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‘Nothing maxxing’

‘Nothing maxxing’

Part of my job involves spending a few hours per week doomscrolling TikTok. It’s a cheat way to keep up with how young people are thinking, politically and culturally. (Sadly, I no longer meet the definition of ‘young’.) Somewhere between the (utterly non-PC) videos of tradies mocking the workmanship of Albanese’s imported construction force, ...
Saving Moira Deeming

Saving Moira Deeming

Victorian Upper House member Moira Deeming is one of the most loved and respected conservatives anywhere in the country – which is a miracle given she comes from what used to be known as ‘Danistan’. On March 29, she faces a pre-selection challenge. These pre-selections are run under a Liberal Party system, whose rules have been democratically voted for ...
NSW Police Commissioner Refuses to Apologise for Unprecedented Brutality 

NSW Police Commissioner Refuses to Apologise for Unprecedented Brutality 

On addressing a 27 February 2026 NSW parliament budget estimates hearing, NSW Greens MLC Cate Faehrmann turned to NSW police commissioner Mal Lanyon to remind him that “a couple of days after the police incident at Sydney Town Hall, where the police ripped Muslim worshippers off their feet and one was thrown onto the ground”, he issued an apology, to ...
Running on empty

Running on empty

Despite decades of warnings, Australia has been exposed to an incredibly dangerous situation. We have 30-ish days of fuel security, much of it hosted offshore, and all of it draining away as war escalates in the Middle East. As for a backup plan? That doesn’t exist. ‘In a time of conflict, this government is running a ‘she’ll be right’ ...
The other Mitford

The other Mitford

Winston Churchill arrived at the White House in December 1941 with much on his mind. It was less than a month since Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor and the British prime minister needed to discuss wartime strategy with US president Franklin D. Roosevelt. He had flesh to press and war
Mementos Menzies

Mementos Menzies

This fourth and final volume of the Robert Menzies Institute’s examination of the record and legacy of Australia’s longest-serving prime minister is also its lengthiest. No fewer than twenty-two chapters, gathered by editor Zachary Gorman, make a detailed appraisal impractical, so this review will focus mostly on those elements of

‘Nothing maxxing’

‘Nothing maxxing’
Part of my job involves spending a few hours per week doomscrolling TikTok. It’s a cheat way to keep up with how young people are thinking, politically and culturally. (Sadly, I no longer meet the definition of ‘young’.) Somewhere between the (utterly non-PC) videos of tradies mocking the workmanship of Albanese’s imported construction force, ...

Saving Moira Deeming

Saving Moira Deeming
Victorian Upper House member Moira Deeming is one of the most loved and respected conservatives anywhere in the country – which is a miracle given she comes from what used to be known as ‘Danistan’. On March 29, she faces a pre-selection challenge. These pre-selections are run under a Liberal Party system, whose rules have been democratically voted for ...

NSW Police Commissioner Refuses to Apologise for Unprecedented Brutality 

NSW Police Commissioner Refuses to Apologise for Unprecedented Brutality 
On addressing a 27 February 2026 NSW parliament budget estimates hearing, NSW Greens MLC Cate Faehrmann turned to NSW police commissioner Mal Lanyon to remind him that “a couple of days after the police incident at Sydney Town Hall, where the police ripped Muslim worshippers off their feet and one was thrown onto the ground”, he issued an apology, to ...

Running on empty

Running on empty
Despite decades of warnings, Australia has been exposed to an incredibly dangerous situation. We have 30-ish days of fuel security, much of it hosted offshore, and all of it draining away as war escalates in the Middle East. As for a backup plan? That doesn’t exist. ‘In a time of conflict, this government is running a ‘she’ll be right’ ...

The other Mitford

The other Mitford
Winston Churchill arrived at the White House in December 1941 with much on his mind. It was less than a month since Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor and the British prime minister needed to discuss wartime strategy with US president Franklin D. Roosevelt. He had flesh to press and war

Mementos Menzies

Mementos Menzies
This fourth and final volume of the Robert Menzies Institute’s examination of the record and legacy of Australia’s longest-serving prime minister is also its lengthiest. No fewer than twenty-two chapters, gathered by editor Zachary Gorman, make a detailed appraisal impractical, so this review will focus mostly on those elements of