7+ hour, 22+ min ago   (887+ words) One Nation is here to stay … but where do they fit? The Spectator Australia One Nation is here to stay … but where do they fit? The rise of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation has been meteoric. With the collapse in the…...

16+ hour, 28+ min ago   (1052+ words) Tim Burton’s 1996 black comedy Mars Attacks! used Slim Whitman’s song ‘Indian Love Call’ to blow out the brains of the Martian enemy. For those who enjoy Tim Burton’s movies, it will be no ‘surpreeeez!’ that Pauline Hanson is on the…...

20+ hour, 52+ min ago   (534+ words) This moment in Victoria’s history could not be more critical. With about 70 days until the most pivotal state election ever, no amount of ‘NFL hoopla’ can mask the underlying truth that Victoria is headed for the rubbish heap of history…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (566+ words) After the summer Pauline Hanson returned from Britain with Nigel in her handbag, even though he declined to meet her. The Reform slogans came through customs intact: the ‘uniparty’, the betrayed voter, the insurgency coming to smash a failed political…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (288+ words) Both Hastie and Pickering come from an army background prior to entering politics, and are to be commended for their service to this nation. Both have families to think of. Both hold and present themselves well, as one would expect,…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (1298+ words) There is a simple way for Australians on the eastern seaboard to think about Western Australia’s GST deal. Forget, for a moment, the predictable interstate grievance, the ‘east coast versus west coast’ rhetoric and Roger Cook’s description of the Productivity…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (1033+ words) The Prime Minister appeared distinctly agitated when answering questions about Bowen’s expensive and poorly attended paradise climate talkfest in Fiji. ‘It’s also going to cost taxpayers a lot of money,’ said one reporter, pushing their microphone into frame, ‘more than…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1028+ words) Keating’s monster The Spectator Australia It’s time to ditch compulsory super and give Australians back their own wages Jim Chalmers says the next election will be a referendum on superannuation. Splendid. Let us have it. For thirty-four years the political…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (273+ words) Sophie Pattison, 37, is not in a good place: heartbroken, childless, mid-divorce from ‘arsehole’ Paul, with her self-esteem and bank balance low. As her best friend Emma says: ‘You have a lot of love and nobody to take it out on....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (744+ words) Australians’ living standards have gone backwards since the end of the pandemic in 2022. In a healthy economy, per capita gross domestic product (GDP) should increase over time, roughly signalling an increase in living standards and material quality of life. In…...