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Brandis is right, gleeson is wrong Normally, I would not get involved in disputes concerning politicians, as they should be…
Riot Woy’s war diary
It seems just a mere few weeks ago that I was toasting a crumpet in the prefects’ room at St…
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One day when I was a member of the federal parliament, a surprising thing happened to me. Until then, if…
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Pollies’ dictionary The Australian National Dictionary has just published its second edition with lots of new words that have worked…
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It is good to see that proposals for electoral reform keep coming in. Some of them are designed to prevent…
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Melbourne is rejoicing today in a wonderful literary hoax that rivals the 1943 publication in Angry Penguins of the spoof…
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Malcolm Turnbull has certainly made a name for himself since he became leader of the Liberal party. The party that…
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Now the election is over, here are our Awards for noteworthy service given to the democratic process over the last…
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I don’t agree with the mainstream media that the election campaign has been dull and boring, except when the media…
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It would be odd if this column did not make some comment on progress in the federal election campaign which,…
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No-one should have been surprised when Greens Senator Richard Di Natale was sprung last week for paying his three employees…
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We owe the New York Times a debt of enormous gratitude for exposing Donald Trump as the misogynist and woman…
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I suppose I must be the only person in Australia who has read, re-read and underlined Niki Savva’s The Road…
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As you know, I have always been at the forefront of the fight against discrimination, especially the evil variety that…
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A new authoritarianism has descended. There now seems to be a list of official beliefs we are allowed to hold…
Behaviour unbecoming
Those bigmouths who have spilled the beans on office gossip and scuttlebutt do themselves no favours
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After this year’s shambles, I thought I would get in early and nominate Alice Kunek as Australian of the Year…
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As The Spectator Australia is a journal of record, it should be noted here that Andrew Jones, the former Liberal…
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I don’t know what made me change my opinion so dramatically on a certain matter of public interest that has…
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As our Prime Minister has observed many times, there has never been a better time to be alive, what with…
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I am sorry to have to tell you this, but anarchists are not what they used to be. I reluctantly…
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It is good to see the Greens doing their bit to stop the evil gender bias and stereotyping now so…
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The way some political leaders and the media responded to the terrorist outrages in Paris was fascinating. First, I was…
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This column would take on an air of unreality if it did not say something sooner or later about the…
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The great reform summit has just ended and, as I predicted, was a complete waste of time. There were a…
