3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1081+ words) Secret Harbour was Labor’s not-so-secret nightmare: a seat it had held since 1989 fell in a landslide to One Nation, which had polled just 8.5 per cent there at the previous election. Pollsters said voters felt taken for granted and were worried…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (709+ words) The Spectator Australia Nobody east of the Rabbit-Proof Fence had heard of it two weeks ago, but WA’s Secret Harbour, like Doris Day’s ‘Secret Love’, is no secret anymore. And at some point in the not-too-distant future the contest for…...

3+ day, 16+ 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,…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (647+ words) Aaron Patrick spoke at the Gallipoli Memorial Club’s inaugural Lone Pine Dinner. At the event, he signed copies of his book on Australia’s war in Afghanistan, and in particular, accounts of Ben Robert-Smith’s actions that earned him the Victoria Cross....

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (347+ words) Helmut Schmidt, former Chancellor of West Germany once observed that people who have visions should go and see a doctor. Perhaps the necessary medication is covered under the PBS. The Financial Innovation Strategy is eighteen pages of prose. It has…...

6+ day, 4+ 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…...

6+ day, 17+ 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, 3+ day ago   (324+ words) Mike, still unpacking from Japan, will be travelling NSW and talking to the media before he has learnt the names, grudges and lay of the land in Cessnock. For a party that rails against remote elites imposing their choices upon…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (822+ words) The Spectator Australia Rejecting the anti-Australia axis, Aussies say: take back our country Not long ago, while I was waiting on a ferry moored at Circular Quay before an evening cruise across Sydney Harbour, a sudden commotion broke out along…...

1+ week, 4+ 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…...