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Banning and restricting are hallmarks of weak government. Just ask Dan
Acting tough in government is easy during a crisis. Prime Ministers and Premiers routinely dress up the easiest of…
Joel Fitzgibbon’s departure shows the new fault line in Australian politics
Joel Fitzgibbon’s resignation as shadow minister for resources and agriculture and his departure to the Labor backbench is symptomatic of the new fault-line in…
Trade with Chinese characteristics?
Wine. Barley. Beef. Lobsters. Sugar. Timber. Copper. Thermal coal. These are important Australian exports which are increasingly being used as…
It’s not all sunshine and lollipops – for the US or here
Following their declaration of the United States presidential election results for Joe Biden, there has been great surprise expressed by…
Tasmania’s euthanasia diehards
Euthanasia is being considered by the Tasmanian Parliament for the fourth time in 11 years, proving that some things just…
Could Trump really call out the troops?
It is extraordinary to have to ask the question: can Donald Trump somehow use United States’ armed forces to stay…
There’s no such thing as an unbiased journalist
There’s no such thing as an unbiased journalist. It’s long believed that the role of the news media is to…
Who needs the Australia Card when you can do a Xi Jinping?
My. How soon people forget. In 1985, at the national tax summit, the Labor Government proposed the Australia Card: The…
Goldblunder
On Friday last, November 6, the Australian Taxation Office had a serious legal bomb blow up in its face. It’s…
America, remember the Australian ballot? Here are more electoral wonders from Down Under to try
What a mess. You know what I mean, so I’m not going to list all the problems and alleged irregularities…
Why it’s fine to talk about ‘Dictator Dan’
For those who count themselves, as I do, among the #DictatorDan crowd, whether full-throated or privately enthusiastic, the decision in…
The Biden win: a grave mistake?
Data from the official Michigan government voter index indicates that a man who died in 1984 voted in the United States presidential…
Gee, Leigh. Donald Trump is Robert Mugabe?
I’m old enough to remember when journalists gave us the news and we added our own prejudice. These days journalists…
Anthony Albanese’s conduct confirms he’s a joke, not a leader
Australia and the United States share a history marked by many similarities and some stark divides. Over more than a century, however, our…
Malcolm and Kevin, don’t you have homes to go to? Several homes?
At a time of record levels of government spending and intrusion, it is perhaps timely to consider the words of…
Honk – sorry – bonk if #YouStandWithDan
Logic, Danandrewstan-style. A quick glance at the updated coronavirus “roadmap” for reopening released by the Chairman today tells that even…
Coronavirus is fading, but not Daniel Andrews power lust
Declarations of Joe Biden’s victory overshadowed yet another press conference by Daniel Andrews — not that the Victorian Premier will…
Departures all round?
Shocking Chinese whispers came out yesterday that Vladimir Putin – supreme leader of Russia’s ‘totally not a dictatorship’ dictatorship –…
Anthony Albanese warns the Tsar
Some people have something to say and other people just have to say something. Anthony Albanese is firmly in the…
Aussie winds, republican kite-flying
Today, November 6, marks the twenty-first anniversary of the 1999 republic referendum. Two decades on, republican lobbyists are on the…
Why President Sleepy Joe will keep Australia up at night
It’s not yet certain, but it is looking likely that Joe Biden will be the next President of the United…
Kevin Rudd’s media royal commission call attacks a keystone of democracy
Just over 500,000 people had signed a petition launched by Kevin Rudd calling for a royal commission into media ownership…
Watch out for Adam Bandt’s new bold big thinking
ITEM: Greens leader Adam Bandt has urged one of Australia’s largest trading partners to use its economic leverage to renegotiate…
They’re different in Queensland
As the child of migrant parents, growing up in Brisbane, I learned fast that Mexicans were not, as I had…
Time to tackle Tax Office tyranny
If there’s a connection between the Australian Taxation Office and COVID-19, it can be described in one word:‘dictatorship. For freedom…
