Category: Australian Politics

It seems that after every election loss there is the mandatory series of opinion columns enthusiastically overusing hyperbolic words like ‘crisis’ and ‘death’ to ascribe the state of affairs for the vanquished party. In 2019, apparently the Labor Party faced an ‘existential crisis’ with an uncertain future. Fast forward to 2022 and pundits are predicting…

I was once a member of the Liberal Party. Fresh out of university and eager to get involved with a party that broadly matched my philosophy, I attended a few branch meetings, distributed how-to-vote cards on election day and lapped up the atmosphere of a state conference. Yet, life got in the way. I felt…

It is easy to think that the Morrison government is about to be consigned to history in the coming months. A series of controversies and negative media coverage, much of it unwarranted, is definitely testing the government’s momentum leading into the election. Twitter activists are delighted when they see every poll showing Labor in front,…

It’s time to call out the bullshit. During the past fortnight, the bullshit dial elevated to the critical red zone. So much bullshit. If the revolving door of mind-blowing hypocrisy and stupidity of the past few days is indicative of what to expect throughout this election campaign, it’s going to be a long one. Let’s…

We certainly live in strange times. 2022 has unfortunately begun much as 2021 ended for Scott Morrison: under intense pressure, his poll numbers dwindling and a growing disquiet amongst the electorate that renders the prospect of an Albanese led Labor government more than just a leftist fantasy. On one level, this is understandable. Morrison has…

Gladys Berejiklian was the first woman elected premier in New South Wales. She is the daughter of Armenian immigrants who did not begin learning English until she was in primary school. She was educated in the public system and for most of her life she has been a member of Girl Guides, whose mission is…

Today, Victoria surpassed New South Wales in daily case numbers. We are only 54 days into the current outbreak. NSW, the state where Gladys Berejiklian apparently did not lockdown hard enough and put the country at risk, had less than a third of the 867 cases Victoria counted at day 54 of its outbreak. For…

Was anyone actually surprised? We had been promised the gold standard. The first class. Top notch. Improvements had been made, Andrews assured us. Lessons had been learned. The mistakes of the past were just that, the past. Yet here we are, back in lockdown. We are told it is only for five days. But who…

“I make no apology for keeping Victorians safe.” How many times have we heard the ‘keeping Victorians safe’ line by Daniel Andrews? It is the go-to line. The market tested talking point designed to deflect criticism from his government’s panicked, on-the-run response to managing Covid-19. Any hope that 2021 would be better than the government’s…

It boasts of 1.7 million subscribers, specialises in producing left wing propaganda as a public relations exercise for the Labor Party, and it is completely paid for by Australians’ retirement savings. The New Daily is wholly owned by Industry Super Holdings, which includes popular superannuation funds such as Hesta, AustralianSuper and Cbus. Keeping The New…