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…
by REX WIDERSTROM – AUSTRALIANS have comprehensively rejected the soppy centre-Left agenda embraced by Liberal leader Peter Dutton, re-electing Labor with an increased majority. In a result that mirrors the recent Canadian election, Australia’s so-called centre-Right Coalition lost the May 3 federal…
by JOHN MIKKELSEN – WITH time running out in the countdown to the May 3 Federal Election, Australia’s future may well depend on how many voters believe Labor’s repetitive litany of lies. There’s a long list revealed on the LaborLIES website, but…
by FRED PAWLE – IF THIS election is to be a test for who can hold the most contradictory opinions at once about religion, immigration and what’s left of our culture – Albo will win in a canter. If PM Anthony Albanese…
by NAZIYA ALVI RAHMAN – THE Greens have unveiled a major election policy promising free lunches to every student in Australia’s public school system. The initiative is estimated to cost $11.6b over the four-year forward estimates by the Parliamentary Budget Office. Liberal…
by PAUL COLLITS – VOTERS will not need reminding that elections in Australia are meaningless affairs these days. They are contested by two undeserving branches of the UniParty that together struggle to get two thirds of the primary vote. Real problems are…
