The menfolk of Dandenong in Melbourne’s far-flung south-eastern burbs have been doing it tough for years. The decline of manufacturing…

Julian Burnside has become a defender of the faith – the Islamic one, of course. The Sheik Shady saga continues,…

“Turnbull. Pathetic.” This brief, two-word tweet was not a summation of the recent federal election campaign by a Liberal-National member…

The pundits and the Press Gallery tend to discuss election results as if the Australian electorate were a single sentient…

On Wednesday night, the whole of the ABC’s 7.30 programme was given over to an expose of historic allegations against…

Over lunch with friends on June 30, we all guessed the election outcome. I thought the Coalition would lose 11…

So soon after scraping back in, Malcolm Turnbull is prepared to risk everything on the one issue, which makes many…

I’m quite sure I wasn’t the only one who, upon hearing last week that Merrylands Police Station in Sydney’s west…

The moral indignation of Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews public letter to the Prime Minister on marriage equality again shows the…

July 8 2016 To my daughters (and their friends) I’ve been thinking and watching and observing my daughters and their…

Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has ears sticking out from his bonce like wide-open car doors.  But for a bloke whose…

The Liberal National Party has sent the lawyers up to Townsville as the recount continues for the seat of Herbert.…

Or both, perhaps. Whichever way it explains the sales figures. Melbourne’s quality Sunday offers the remaining readers some sabbath food…

Australia is a free, tolerant and open democracy where we respect all points of view even if we don’t agree…

News of the Russian Olympic drug scandal has reached the ears of the media and is being rightly exposed, but…

In the upcoming 2016 Australian Census, Australians will be given the option of ticking a box labelled ‘no religion’ when…

I spluttered on my tea recently when reading the claim that facts have a left-wing bias. I suppose the proponents…

Malcolm Turnbull’s latest ministry – his third in less than a year – was announced on Monday. True to his…

It’s not just Julie Bishop talking about plebiscite preselections. Government sources say the issue got a very good workout in…

In the hands of Malcolm Turnbull and Tony Abbott alone rests the chances for stability of the new Parliament and…

In just one day this week The Australian Financial Review published two news stories; Nationals could get two extra spots…

It truly pains me to say this, but Niki Savva was quite right (Ah! Where are those pills?) Niki Savva…

A Jewish woman had two chickens. One got sick, so the woman made chicken soup out of the other one…

Centre-right social progressives might not like social conservatism. But there has never been a more exciting time to be an…