As the COVID-19 situation in Victoria continues to spiral out of control, Premier Daniel Andrews doggedly avoids shouldering the least responsibility. Andrews has blamed practically everyone in Victoria but himself. Yet, while there’s some truth in his argument that too many people are flouting restrictions and behaving poorly,
Just as the Ardern government apparently acted illegally in at least the initial stages of its lockdown, questions have been repeatedly raised in Australia about the constitutionality of various state government responses. Legal experts have especially questioned whether border closures are in breach of section 92 of the Constitution. As
Dieuwe de Boer and Tim Wilms discuss the latest news and developments happening in the Tasman. Both Tasman nations are engaged in a numbers game but of different kinds. New Zealand is is counting down the days until the September election and crunching the electoral math. Australia is watching the
The signs of China’s economic reach are being felt even as far away as here in Tasmania – and so are the much darker signs of its covert political meddling. When the Van Diemen’s Land Company, Australia’s oldest dairy, and its farming land in the northwest of the
Things are going from bad to worse with Victoria’s sudden surge in COVID-19, and still, Premier Daniel Andrews is resolutely refusing to acknowledge any responsibility. First, he blamed “multicultural communities”, then it was workers, now it’s aged-care workers and providers, even the federal government. Never mind
It looks as though Peter Dutton has yet another Kiwi crim to add to his “To-Be-Deported” list. Let’s see Jacinda Ardern try to protest the human rights of this particularly nasty piece of work. A New Zealand man will serve 13 years in jail for his “cold,
When Julia Gillard was prime minister, any mention of her attire was sure to be met with outraged screeching from the Lady Pages of the media. Even feminist icon Germaine Greer wasn’t spared the wrath of the Fright Bat Inquisition. The taxpayer-funded woke-media, the ABC was particularly
Out of all the mess and panic of state government reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic, a glimmer of sense is at least emerging in Tasmania. Like New Zealand, a sparsely-populated, remote island lacking substantial public transport networks, Tasmania is well-placed to avoid the worst effects of the
There’s a reason that Mark Latham’s leadership was the last time I voted Labor. “Latho” was the last gasp of working-class orneriness in a supposed “party of the worker” that had transformed into the party of the Arts-Law graduate. That blue-collar larrikin streak is also
Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has perfected the Bart Simpson response: I didn’t do it. Nobody saw me do it. You can’t prove a thing. Andrews first tested this line during the Red Shirts scandal but has since made it a dark political art. Nowhere more so than in
Never believe the opinion polls, particularly in a febrile environment like New Zealand is experiencing at the moment. Remember the leadup to the 2017 election when Labour was on the nose, Andrew Little was its leader and the party was polling in the twenties? A change of leader at the
Don Brown, the Labor Member of State Parliament for Capalaba in South East Queensland, has launched a scathing attack on a local community group, “The Cage” in response to an article about funding promised by the Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington. “The hits keep on coming. No money for state roads
Once again, a gutless corporation has caved to a professional whinger, and one of Australia’s most iconic brand names has been cancelled. Aboriginal activist Stephen Hagan says “common sense has prevailed” with the decision of Canadian conglomerate Saputo to dump the “Coon” cheese brand after he complained to company
So what’s going on at Australia’s taxpayer-funded leftist propaganda outlet lately? What exactly are we Aussie taxpayers getting for our billion-plus dollars a year? Aside from the usual cavalcade of wokeness – they’ve only stopped prattling about climate change for as long as it’s taken
Three more MPs have resigned from New Zealand’s parliament this week, two of which involve sex scandals. Melbourne’s latest corona outbreak has seen the introduction of mandatory face veils. All that and more on this week’s show, as Dieuwe de Boer and Tim Wilms recap the week’
As a Tasmanian, I have to admit that it gives me at least a tiny thrill of schadenfreude to watch another state cop a shellacking for once. Victoria is the sick man of Australia. A leper with a “Kick Me” sign pinned to its back. But the shameful pleasure of
