14 August 2023 2:31 pm

NSW Leader Mark Latham has released a statement on his Facebook account regarding an extraordinary intervention to remove him as…