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When Coalition voters prefer Pauline Hanson to their own leader, something has broken.
by Graham Young - 5/03/2026 - 11 comments
Leaking the election review won’t rebuild the Liberals. It may bury them deeper.
by Scott Prasser - 4/03/2026 - 6 comments
Can the Federal Coalition become a real opposition, develop policy and be ready for office?
by Scott Prasser - 20/02/2026 - 5 comments
Attrition, ambush or resignation. Leadership spills now define Australian politics. The Liberals’ crisis is less anomaly than symptom.
by Scott Prasser - 16/02/2026 - 4 comments
Polls crown Pauline Hanson ascendant, but beware the sampling referendum. When pundits anoint insurgents, they risk mistaking protest heat for electoral firepower.
by Binoy Kampmark - 12/02/2026 - 7 comments
Queensland history offers a warning: competent one-term governments still lose. Borbidge shows how silence, One Nation, and misread voters can undo reform—unless Crisafulli learns the right lesson.
by Graham Young - 10/02/2026 - 9 comments
Albanese’s responses to Bondi hew to a script. Unpopular mass migration must continue – at any cost. Citizens must be socially 'cohesive' - else we’re racist.
by Stephen Saunders - 30/01/2026 - 4 comments
Coalition Relations and Menzies - lessons to be remembered from the founder of the Liberal Party
by Scott Prasser - 28/01/2026 - 3 comments
The Liberals surrender on free speech and wonder why voters flee. As laws multiply and problems fester, Pauline Hanson profits from an opposition that cannot oppose.
by Graham Young - 22/01/2026 - 16 comments
More than half of Australia’s federal royal commissions have reported in under twelve months - many in just weeks.
by Scott Prasser - 7/01/2026 - 9 comments
Bondi, Anika Wells, and a Prime Minister caught misstating the facts. When Albanese spins, why does the press gallery look away?
by John Mikkelsen - 5/01/2026 - 32 comments
Sixteen Australians are dead. Antisemitism surged for years, warnings were issued, a plan was delivered, and government inaction followed. The massacre did not come without notice.
by Sev Ozdowski - 19/12/2025 - 21 comments

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