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What was wrong with the polls?
Living with uncertainty is the thing most humans find most difficult. And while it’s virtually impossible to be certain even…
Who won what why: now for the battle for the election narrative
The election victory was clearly a triumph for both the style and substance of Prime Minister Scott Morrison. But the…
CBD: and now for the AA meetings
Our peeved yet perspicacious political insider writes exclusively: Excessive self-medication in the wake, if not at the wake, of the…
Fresh miracles in Galilee – the Galilee Basin, that is
The proposed Adani mine has been wading through a green swamp of political obstacles for nine long years. Other coal…
The Coalition’s back: time to get real on jobs and pay
The Australian people have spoken and re-elected a Coalition government. But don’t be surprised if the big unions ignore their…
Let’s end the Age of Bitterness in our politics
With just a little bit of Aussie bloomin’ luck, the destabilising and destructive approach to the dark art of politics…
How we’ve turned mad – half mad, anyway
Two numbers in the low forties popped up in two separate stories this week: Americans today are more closely divided…
Chris Bowen’s out, but will Albo heed his warning on religious freedom?
It is slowly starting to dawn on some Labor voters that Australians with a traditional Christian worldview are feeling somewhat…
Ten more reasons Labor lost the unlosable election
Most people I speak to think that as a nation, we just dodged a bullet. And even those who voted…
The app that could see GetUp downed
In an era where political parties and policy advocates on the right are struggling to find new ways to engage…
Tony Abbott: with thanks to the fallen warrior
Last night former prime minister Tony Abbott succumbed to a perfect political storm: a climate zealot candidate dressed up as…
A progressive ALP is unelectable
There used to be a line in the Lord’s Prayer which went: “But lead us not into temptation; and deliver…
The Israel Folau affair: Kafka – or John le Carré?
In the midst of the coalition’s ‘miraculous’ come from behind win at the federal election was the news that Israel…
Only a dragon and a bottle of bleach separates Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from Daenerys Targaryen
Judging by the social media response, the only people to appreciate the “Game of Thrones” series finale might be politics and…
Will Labor listen?
When Labor’s Chris Bowen told voters, “If you don’t like our policies, don’t vote for us,” it was an applaudable…
Let me feel your pain (so I can claim it as mine)
Since Scott Morrison’s election victory on Saturday night, TV personality Lisa Wilkinson, has penned a virtue-signalling column for 10Daily, titled…
Where the division of identity politics gets you
It was Labor’s political owl Graham Richardson, who, just a couple of weeks before the event, was promoting his presence…
CBD: the people – ugh – have spoken
Our perspicacious political insider writes exclusively: CBD never understood how many nerve endings are ensconced in one’s sconce. CBD’s election…
With media mates like this it’s no wonder Labor lost
It’s ironic that Labour’s defeat may be sheeted home to some of its strongest, most vocal allies; the supposed national…
A welcome – but predictable – victory
The election result surprised pollsters, punters and most commentators. But as I argued early last Wednesday on the Spectator Australia…
Rowan Dean: I predicted all along that Morrison would win
The Coalition has been returned to government. Bill Shorten lost the “unlosable” election and Scott Morrison won – funnily enough,…
Ten reasons Labor lost the unlosable election
Well, he did it. Bill Shorten snatched defeat right out of the jaws of victory. Which is all the more…
The biggest dill on Capital Hill
I’m pleased to meet you, my name’s Bill I’m the biggest dill on Capital Hill. Born in Melbourne where I…
Election party 2022: chuck another possum on the barbie?
The Greens want to replace ancient grasslands and modern croplands with trees. They worship eucalypt weeds while chipping away at…
Mr Shorten, we knew Bob Hawke…
It didn’t take long, did it? After yesterday likening himself to Gough Whitlam, this morning Bill Shorten used Labor’s greatest…
