by CRYSTAL-ROSE JONES – FORMER NSW Liberal premier Gladys Berejiklian has lost her court bid to overturn findings she acted corruptly amid her romance with Party colleague Daryl Maguire in her time as premier. This week, Chief Justice Andrew Bell maintained findings…
by PAUL COLLITS – NEVER, ever think that American politics can’t get even crazier. Never mind what happened these past few week, there’s sure to be even more insanity ahead. Two questions immediately arose after Joe Biden’s sudden – though four years…
by PAUL COLLITS – EVERYTHING we know about ruling elites suggests that they are control freaks and that they know what they are doing. One of the things they do very well is to create and manage narratives. Very carefully. And they…
by DAVID FLINT – IF AUSTRALIA’S republican establishment had had its way, we could have found ourselves in a predicament similar to France’s today. The news from France, as well as Rupert Murdoch’s surprise answer when asked whether we would be a…
by PAUL COLLITS – LEADERSHIP has been in the news this past week or so. Especially in the United States of America. What do the vastly different characters Donald Trump, Kimberly Cheatle and Dominic Perrottet have in common? Kimberly Cheatle may or…
by JOHN MIKKELSEN – LIKE many Australians, I had just watched a live telecast of Donald Trump’s inspiring speech at the US Republican Convention following his miraculous assassination survival, when suddenly the screen pixelated then died. Trump had recounted how he had…
by MONICA O’SHEA – FORMER Liberal PM Malcolm Turnbull has opposed nuclear energy; instead promoting solar, wind and hydro – in which he has pecuniary interests. Mr Turnbull, who served as prime minister from 2015 to 2018, said even if nuclear plants…
by PAUL COLLITS – IN 2015, I was sacked from an Australian council. It was an act of raw senior executive power, but was, unexpectedly, a liberating moment. I was escorted from the building, with my cardboard box containing whatever was in…
by DAVID FLINT – IN AN extraordinary move, possibly spurred by some psychological issues among Labor politicians, the Albanese Government is attracting worldwide attention to the state of politics in Australia. The psychological problem can best be described as the “Payman Panic”. …
by ROGER CROOK – ANTHONY Albanese’s plan to decarbonise Australia by 2050 is an experiment that has never been done before anywhere in the world. Converting to 100 per cent renewable energy entails significant changes to the fabric of our society and…
