by PAUL COLLITS – PAUL Keating’s last appearance on the public stage occurred with his mending of fences with his old partner in micro-economic reform, the late Bob Hawke. And his moving eulogy at Hawke’s memorial service in June 2019. What did…
by ALFRED BUI – PRIME Minister Anthony Albanese has said his government would not be able to find a quick solution for the energy crisis plaguing the country’s east coast. The PM held his first national cabinet meeting on June 17 to…
THE non-reaction of Australians to the recent and sudden rise of COVID cases, hospitalisations and deaths has been striking, even bizarre. Equally noteworthy has been the willingness of Australians to simply “move on” from the zero COVID policy madness that accompanied the…
PORK-barrelling leads not only to corrupt behaviour but it also inflicts systemic damage on the body politic. NSW’s recent ICAC public forum on this form of vote buying has been well reported, at least in some areas of the legacy media. This…
by PAUL COLLITS – IF THE appalling behaviour of Australian governments during the COVID non-pandemic taught us anything, it is that executive overreach is the number one political problem in this country. An issue, alas, simply not addressed during the recent election…
by DAVID FLINT – IT WAS typical of the man. Some of the most prominent defenders of the Crown had assembled at Sydney’s Union Club to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee, including two former prime ministers and a former head of state. Michael…
NSW Treasurer Matt Kean has been publicly savaged after allegedly white-anting Scott Morrison’s re-election campaign last month and then partying with ALP supporters after the Prime Minister’s defeat. While Mr Kean, who as a Left faction heavy-weight, is unlikely to be removed…
WHEN a Liberal Senator is diagnosed with Coronavirus you’d expect the politicians he’s been associating with to self-quarantine.
by MORGAN BEGG – VOICE. Treaty. Truth. These are the words used to describe Labor’s main policy for Indigenous Australians. Now that the ALP has claimed power in Canberra after nine years in opposition, it is time to consider what these words…
NSW Treasurer Matt Kean has unashamedly boasted of being Australia’s “greatest environment minister” – in history! This is according to his NSW Liberal Party colleague Catherine Cusack. After his stunning 2020 claim, Ms Cusack said she had waited for Mr Kean’s tone…
