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

Red revenge: the violence of intangible power

11 May 2023 6:00 am

China’s recent military exercises over Taiwan have inspired a volley of ‘cannonball counting’ articles by the Western media. Dare I say another round…

Woke chemistry

11 May 2023 5:00 am

Are you ready class? The chemistry lesson is about to begin. Those are words that I never thought that I’d…

Recessions are bad news for super funds

11 May 2023 4:00 am

The Commonwealth budget surplus stems from the nation’s resource assets, and to a lesser degree its agricultural strengths. But, rather than…

US military backlash against trans recruitment gimmick

10 May 2023 1:07 pm

In order to battle low recruitment numbers, the Biden administration’s latest plan is to send in the pronoun police. According…

Terrorist rehab?

10 May 2023 6:00 am

Two movies screening in early May (in Sydney), along with a Guantanamo Bay court hearing for the case of Southeast…

Qantas’ vaccination policy

10 May 2023 5:00 am

If you were already doubtful that Covid vaccination mandates were really about ‘keeping everyone safe’, then Qantas just vindicated your…

The government must fix it!

10 May 2023 4:00 am

Here’s an amusing game to play… Listen to any ABC News bulletin – television or radio – and after each…

Sir David Attenborough: 97 years of environmentalism

9 May 2023 2:45 pm

Yesterday marked the 97th birthday of Sir David Attenborough. For generations, he has been the chief connection between children and…

The pub test: Australian parliamentarians have the worst public speaking skills

9 May 2023 7:00 am

Australian politicians live in an alternative universe, a privileged cocoon that separates them from public opinion. The pub test is…

Politicising death: the US obsession with race politics

9 May 2023 5:00 am

The death of Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man, is being spun as the next George Floyd. Neely died after he was…

Fukushima: our best argument for nuclear power

9 May 2023 4:00 am

One of the more popular memes on social media is: ‘Worst Prime Minister Ever’. The label is variously applied to…

Grace, mercy, and justice: a pledge no politician can make

8 May 2023 3:07 pm

On Saturday, I had two great privileges. The first was to attend the ceremony for His Majesty King Charles III’s…

We can’t afford nonsense anymore

8 May 2023 6:00 am

It was instilled into me from my labor-voting Dad, a Presbyterian carpenter with a fairly black-and-white view of life, that…

Women and girls last: the mantra of the moderate Liberals

8 May 2023 5:00 am

Deputy Liberal Leader Sussan Ley has fired a warning shot at so-called culture warriors within her party. Essentially she’s saying…

Pesutto should listen to Meloni

8 May 2023 4:30 am

The Victorian Liberal Party will, on Friday, meet to vote on a motion to expel MP Moira Deeming from the…

Children targeted by WHO ‘Standards for Sexuality Education in Europe’

8 May 2023 4:00 am

The World Health Organisation has orchestrated a ‘framework for policy makers, educational and health authorities and specialists’ titled, Standards for…

Alan Jones: Labor governments defend gender ideology at the expense of children

7 May 2023 2:02 pm

I have written before about the disgraceful treatment in Victoria of the Liberal MP, Moira Deeming, a teacher turned politician.…

False money, false budget, false hope

7 May 2023 4:00 am

Even before the Budget is given, we know it is false. That is because too much of the money on…

Blacktivism and the Crown

7 May 2023 3:00 am

Given the coronation of King Charles III, there are differing and often conflicting opinions about the significance of the British…

Spectator TV Australia: China, childcare, coronation, and how the French forgot about Liberty

6 May 2023 11:59 pm

Episode 2: China, childcare, coronation, and how the French forgot about Liberty. This week we are joined by Rebecca Weisser…

Energy: drowning in subsidies

6 May 2023 5:58 am

Paul Broad, the former head of Snowy Hydro, resigned amid, according to the Australian Financial Review, an escalation of tensions…

The reward is the risk 

6 May 2023 5:35 am

‘Don’t think, just do.’ Maverick’s words to his young protégé, Rooster, in the second Top Gun film, resonate with me. As an…

The shocking refusal of medical treatment to the unvaccinated

6 May 2023 5:20 am

Vicki Derderian desperately needs a lifesaving heart. She suffered from heart failure in 2020 before doctors inserted a ventricular assist…

Liberals’ witch trial of Moira Deeming embodies the political fight of our time

5 May 2023 1:48 pm

The insane persecution of Moira Deeming by the Liberal Party should jolt all Australians out of their activist-induced coma. The stakes…

Un-informed consent

5 May 2023 6:00 am

Did mass coercion make informed consent to the Covid jabs impossible? ‘I had my shots but I’m not having any…