Charles Pier

Finally, Shorten stumbles

16 August 2016 8:41 pm

When Malcolm Turnbull finished the election with all the grace of Shaunae Miller’s win in the women’s 400 metre final in…

Captain Catholic’s confession

15 August 2016 7:23 am

Catholicism can be ridiculously simple. Confess your sins in a spirit of true repentance and — te absolvo — you…

My name is Kevin, I’m from Queensland and I’m here to help

8 August 2016 9:36 am

A simple lad from Nambour High can dream, can’t he? As my good friend George Bernard Shaw — I call…

The Fairfax follies and the wider damage done

6 August 2016 6:01 am

The Roy Morgan newspaper readership figures for the 12 months up to June were released on Thursday. You wouldn’t have…

Ricky Muir: a working class hero is something to be

3 August 2016 11:39 pm

Cosmopolitans were horrified when country sawmill worker Ricky Muir was elected to the Senate in 2013 as a representative of…

Towards a Safe Supermarkets program?

2 August 2016 11:14 pm

Rejoice, rejoice. The ABC has found a new font of identity politics. A new set of victims. And — naturally…