by ALEXANDER VOLTZ – LABOR PM Anthony Albanese’s reckless appointment of Matt Thistlethwaite as Assistant Minister for Defence, Veterans’ Affairs and the Republic has infuriated many veterans and defence personnel. Mr Albanese’s move has been called an “egregious insult”, effectively insinuating Australia’s…
by NINA NGUYEN – FORMER federal senator Amanda Stoker has warned the Liberal Party to return to its roots instead of becoming the “Diet Coke” version of Labor and Greens. Her comment comes after the Liberal Party’s loss in the 2022 federal…
by DAVID FLINT – I RECENTLY agreed to join a Sydney demonstration. It wasn’t to block traffic, scream abuse, glue my hands to the road, stop workers from getting to their jobs, in brief, to be a public nuisance to ram down…
by PAUL COLLITS – THE strange, complicated and seemingly endless process to replace the late and unlamented Boris Johnson as prime minister of the United Kingdom continues, as the governance of the Motherland sits in limbo. They began with a dozen candidates,…
A MAINSTREAM news organisation has reported that up to 55 men gave birth in Australia in 2014-15. Sourcing Medicare records, The Australian newspaper said men were now regular users of maternity ward services. Complaint about removal of term ‘mother’ sparks immediate action…
by PAUL COLLITS – THE quietly resurrected Alan Tudge, now Shadow Education Minister in the freshly minted Opposition, is hoping the Albanese Government will not reverse the Morrison regime’s decision to up the charge for liberal arts degrees at our universities. Whatever…
by PAUL COLLITS – ONE of the great advantages of awful politicians who become foreign ministers is that most of the time they are out of the country, far, far away from us, indulging in the bulldust that is the stuff of…
by KEVIN DONNELLY – NORMALLY it’s conservative Christians such as Australia’s rugby union player Israel Folau and the tennis great Margaret Court who are attacked for being transphobic. Traditionally, it has been these people threatened with legal action when they argue that…
by GABRIEL MOENS – THE world has reacted with shock to the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Abe was prime minister of Japan on two occasions, from 2006 to 2007 and 2012 to 2020, when he resigned for health…
A MOVE to expel former immigration minister Alex Hawke from the Liberal Party has been dismissed by officials on technical grounds. According to The Australian newspaper this week, a motion to end Mr Hawke’s political career as a Liberal was rejected by…
