Paul Collits - Politics, Policy, Political Views

Paul Collits is Politicom’s Senior Political Commentator. He is a freelance writer and independent researcher who lives in Lismore, NSW. He has worked in government, industry and the university sector, and has taught at tertiary level in three disciplines – politics, geography and planning & business studies. He also contributes to Substack – https://paulcollits.substack.com/

Australia trapped with Leftie-woke politicians

On : 01/01/202522/01/2025- by Paul Collits- 8 Comments.

by PAUL COLLITS – AUSTRALIA has no leader of sufficient charisma and brand recognition to unite its disparate Right-of-centre micro Parties. Absent unity and popular appeal, conservative voters are doomed to the Liberal Party model of almost equally numbered, warring moderate and…

A miracle in Townsville

On : 25/12/202412/01/2025- by Paul Collits- 9 Comments.

by PAUL COLLITS – I HAVE two homes. One is in the wonderful Northern Rivers region of NSW, close but not too close to Byron Bay and accessible to its magnificent hinterland. The other is in the majestic Blue Mountains, west of…

Left still underestimates Trump

On : 22/12/202410/01/2025- by Paul Collits- No Comment

by PAUL COLLITS – THERE has never been a President-elect like this one. Donald J Trump is re-writing the rules of the weird two-month transition period between an election and the inauguration. Americans have never seen anything like this. Many are claiming,…

He’s a vindictive idiot

On : 21/12/202409/03/2025- by Paul Collits- 14 Comments.

by PAUL COLLITS – VICTORIAN Labor’s polling is in the toilet. Its Uncle Festa Treasurer, Tim Pallas, has resigned, leaving the State $156b in the red with a tanking economy. Premier Jacinta Allan is a dead girl walking. Or should be. And…

Today’s ABC needs more Clives

On : 18/12/202405/01/2025- by Paul Collits- No Comment

by PAUL COLLITS – THERE was a time when the ABC was, indeed, ours. That was the era of James Dibble reading the seven o’clock news. It was the time of Bill Peach’s crack team of investigative, irreverent young journalists, like the…

Birmo is what’s rotten with the Libs

On : 10/12/202413/12/2024- by Paul Collits- 5 Comments.

by PAUL COLLITS – SIMON Birmingham’s seemingly sudden retirement from politics caught a few people by surprise. He has left the building with the Liberals on the cusp of a possible, equally surprising, return to government in 2025. Birmingham thinks Dutton will…

Dutton ‘controlled’ by tyrannical media

On : 06/12/202421/12/2024- by Paul Collits- 3 Comments.

by PAUL COLLITS – MAINSTREAM media in Australia has become too controlling and needs to be broken up, according to Federal Senator Gerard Rennick. He said politicians and the media were working “hand in hand” to push lies and suppress alternate points…

‘I’ll rat you out’ – Hunter tells Joe

On : 04/12/202418/12/2024- by Paul Collits- No Comment

by PAUL COLLITS – THE American Founding Fathers must have had a reason for granting the president the power to pardon criminals. It’s just not clear now what that might have been. Maybe it was yet another act of creating separations of…

Dutton joins Labor in Trojan Horse censorship

On : 02/12/202417/12/2024- by Paul Collits- 1 Comment

by PAUL COLLITS – WHY the hell is Peter Dutton supporting this obvious Trojan Horse legislation? – The Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024. Just when you thought it was safe(ish) to trust the Liberals again, we get this…

Alan Jones’ crime is being conservative

On : 27/11/202412/12/2024- by Paul Collits- 8 Comments.

by PAUL COLLITS – ALL this looks and feels very familiar. Déjà vu in caps. By now, everyone will know that Alan Jones, former school teacher, Wallabies coach, Malcolm Fraser speechwriter, 2GB radio star, one-time Sky News presenter (until Murdoch’s people shafted…