POLITICAL punch-ups are part of the territory and have been since before Julius Caesar was done over in 44BC during a senate meeting. Australian, Romanian, Ukrainian and almost all other politicians “get into it” on a surprisingly regular basis. And they’re almost…
THE never-ending pursuit to rename the Liberal Party has become a pet cause for politicians who refuse to accept they’ve joined the wrong Party. Rather than admit their mistake, defect to Labor and start over, there’s a growing list of political activists…
THE future of Australia’s bloated national broadcaster has been struck a blow with news its UK cousin is to be downsized and turned into a pay-TV service. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced last week he would decriminalise non-payment of BBC licence…
FEDERAL Senator Jim Molan was badgered by a baying ABC audience last week after saying he kept an “open mind” towards human induced climate change. Seconds later, new Q&A host Hamish Macdonald openly sided with his loud and narrow-minded audience, questioning why…
TONY Abbott was the last Australian prime minister to win office in a thumping landslide. Few PMs did it before him and none have done so since. Abbott’s 89 to Labor’s 55 seat victory was a result of sensible policies, forceful arguments…
THERE is absolutely nothing the Prime Minister Scott Morrison can do to appease Australia’s hostile climate lobby – so he shouldn’t even try. Not a single serious person in government believes Morrison can ever do enough to please the Green Left. If…
NOT so long ago Australia held almost every international trophy on offer from the sports it contested. The national trophy cabinet was bursting with silver and gold. World cups, the Bledisloe and the Mandela cups, rugby league, rugby union, cricket, hockey, netball…
DOES anyone care if a blind eye was turned to a government minister as he drugged and sexually abused young boys in his Parliamentary workplace? Do they care if a blind eye was turned as he did the same at an ALP…
FORMER ALP deputy Tanya Plibersek displayed a level of national pride on Australia Day that set heads exploding across her inner-city base. She also had centre-right conservatives scratching their own heads and agreeing with her, perhaps, for the first time. Plibersek, who…
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump was last week acquitted of all charges in his impeachment trial. The two indictments, Obstruction of Congress and Abuse of Power, were both convincingly defeated in the US Senate, falling short by 20 votes of the two-thirds majority…
