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There was one really interesting aspect of the revelation of the salaries being paid to top ABC presenters, apart from…
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Everyone was supposed to burst into howls of protest when the government announced last week that it was abolishing 20…
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The launch of Twitter on the New York Stock Exchange the other day was a momentous event. I do not…
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When the Sri Lankans launched a determined effort to rid their country of Tamil Tiger terrorism they made a big…
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What an eerie coincidence there was last week between Tony Abbott’s visit to Afghanistan, the virtual end of the war…
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During my illustrious career as one of Her Majesty’s ministers, an incident occurred that senior public servants still talk about…
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Last Monday I watched Bill Shorten’s press conference with the Canberra press gallery, covered lovingly in every excruciating detail by…
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It is good to see that another personal memoir of Sir Robert and Dame Pattie Menzies has been published, this…
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With the unrelenting march of time, I have been giving a lot of thought to what I want to do…
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The other night, I listened to the so-called debate between Anthony Albanese and Bill Shorten as they vied for the…
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September 7 was the first election day I have not spent handing out how-to-vote cards since I was 15. Not…
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After we had lobbed a few atom bombs on Japan in 1945, the Emperor delivered himself of the understatement of…
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As this period before an election is like the night before Christmas, it might be an appropriate time to draw…
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The other day I went to an unusual but worthwhile election event. The international law firm Norton Rose Fulbright had…
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Some readers have said I have been uncharacteristically quiet on Tony Abbott’s paid parental leave scheme and want to know…
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Like hanging, an election concentrates the mind, at least if you are a political junkie. So I suppose it is…
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The economic problems of the US are substantial. The recovery is staggering along with occasional bursts of energy, but by…
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It was probably inevitable that my stay in the United States should coincide with another of the volcanic eruptions of…
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London Here, you can scarcely avoid the looming presence of the European Community. It seems that, every day, news arrives…
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The first public opinion polls since the return of Kevin Rudd show that the Labor party is in with a…
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As this is the thinking man’s column, I thought it useful to reflect on some of the wider issues emerging…
