Tony tells it like it is
Tony Abbott’s London speech was one of the most outstanding speeches in years by any Australian politician.
Opinion
Dogma rules in Victoria
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews makes ‘Joan Kirner look like a softie’.
Minor party a major headache
This Queensland election is shaping up to be one of the most unpredictable contests for decades.
Reform super, we’re being robbed
Superannuation is a dud product for pretty much every present and past member, and the government knows this.
ACCC blinded by market focus
If you want to know the real causes of high electricity prices, don’t rely on the ACCC.
Shorten squibs it on socialism
Labor’s review to modernise its guiding set of principles looks very much like a flop.
Watchdog report exposes myths
The ACCC report into electricity pricing has blown away some myths and delivered some hard truths to the government.
Left needs a history lesson
Millennia of Western greatness mean little to bleeding heart identity politicists.
Abetz v sex
The Tasmanian senator gets hot and heavy over the ABC’s Snapchat guide to better sex.
Trump right to pressure Iran
Tehran’s support for terrorism and Assad is deplorable.
The musicians’ journalist
Iain Shedden was a drummer and writer who knew his product.
Real costs of renewable energy
Malcolm Turnbull must choose cheaper power over all else.
Not such a happy 21st
Chalking up 21 consecutive Newspolls trailing Labor on the two party spells bad news for Malcolm Turnbull.
Bitcoins: a boy’s best friend
With disruptive technologies like bitcoin there is scamming involved, but there’s also something pretty big going on.
Turnbull fights for votes on FM
And the neverending war for the Liberal Party leadership continues to rage.
Global challenge for AFP
Federal police are going further to stop drugs and child sex abuse.
Hollywood crowd looks after own
The public has heard before of powerful stars in the filmmaking firmament behaving disgustingly.
Recalling the tragedy of 1917
It is ‘very Australian’ that the achievements of Australia’s greatest general, John Monash, have been under-recognised
Tax cuts beat ‘picking winners’
Consumers like the idea of renewables, but don’t want to pay.
Pyongyang’s demented rhetoric
Australia’s security lies in working with our regional allies.
Why is our super so expensive?
Something must be done to bring a halt to the tragedy where superannuants pay far too much in management fees.
Use Gonski 2.0 to train teachers
Phonics and classroom management will make all the difference for our children.
Isolated from the benefits of China
We can learn from each other and share the benefits of educational cooperation.
Truth goes AWOL as Libs panic
If the NSW Premier doesn’t drag up her socks, yet another bastion of the conservatives will fall to Labor in 18 months.
Make ALP pay for union collusion
Wage theft is funding Labor thanks to its affiliates’ dirty deals with big corporations.
Who is the smartest silverback?
Stephen Hawking and Warren Buffet find some common ground on the IQ question.
Nothing normal in Xi’s power
The Chinese president has more clout than Donald Trump. The world should be wary.
Let us bow our heads
The Gregorians have their chants, Islam has its memorised passages from the Koran. We have our phones.
‘Racism’ gives left drum to beat
The AHRC and others paint a spurious picture of white privilege in Australia.
Peta v Julie: the minister wins
Describing Julie Bishop’s comments as ‘diminishing all Liberal women’ is silly. Credlin’s own tale of woe doesn’t stack up.
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