Australian PM Anthony Albanese must be looking forward to the summer break with more anxiety than a schoolkid dreading the end-of-year report. Not because of the chance to goof off all summer, because, let’s face it, who’d notice the difference, with this government? Frankly, the country might be
Now, who didn’t see this coming? In the least surprising incident since rain turned out to be wet, at least two of the foreign criminals turned loose by the High Court have already been arrested again. In the case of Afghan serial rapist Aliyawar Yawari, the only surprise was
As I wrote recently, Australia’s Very Special Climate Change and Energy Minister, Chris Bowen, has set himself up for spectacular humiliation at this year’s elite climate beano. Boofhead is all set to prattle about “renewables”, apparently unaware that the “climate change” script has changed, yet again. Renewables are
And the Lehrmann/Higgins circus just keeps rolling on. The criminal trial for rape against Bruce Lehrmann was ignominiously dropped last year. Now it’s being fought out again in all but name, as Lehrmann sues Channel Ten and former The Project journalist Lisa Wilkinson for defamation. The defence is
One-term prime ministers are not unknown in Australian politics, but for a while they were the exception rather than the rule. Fraser, Hawke and Howard ruled the Lodge for multiple terms. But Howard was the last to survive a first-term slump and win successive elections. In the years since, Australians
Anyone who says you can’t pick your family has never met an ‘Aboriginal’ box-ticker. From out of thin air, these pasty-white wannabes are able to conjure an imaginary family of ‘Aboriginal ancestors’, guaranteeing a lifetime of unfettered access to welfare, promotions and sundry ‘indigenous’ benefits. Not to mention the
Summer has barely started, and Boofhead’s already starting with the lame excuses for looming blackouts and brownouts. Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen will warn hostile actors could weaponise climate change to potentially sabotage Australia’s “fragile” energy networks, as severe weather events increase threats of global political
As BFD readers are no doubt aware, certain groups in New Zealand are continually over-represented in domestic violence and child abuse statistics. Things in Australia are little different. And in Australia, just as in New Zealand, the chattering classes and the elites’ obsession with valorising ‘Noble Savage’ delusions of ‘traditional
Thanks to the dodgy, blatantly biased Canberra legal establishment, alleged juror misconduct, and “fragile mental health” of the complainant, Bruce Lehrmann’s criminal trial for allegedly raping Brittany Higgins was never resolved. After delays and a mistrial, the whole case was dropped by the Canberra DPP (who subsequently came under
As if Anthony Albanese didn’t have enough holes in the hull of his government, the torpedo that’s repeatedly sunk Labor before is racing towards his listing ship: border protection. Stopping the boats has won the Coalition at least two elections and cost Labor even more. Even more than
Remember how Marcia Langton promised us we’d never have to hear another fatuous “Welcome to Country” if the Voice referendum failed? Well, we’re waiting for that promise to come good. One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has demanded a ban on Welcome to Country rituals in the wake of
So, Australia’s taxpayer-funded national broadcaster is running Hamas propaganda campaigns, now? Because that’s the upshot of the featured story on the ABC today, which is wall-to-wall hand-wringing over terrorists getting their just desserts and tendentious justification for Hamas’ murderous rule. And, of course, lots of lying attacks on
Is the jig finally up on mass immigration? The elite class are addicted to mass immigration, even as Australian voters reject it more and more strongly. Not least because voters are wise enough to see what apparently eludes the university-educated elite: importing millions of foreigners during a housing crisis is
As I wrote recently for Insight, only a fool would deny that there is a lingering anti-Semitism problem on the extreme fringe of the right. That’s something the centre-right must confront if it’s to provide a safe space for Jews fleeing the left. And they are — because what’
It’s official: the Albanese government is up to its neck in it and they haven’t got a Floatie. Worse for them, they don’t know how to swim, not even a dog paddle. The latest opinion polls are out, and they paint a brutal picture. The fallout from
