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 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 PAUL COLLITS – LIES, damned lies and statistics? So the cliché goes, suggesting that you can twist numbers in every which way to make an argument. It’s true that numbers can be tortured to within an inch of their lives. See…
by ROGER CROOK – THE past two weeks have made me wonder just what bench mark the average punter uses when the time comes to vote in a general election. How much do we know about the people on the ballot, or…
by FRED PAWLE – IT’S easy to appeal to everyday Australians. Just stick to your principles, don’t spout pretentious garbage – and stay away from paedophiles. When Queen Elizabeth II gave birth to her second son in 1960, the property developers of…
by CRYSTAL-ROSE JONES – PAULINE Hanson, who heads the conservative-leaning One Nation Party is now the most popular political leader in Australia, according to new polling. It’s the latest in a string of polls showing Hanson’s steady rise since the May federal…
by PAUL COLLITS – PAULINE Hanson is currently hoovering up dissident conservatives – and South Australia is her next electoral target. Former SA Senator Cory Bernardi is back – this time with One Nation. Barnaby Joyce is her most recent big capture. …
by DAVID FLINT – DURING the 2024 Federal election campaign, to ensure there would be at least one common sense Party in the 48th Parliament, I suggested voters cast their first preference for One Nation and place the LNP ahead of Labor…
by CRYSTAL-ROSE JONES – LATEST polling reveals the conservative-leaning One Nation Party has drawn level with the traditional centre-Right Liberal Party, while support for Labor has taken a dive. This has occurred amid a broader debate about immigration. This surge in One…
by SEAN BURKE – MENTALLY ill men have been so thoroughly embraced by Labor and The Greens that women no longer feel safe in Australia, according to One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson. Ms Hanson told ADHTV’s Chris Smith last night that there…
