In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Erdogan’s battle for Turkey’s soul
‘I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him,’ Shakespeare’s Mark Antony declared, before gradually inviting the bloodthirsty crowd before…
Week in 60 Minutes S2E6: The dark side of Renewable energy! Cristina Talacko, Michael de Percy, and James Allan
Cristina Talacko brings us the devastating story of one valley’s fight against a Renewable battery backup that is threatening the…
Trump could trump Putin on Ukraine
Vladimir Putin is playing his cards in the Ukraine Invasion Stakes as if he held the trump card. A resolute…
Universality and the university
Recently, the Australian University Accord met to discuss the manifest failings of our tertiary education system. The result has been…
Understanding national conservatism
The Economist, the British magazine well-known for its particular metropolitan liberal worldview, had a pearl-clutching cover piece last week where…
Envy and the left
We are all familiar with the concept of envy. As we know, this corrosive, malignant state of mind is one…
Pity those who get between Poilievre and the Prime Minister
There’s a new form of savagery in politics, the kind that belongs on the Discovery Channel’s after 10 pm slot where you…
The Tasmanian state election and the curious story of the ‘liberty tax’
The early state election in Tasmania is scheduled for March 23, 2024. The election was triggered when two members of…
How low can Covid catastrophists go?
Who’d have guessed that there would be two startling revelations about the great Covid over-reach in the space of about…
Not with a constitutional bang, but a legislated whimper: South Australia forces through Indigenous ‘Voice’
Malinauskas ignores 61.4 per cent of South Australians who ‘No’ at the national referendum
Alexandra Marshall Live S2E5: Topher Field and life after the Covid Freedom Movement
The Covid years are over, but the abuse of freedom has only just begun. Topher Field, a pivotal figure in…
AI has always been racist
Silicon Valley is having a meltdown over Google’s Gemini AI image generator after it flooded social media with a fake…
The scourge of problem gambling
I know that Aussies love to have a punt on the ponies but it’s becoming a massive community problem. For…
Communist roots to anti-nuclear sentiment in Australia
At the end of the second world war, the Chifley Labor government became involved in a joint project with Britain…
A way out of Net Zero
Dear Peter Dutton, CC Ted O’Brien I’ve been badgering and ridiculing Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen in this…
Bad apples to rotten forests
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?
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
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
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
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
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?
The Misinformation and Disinformation Bill, introduced this year, paves the way towards a 1984 totalitarian reality where foreign organisations find themselves…
Crisis of faith?
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’
[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
If we want to reach for the stars, then it will be our best and brightest – not virtue signalling…