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

Biden’s threat to world peace?

19 November 2024 2:21 pm

Unfortunately, it’s not hyperbole to observe that we are closer to a third world war now than ever before. This…

The Conference of Parties: how many more?

19 November 2024 1:17 pm

The latest COP talkfest, with 66,778 participants, is producing much hot air and hand-wringing as it looks to upgrade the…

France could be 100 per cent nuclear. Why not Australia?

19 November 2024 12:56 pm

‘80 per cent of electricity production is done by nuclear (in France). Actually, we could have 100 per cent, but…

Bluesky: the blue wave crashes on itself

19 November 2024 9:43 am

I feel like my recent foray into the social media app Bluesky Social was a bit of a precursor to…

Cashed up! What do we make of Chalmers’ thought bubble?

18 November 2024 6:12 pm

It is a blink-and-you-missed-it moment, but the Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, has announced a new regulation to protect cash transactions on…

Into the arms of the radical Left

18 November 2024 5:05 pm

Banning Australians who are under 16 from social media has one obvious and immediate side-effect: political outrage. As the only…

Weaponising children to justify censorship

18 November 2024 11:31 am

Setting aside the vast and rock-solid arguments as to why banning social media for those under 16 is a Trojan…

Australia’s swansong for free speech

18 November 2024 2:30 am

Why the Senate should defeat the Misinformation and Disinformation Bill

It is God’s will

18 November 2024 2:00 am

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) notes that over the past 50 years, there has been a steady decline in the…

Tea, Trump, and tyranny: could America rejoin the British Empire?

18 November 2024 1:10 am

It’s a quiet day in the hallowed halls of Westminster when the unexpected happens: Donald J. Trump, golden mane aglow,…

Trump’s new America should mean Australia’s realignment

18 November 2024 1:00 am

If there are any insights worth taking away from Donald Trump’s victory last week, it’s that anything is possible, politicians…

A bridge too far

17 November 2024 2:55 pm

The secret codes we might need to evade censorship

Portugal’s national identity is forged through individual bravery, not identity politics

17 November 2024 8:46 am

From Lisbon: Portugal, a seafaring nation, pioneered the Age of Discovery and the exploration of the New World. Synonymous with…

COP29: Much more than a climate negotiation marathon

17 November 2024 8:30 am

This year, it was Baku’s turn to host the annual UN Climate Conference, COP29. But if you think COP is…

Trump a portend for Australian politics

16 November 2024 11:25 pm

Trump might have only won 51 to 49 per cent of the popular vote, but the victory is assessed by…

Lost boys

15 November 2024 12:29 am

A review of Richard Reeves, Of boys and men: Why the modern male is struggling, why it matters, and what to do about it

The Democrat double-standard

14 November 2024 11:09 pm

Amid the cries of adoration, the tears of disbelief, and the malevolent anti-Trump boos of the Democratic faithful, Vice President…

The new kingmakers

14 November 2024 9:06 pm

Legacy media is haemorrhaging youth

Time to defend Western culture’s patrimony

14 November 2024 8:31 am

The Russian author and dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, when writing about the importance of initiating each succeeding generation into the culture…

Fact-checking the real loser in Trump victory

14 November 2024 8:10 am

The US presidential election resulted in many losers – Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party, identity politics, the Hollywood elite, Net…

Israel or nothing

14 November 2024 7:45 am

From the Babylonian Exile to the founding of modern Israel, Jews have wandered the world as second-class citizens. The Jewish…

Left, right, left, right, left

13 November 2024 3:36 am

Marching together to the beat of a populist drum?

The strange death of Western Europe

13 November 2024 2:43 am

In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s convincing win in the American presidential election, a lot of balderdash has been expended…

Amsterdam: Untrammelled Islamist Antisemitism

12 November 2024 3:48 pm

The scenes of violent, deliberate, and rampant antisemitism against Israelis visiting the Netherlands to support the Maccabi football team –…

Cheers for a true blue Aussie hero

12 November 2024 10:56 am

Chances are Australia could be facing another disastrous bushfire season like the one we experienced five years ago, which from…