by CINDI LI – ANTHONY Albanese has attempted to explain why he didn’t use the Bible during his official swearing-in ceremony at Government House. Most MPs use the Bible during the process, however, Mr Albanese – who self-identifies as Catholic – refused…
by ROGER CROOK – “The morning after the night before.” For as long as I can remember, those few words have been the catalyst for many jokes and more than a few cold and clammy feelings of remorse. There can be few…
by FRED PAWLE – LABOR’S top strategist will deliver a speech on Wednesday explaining how his team won the recent election. What he won’t say is that it was a charade that will end in catastrophe. The takeaway is that, to Labor,…
by FRED PAWLE – SO THAT’S that then. The two Coalition Parties can’t agree on much these days but at least they agree on one thing: nothing must stop Anthony Albanese from winning a third term. Both Coalition Parties — the Liberals…
by PAUL COLLITS – Labor people, a tribal lot, don’t like people who rat on them. This goes back to the bitter days of the anti-communist split of the 1950s and the formation of the Democratic Labor Party. The legendary, former Labor…
by DAVID FLINT – ONE of the two contenders for the Liberal Party leadership, Sussan Ley, has long been involved in Middle Eastern affairs. Given that the first duty of a Leader of the Opposition, a potential alternative Prime Minister, is the…
by PAUL COLLITS – THE post-election scene among the conservatives-in-name-only is always a goon show on steroids. And so it has come to pass. The recriminations are bitter and are growing exponentially. There are allegations of sabotage of the Liberals’ “campaign”. The…
by DAVID FLINT – SUCH are the wonders of the Australian electoral system that a Party which gets barely more than one third of the votes is rewarded with what is reported as a landslide victory. With 34.8 per cent of the…
by PAUL COLLITS – WELL, there goes One Term Albo as a nickname! The Australian election result was predictable, though the extent of the anti-Liberal rout was not foreseen by anyone. Looking around the (non-American) Anglosphere, some interesting points of convergence are…
by FRED PAWLE – AUSTRALIA has dodged the bullet of fake conservatism and it’s now incumbent on those who can survive Labor’s treacherous incompetence to ensure a decent alternative is offered in 2028. Had Peter Dutton’s Coalition won this election, we would…
