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

Australia, don’t go back into the status jungle

5 June 2023 5:00 am

Australia’s proposed movement towards creating a third category of employee (by way of granting ‘employee’ rights to gig workers) is…

The totalitarian roots of the anti-human environmentalist cult

5 June 2023 4:00 am

The modern environmentalist movement is often compared to a pantheistic religion. It certainly contains a vision of sin and repentance…

Rowan Atkinson: our honeymoon with electric cars is coming to an end

5 June 2023 1:00 am

Over a decade ago, fans of BBC’s Top Gear will remember when it was Rowan Atkinson’s turn to have a go…

Double Shot Ep5: John Ruddick on the Covid Royal Commission

4 June 2023 12:40 pm

This week, John Ruddick renews his call for a Covid Royal Commission to investigate the behaviour of governments and health…

Spectator TV Australia: Ramesh Thakur on the protection of children from globalists

4 June 2023 10:52 am

Episode 6: This week, Ramesh Thakur shares with us his story regarding the protection of children from global bureaucracy and…

Progressive censorship is headed down the same path as the ‘Rushdie bounty hunters’

4 June 2023 10:15 am

Salman Rushdie did not die. Attempts to murder the author have been numerous, but Hadi Matar is the one charged…

I am what I am – a family man

4 June 2023 5:00 am

‘I am what I am – a family man. Mother, father, brother.’ Fleetwood Mac, 1987. Are we allowed to say…

Do not surrender to feminism’s dystopia

4 June 2023 5:00 am

‘The war between the sexes has ended, and rather than a co-operative future that could benefit all, it has turned…

Petition to save Calvary Hospital surpasses 33,000 signatures

4 June 2023 4:00 am

An Australian Catholic hospital’s petition against an unprecedented hostile takeover by the Labor/Green ACT government has reached over 33,000 signatures. Without…

The Daily Wire stress-tests Elon Musk’s commitment to free speech

3 June 2023 8:41 pm

It has been a wild few days on Twitter after the Daily Wire, with its 1.7 million followers, posted Matt Walsh’s…

The resilience of the populist ‘strongman’

3 June 2023 5:00 am

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won a presidential election runoff last Sunday, extending his rule into a third decade. Erdogan,…

The redemption of reputation

3 June 2023 4:00 am

Scandal-hit celebrities Johnny Depp and Martha Stewart have coincidentally – yet decisively – proved my working PR theory (of several…

Ageing Senate reveals frail US republic

3 June 2023 4:00 am

The late Christopher Hitchens improved on Gore Vidal’s phrasing, citing the ‘bright autumn of my senescence’ in a 1994 book…

Double Shot Ep4: Eric Abetz on the ABC’s Coronation shame

2 June 2023 2:28 pm

This week, Eric Abetz takes the ABC to task over the shameful coverage of the Coronation and asks whether we…

Spectator TV Australia: Rachael Wong speaks on the madness of anti-women propaganda

2 June 2023 2:15 pm

Episode 5: Why can’t the Minister for Women define a woman? And why has biological gender suddenly become a form…

Senators condemn Woke ESG regional bank closures

2 June 2023 11:38 am

Australian LNP Senator, Matt Canavan has condemned the closure of regional banks kowtowing to Environmental Social Governance (ESG). Responding to…

Hindsight is 2020

2 June 2023 5:00 am

Shortly after the World Health Organisation declared a ‘public health emergency of international concern’ in January 2020, many Australians hid…

Draconian ACT government digs its claws into Calvary Hospital

2 June 2023 4:00 am

On May 24, a large number of protesters gathered in front of the ACT Legislative Assembly to rally against the…

Breaking News: Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case ruling

1 June 2023 3:13 pm

Federal Court Justice Anthony Besanko has delivered his judgement on Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case ruling largely in favour of the…

In praise of ‘shame’

1 June 2023 10:40 am

Does art imitate life or vice versa? This question has troubled some of the world’s greatest minds. Plato agreed with…

What if Albanese doesn’t care if the Voice succeeds?

1 June 2023 6:00 am

Remember when Albo said, ‘I like fighting Tories, that’s what I do’? What if that is really what defines the…

The Voice is a deception of monstrous proportions

1 June 2023 5:00 am

What is really driving the Yes vote? Does anybody properly understand the proposition, or are they so consumed with white…

The Cape Byron Lighthouse Declaration: a ‘suspended’ guide to making healthcare great again

1 June 2023 4:00 am

Cape Byron Lighthouse stands proudly on Australia’s most easterly point sending a whopping two million candelas of light, 50 kilometres…

What is the point of teaching English?

31 May 2023 5:00 am

Only in the world of English teaching could you leave an industry conference feeling more confused about the purpose of…

The Budget’s rivers of gold flow toward its pet political ambitions

31 May 2023 4:30 am

Comedy writer Robert Orben is credited with saying, ‘If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.’ It is a phrase the…