Politics

Deloitte’s economist Chris Richardson gave an interesting speech at the National Press Club on Wednesday which policy makers would do well to take heed of. […]

Mike Pezzullo is miffed. A few days ago, this supposedly apolitical head of the Department of Home Affairs took the extraordinary step of ringing Senator […]

By Ad astra   I could commence this piece by debating why slogans influence voters, no matter how tiresome, no matter how monotonous. But why bother? […]

Three weeks after its slender election victory, the Morrison government is all at sea. Three Chinese warships steam into Sydney Harbour uninvited. Spring our ring […]

The message from the RBA is clear – the economy needs stimulus. But the government’s strident opposition to all suggestions from Labor has left them […]

Where to start with Angus Taylor? There was his very public opposition to wind farms ever since one was built next door to his family […]

At one stage during the election campaign, either Scott Morrison or Josh Frydenberg hinted at their intention to begin paying down the national debt if […]

Saturday 8 June 2019 1) I had intended concluding my remarks from last Wednesday’s piece on the character of Coalition MPs in the House of […]

The latest so-called Adpocolypse has hit YouTube. This refers to a crackdown on the advertisements (and thus monetisation) available to content creators. I want to […]

By Denis Bright   In our predominantly private sector economy, the trend-lines in commercial investment help chart the way forward against the much-publicised headwinds at home […]

“I like fighting Tories, that’s what I do.” Anthony Albanese 2012. In response to the electorate’s recent vote to continue drinking from the toilet the Tories […]

By Ad astra   The Coalition can’t manage money. No, that’s not a misprint. The conventional wisdom, peddled by the Coalition, aided and abetted by opinion […]

He may not be popular in Britain, but he still has shavings of appeal. For a country that has time for Nigel Farage, pro-Brexit enthusiast […]

“What’s gone on this morning sends clear and dangerous signals to journalists and newsrooms across Australia. This will chill public interest reporting.” (News Corp Australia […]

By 2353NM   Political extremism generally doesn’t condone rape, murder or shootings to achieve stated aims, however it does promote that there is no tolerance for […]