Politics Archives

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The One Nation Inflation Solution

6 February 2026 Rossleigh 4

Inflation has recently reared its ugly head again and it’s all the fault of Labor’s spending. The general consensus amongst economists and most other political parties is that Labor needs to rein in their spending […]

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The Unbelievable Similarity Between Pauline Hanson And Kid Rock!

2 February 2026 Rossleigh 9

This story about Pauline Hanson gets more incredible as it goes on, but let’s begin at the beginning… I chanced upon a Facebook story about Pauline Hanson which began: “During a visit to her old […]

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Will The Libspill Add Interest To The RBA This Week?

1 February 2026 Rossleigh 5

Ok, I said that I’d be taking time off to write a screenplay but I started having trouble. I asked a friend what was wrong and she told me that the main problem was that […]

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The Frankness Of Anne’s Diary…

27 January 2026 Rossleigh 3

I won’t be posting for a while because I’m working on a movie screenplay. Tell me what you think. Scene: A Cafe Somewhere In A Galaxy Far, Far Away… Johannes: Guten Morning… Henrik: Guten Day. […]

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Preventing World War Two…

25 January 2026 Rossleigh 5

There was a moment in my life when I talking to a woman. I loved her and I had since I was a teenager but somehow things just hadn’t worked out and, well, there was […]

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I’m A Littleproud Of ICEland…

22 January 2026 Rossleigh 5

You’ve really got to hand it to Karoline Leavitt. She has all the skills of that guy in Baghdad who assured us that it was all under control and the Iraqi forces were repelling the […]

Looking ahead: Election 2028

22 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 5

By Lee Capocchi When voters gave an expanded super-majority to Labor, based on preferences, they did not expect Labor to do un-democratic deals with the party that they, the voters, kicked into the dust and […]

If Only George Orwell And I Had Written In Less Troubled Times…

20 January 2026 Rossleigh 6

There was a quote from George Orwell which I don’t have but as I’m doing the sort of stenographer stuff that passes for mainstream journalism these days, I don’t feel the need to find it […]

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If Trump Won’t Sell Me Hawaii, I’ll Do Something… Or Not!

18 January 2026 Rossleigh 5

The funny thing about the United States… The United States… Now there’s an oxymoron if I ever heard one! Anyway, the funny thing is how strongly some of its people defend its beliefs and values […]

The First Time I Was Anti-Semitic…

14 January 2026 Rossleigh 12

Over the years, I number of things have confused me. For example, I remember writing to a columnist in response to her rather strange attitudes in the strange time after the 2001 World Trades Centre […]

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Are There Any Nazis Left Or Are They Right?

9 January 2026 Rossleigh 3

Sussan Ley recently referred to Nazis as “left”. This one of those frequent things that certain people on the right side of politics… Now when I say “the right side of politics”, I’m not suggesting […]

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From A Saner TIme:

8 January 2026 Rossleigh 2

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” George Orwell 1984 This is from the archives, written in 2024: Part of the trouble […]

The Stakes of a Ley Victory – What a Coalition Government Would Mean for Australia

30 December 2025 David Tyler 10

Part 4: Sussan Ley’s Opposition isn’t just fighting to win – it’s fighting to reshape Australia. From climate backsliding to a new era of culture wars, a Ley-led government would roll back progress on every […]

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Is Albo in Trouble? The Death by a Thousand Cuts

28 December 2025 David Tyler 55

Is Anthony Albanese finished? Albo is a sitting duck in the sights of the right. His “troubles” are being trumpeted from talk-back to the Melbourne tabloids and across social media, where the enormously well-funded dark-money […]

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One Nation’s polling surge is a warning Australia should not ignore

26 December 2025 AIMN Editorial 10

By Peter Brown Australia is once again flirting with political complacency. Recent polling shows Pauline Hanson’s One Nation climbing to levels not seen in decades. The Guardian Essential poll has recorded support as high […]

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