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Those of you who have read this column recently know that what has been agitating me is the expansion of…
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I agree with Lucy Turnbull about Malcolm’s dinner with Clive Palmer. Her father Tom Hughes used to be in politics…
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I do not like talking about personalities in politics. What is at stake is too important to be channelled through…
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It is a minority opinion, but to me there seems to be a remarkable lack of passion and enthusiasm in…
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It looks as if at long last we have a government that is prepared to make some hard and unpopular,…
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I devoted most of last weekend to attending the conference of the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia in Canberra.…
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Our criticism of the ABC loses its credibility if we do not praise it on those occasions when praise is…
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There are now another 156 reasons for keeping our constitutional monarchy, for that is the number of leading barristers who…
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Monday nights are back to normal and I can watch the new season of Game of Thrones, the brilliant dungeons…
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I was thrilled to see the implacable enthusiasm of Afghani voters as they lined up in their thousands for hours…
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It was good to see the government’s decision to amend Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, as the reforms…
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The next step has been taken in Victorian barristers’ consideration of changing their titles from the rather anodyne Senior Counsel…
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I don’t want to harp about the ABC and I hope this will be my last contribution on that subject,…
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During my illustrious career as Minister for Employment and Youth Affairs I had a visit from my counterpart in the…
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I see that Kevin Rudd has been appointed to a teaching job in international politics at Harvard University, specialising in…
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I wonder why international leaders make decisions that are clearly against their own interests. There have been two recent examples.…
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There are some loose ends about the ABC controversy that should be tidied up. First, it is interesting that the…
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Writing about the need to reform the ABC is profoundly depressing. You can draw attention to its failure to provide…
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What an inspired choice for Governor-General! General Cosgrove will acquit himself well and be a distinguished occupant of that high…
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A few days ago I went on another of my nostalgic returns to St Kilda. As you know, I no…
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It is good to read something worthwhile in the press and I had the opportunity to do exactly that the…
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To let one ship become embedded in Antarctic ice that was supposed to be melting might be understandable. But to…
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I am pleased to report that the Christmas season was full of peace on earth and goodwill towards men. Well,…
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There must be few cases in Australia or any other country where an incoming government and its ministers have been…
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I have just spent several wonderful days watching the unfolding of a magnificent drama about dragons, crazy sisters, narcissists, misfits,…
