by PAUL COLLITS – MY DEAR, late mother – before she succumbed to the inevitable senior’s mental deterioration, aka dementia – was a cryptic crossword aficionado. For whatever reason, I still remember one particular clue she once shared with me. It was…
by NAZIYA ALVI RAHMAN – PM ANTHONY Albanese hasn’t laid out what Australia’s true energy situation is. Worse, he hasn’t laid out what the plan is – and he hasn’t provided the confidence the nation needs. These are the words of Opposition…
by FRED PAWLE – AUSTRALIANS who are alarmed by the fuel crisis don’t know half of it. Closed petrol stations are merely a symptom of the country’s bigger, more terminal problems. The word “paradigm” comes from Ancient Greek, meaning a detectable pattern…
by PAUL COLLITS – BEFORE the recent South Australian election, John Howard opined that the former Liberal Senator and former Australian Conservatives leader, Cory Bernardi, “wouldn’t trouble the scorers” in that election. Howard is well known to be a cricket tragic, hence…
by DAVID FLINT – EXILED Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi last week delivered a message that resonated: “You cannot reform a snake. Venom is in its DNA.” This is a truth which escaped all American presidents between Jimmy Carter down to Joe…
by SCOTT JOHNSON – AUSTRALIA’S e-safety commissioner – and American-born feminist – Julie Inman Grant has again refused to front-up before the US Congress. She was initially requested to attend in November 2025 by US House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan. The…
by PAUL COLLITS – NO EXPRESSION is surer in Australian politics than “once a Nat…”. The unexpected departure of Nationals Leader David Littleproud this month brought to the crease the much-anticipated Matt Canavan. The closer you get to having the power to…
by FRED PAWLE – THE current fuel crisis – and the government’s response – proves that Australia just isn’t a serious country any more. Motorists queueing to fill their cars should be consoled that, for all the expense and inconvenience they’re experiencing,…
by ROGER CROOK – I SOMETIMES wonder if we will ever again have a leader who believes there are lessons to be learned from our past. Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it, according to Winston Churchill. …
by DAVID FLINT – IN 2012, during a heated Labor caucus meeting, then-Foreign Minister Bob Carr reportedly issued a challenge to his colleagues. This has since become a chilling piece of political folklore. By refusing to oppose the Iranian regime, Labor has…
