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.
Topic: News
One Nation on the rise driven by the Opposition’s incompetence
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.
Venezuela for dummies
Is Trump’s Venezuela strike chaos or strategy? A hard-nosed MAGA logic emerges: law and order, oil, borders, and hemispheric dominance, with Venezuela as the first step..
Islam is the root cause as Islamism is a product of Islam
The Islamic community needs to own the Bondi massacre. While individual Muslims are not responsible, Islamism rises from Islam, and has been allowed to fester in the community.
Trump for Dummies
Australia’s real security risk isn’t China, but a growing distrust of its principal ally. Misreporting Trump distorts reality, weakens alliance confidence, and leaves Australia dangerously exposed if crisis comes.
What economy is RBA Deputy Governor Andrew Hauser talking about?
Deputy governor Andrew Hauser likened Australia’s economy to a racehorse ready to sprint — but beneath the rhetoric lies stagnating productivity, rising business closures, and jockeys that keeps flogging the same tired mount.
Queensland’s Energy Roadmap is more likely to be first steps than a completed journey
By putting economics and engineering before ideology it is a good attempt to solve the energy trilemma - power that is cheap, reliable and CO2 free.
Why this budget needs to be a reset for Queensland
Queensland can't afford government by cheque book and press conference.
Federal election creates opportunities for the Crisafulli government
Australia divvies up its GST to the states in a way that punishes success and rewards failure.
Beyond the sliding doors election
"[T]his election…is a sliding doors moment for our nation," declared Peter Dutton, and maybe he was right, and in ways he didn't quite intend.
