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Thanks, Joe Biden
Is there no end to the litany of cock-ups that can be laid at the feet of the 46th President of the United States of…
How accurate are PCR tests?
With the revelation that passengers were barred from boarding the first repatriation flight to Australia from India on the basis of…
Spectator Australia TV: The budget horrow show
Today on Counter Culture we’ll tell you everything you need to know about the horror show that is this week’s…
Towards a kinder, woker Queensland Police
Criminals have described a decision to scrap gender quotas designed to get more women into the Queensland Police Force as…
Throw another bundle of banknotes on the barbie
If I may plagiarise Anthony Albanese — who plagiarised Michael Douglas in The American President — “In Australia, we have…
Tough love: we are letting ourselves get really dumb.
A regular series of rules for life by Pete Shmigel, a former senior state and federal political advisor and CEO…
Why does the Left keep making the same mistake?
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. It’s a cliché and it’s misattributed…
No, the government can’t sprinkle sherbet on everything
I love the federal budget. And I’m unapologetic about it. But there is one part of budget week that annoys me…
Adam Bandt’s drink problem
Is this why is Adam Bandt in parliament? Because he failed as a sommelier? One might think so from his…
The Coalition has surrendered its key point of political differentiation - debt and deficit
There were a heap of euphoric headlines in response to the federal budget. And what’s not to like in a…
The World Health Organisation had one job…
A review of the initial response to the Wuhan virus by an independent panel, co-chaired by former New Zealand prime…
The age of entitlement is back
I want to share with you the two best pieces of analysis about the 2021-22 federal budget delivered last night…
How even Xi Jinping gets something this budget
In all the lists of budget winners and losers, one name has been missing: Xi Jinping. Yet China’s President for…
What’s going on in our universities? Don’t ask
If you’re lucky enough not to receive the daily briefing from The Conversation website, that showcase for the creme of…
Battlelines
There can be little doubt that last night’s budget sets the stage for an election before the end of the…
Oh my Josh, it’s the Oprah budget
Pop culture obsessives will never forget the famous episode of the Oprah Winfrey Show where the queen of America gave…
Generation Z: Stalin’s little helpers
Gen Z are the source of Cancel Culture. They are the generation that pride themselves on a heightened state of…
Daniel Andrews and hotel quarantine: the case for the prosecution
We’re at the stage where another day is almost guaranteed to reveal another disaster for Victoria’s hotel quarantine scheme; another…
A pre-budget boost in the PM’s polling?
Is all the talk of budget benevolence already boosted Scott Morrison’s standing? Today’s Essential Poll provides some support for the…
Budget 2021: a spendathon sugar hit to keep the punters high till polling day
Despite Josh Frydenberg’s denials, we appear set for a spendathon budget tonight, a budget where an unexpected surge in revenue…
A is for arrogant, B is for boring and C is for contemptible
Over a year ago I wrote that ABC TV current affairs was in trouble and drifting badly. The people, policies…
Scotty from Marketing plays into the left’s lines about “problems with women”
It’s now a badge of honour to be seen as blatantly promoting women ahead of men. The papers of the past few…
The SMAge descends into imbecilism
And to think that we were under the impression that The SMAge’s target demographic was neurotic single women aged 18-45.…
“He’s a turd. He’s easy to loathe…”
“[He has] fallen into the classic trap of the egomaniac…This childish business of putting his leadership on the line every…
Coronavirus, borders and liberty
After happily voting for Scott Morrison, I had to do a double-take at his statements over the weekend about keeping…
