In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Australia’s ‘green energy’ chimera
The government has asked the Joint Committee on Trade and Investment Growth to inquire into ‘Australia’s transition to a green…
Staying the Liberal course: with wall-to-wall red, blue politics is on the ropes
It’s not difficult to determine that the Liberal Party appears in trouble. With wall-to-wall red states minus Tasmania, a popular…
Dutton’s first victory: Julian Leeser moves to the backbench
The Liberal Party’s Shadow Indigenous Australians spokesman and Attorney-General Julian Leeser has defied Dutton’s leadership decision to support the ‘No’…
The People vs. Big Australia: Albo’s housing crisis
Do you recall Labor’s announcement during the 2022 election that it was going to increase immigration to record high levels?…
Restoring trust in public health
‘Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.’ –…
Australia’s Labor Dark Ages will end in a Liberal victory
These are dark days for the Liberal Party. Labor governments now dominate the Australian continent while deeply divided Oppositions are…
Science betrayal
There is no surer proof that people are losing faith in the scientific establishment than the recent Rasmussen poll of Americans…
Has identity politics created a state of madness?
‘Does having children change your perspective on history, politics, philosophy, and the future of humanity? If so, is part of…
Identity politics and the challenge to conservatism
In the aftermath of Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull’s visit to New Zealand, Prime Minister Hipkins was embarrassed at his regular post-Cabinet press…
Reporting from the Marxist front line
This Easter, Australian Marxists are conducting their big shindig, Marxism Conference 2023, at Melbourne University. I’m attending. It’s important to understand what…
Pesutto seized his opportunity to fail as a leader
It’s been a gut-wrenching fortnight for Liberal Party supporters watching the vilification of Moira Deeming, who, through no fault of…
Australians are ready, willing, and able to work – let them!
Australian families are feeling the pinch of the cost-of-living crisis gripping the nation as inflation, record energy bills, and housing…
Our moral panic over AI
I was born three years after the first Terminator film was released and didn’t see it until I was around seven.…
No one knows what Albanese’s Voice will look like, or what powers it might have
It seems, if the polls are to be believed, that the majority of Australians in a majority of states will…
China and Hong Kong: a tale of caution
Recent instances of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) censorship indicate its global and persistent efforts to block any pipelines of…
The crisis of liberal illiteracy
Former Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, is in hot water over this unwelcome bit of advice to President Donald…
The half-hearted ‘no’
In a half-hearted ‘no’ to The Voice, the Australian Liberal Party will support a legislated Voice, not a constitutional addendum. It’s…
Wave power creates Net Zero corpses in the sea
Every year, there is a green fad that claims it’s going to ‘save the world’ with some kind of renewable…
Pesutto’s war against Moira Deeming is utterly unprincipled
Flying home from Canberra last week, I finished listening to The Witch Trials of JK Rowling, a podcast exploring how a…
The ‘Local Voice’ vs. the ‘Canberra Voice’
The Liberal Party recently came out against Anthony Albanese’s proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament – under which an advisory body…
Dear Peter … now that you’ve found your Voice
Peter Dutton and I were good friends once, and worked together closely in the Howard and Rudd years. Sorry to…
The tragic end of Book Depository
The sudden closure of UK-based Book Depository has sent a shiver through the Australian literary scene. As one of Australia’s most…
The federal Libs must condemn Pesutto for throwing women to the wolves
A woman in the Afghan Parliament has been suspended by her political party for the crime of advocating for women’s…
The devolution of Western teaching
The National Curriculum is broken. So too is the profession of instruction and teaching. Each new Education Minister – be…
