August
- Opinion
- Satire
Kamala’s word salad: circular statements, meaningless messages
The new US presidential candidate has a penchant for baffling new age profundity.
July
- Opinion
- Satire
Rebels without a clause: bikie gangs take over the EBA talks
Hollywood motorcycle gang movies and the CFMEU are just so made for each other.
- Opinion
- Satire
What does it take to protect a president in today’s Secret Service?
America’s Secret Service has been accused of excessive wokeness and red-tapery. Here is the evidence that is just not true.
- Opinion
- Satire
If George Clooney taps you on the shoulder, the ER is calling
The Hollywood star dramatically intervened in the debate over Joe Biden’s future this week. But his whole film career has led up to this moment.
- Opinion
- Satire
The fashion statements line up on Canberra’s most famous red carpet
When a chance for sartorial display is on offer, Australia’s political tribes never hold back.
June
- Opinion
- Satire
How Wiffyleaks blew apart the secrets of the Albanese government
Every government has something they would rather stayed private. Don’t they?
- Opinion
- Satire
It’s time to revisit all those famous nuclear disaster movies
With debate about nuclear energy firmly in the zeitgeist, the movie business would be wise to contemplate redux versions of some box-office classics.
- Opinion
- Satire
Suspend your disbelief? Naaah! This is Hollywood
Here’s the movie pitch: the former president of the United States locked up with the, er, druggie son of the current president, and, ah, they’re plotting how to escape.
- Opinion
- Satire
Why Bill Shorten seems to be living in a never-ending soap opera
Bill Shorten’s expensive speechwriter specialises in far-fetched plots with overwrought characters. And she writes TV dramas too.
- Updated
- Opinion
- Satire
‘You talking to me?’ De Niro meets the Don on the streets of Manhattan
Acclaimed actor Robert de Niro has never made a secret of his loathing for Donald Trump.
May
- Opinion
- Satire
The republican crown needs a new head: who will step up?
The Australian Republican Movement throne need not be empty for long considering this shining array of talent.
- Opinion
- Satire
A call for destruction can mean, well, just about anything really
Confused about what “from the river to the sea” means? It’s been a common mistake right through history.
- Opinion
- Satire
Forget quantum, it’s billion-dollar briefs that our future needs
With fashion undies going for $1370 a pop, it’s clear what sector the Future Made in Australia policy must engage next.
April
- Opinion
- Satire
Seriously, Albo’s meme theme is putting comedians out of work
Memes of unlamented politicians have been found on the walls of Pompeii. This time it’s the prime minister, not the humourist, who is over the top in asking for satire to be taken down.
- Opinion
- Satire
If your Future is Made in Australia you’ve got Buckley’s
A retired self-styled tech guru is keen to pitch a number of products to the Albanese government to be proudly subsidised and manufactured in Australia.
- Opinion
- Satire
Find me the very model of a modern governor-general
Vice-regal types do not grow on trees. It takes a very special kind of headhunter to find one.
March
- Opinion
- Satire
Kevin and the Donald rewrite the diplomatic dictionary
A pedant’s guide to what the former US president really meant in his comments on the Australian ambassador.
- Opinion
- Satire
A tense Oval Office meeting for Biden: here it is verbatim
Every word hits the target as President Joe Biden dresses down Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu.
- Opinion
- Satire
Deranged by the Donald? Try these techniques to restore your calm
The Republican candidate has a certain effect on people. Modern psychology is finding new ways to cope.
- Opinion
- Satire
The duffer’s guide to calling the political horse race
Want to sound like one of those canny political insiders during the Dunkley count? Just try out this handy patter.