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Scott Morrison may not realise it, but he has just been thrown a lifeline by the High Court that could…
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STOP PRESS We have just had to stop the presses that were printing the new edition of Brown’s Political Dictionary…
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For a while there, I thought that my credentials on climate change were pretty good. As I explained to my…
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There is an air of inevitability about the predicament facing the former sports minister Bridget McKenzie over the sports grants…
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After weeks of tough negotiating and heart-wrenching self-examination, I am delighted to announce that I am embarking on a transition…
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The decision that the Morrison government seems to have taken to appoint a royal commission into the bush fires is…
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As Chairman of the Board at Thyme magazine, I am thrilled to welcome you to this year’s award of Sneer…
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My problem with Christmas is that it is all ‘give, give, give.’ Whatever happened to ‘take, take, take’? Taking is…
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The newly elected Morrison government is now just over six months old, so it is probably a good time for…
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I don’t like writing in support of politicians. It only encourages them. But Scott Morrison has been subjected to such…
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New York is a difficult place to get a handle on just how the place works. But despite this, every…
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I had just settled down in Air Canada’s luxury airliner that would whisk me across the Pacific to Vancouver and…
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I am catching up on writing my award-winning treatise on practical politics. Here are three general principles about politics on…
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This week marks the 50th anniversary of my election to the House of Representatives on 25 October, 1969. What has…
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I need your help. I am applying to the Australia Council for a literary grant and I need a few…
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I am just amazed that we seem to be sleepwalking into a complete overthrow of our structure of government and…
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It may seem strange that a columnist should write about his own column and, in particular about a feature as…
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There is no doubt about the vigour and enthusiasm of the Morrison government in bringing about social reform. Only the…
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I have recently been reading two political books each of which was a complete waste of time and money. Then…
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I made three gigantic mistakes in my political career. Not just the usual stupid things that politicians do, like wasting…
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As you know, The Spectator Australia Political Research Bureau scours the globe searching for new ways in which the democratic…
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As you know, here at The United Nations Cultural Reform Unit we have embarked on a major project to remake…
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You do not need me to recommend good books. But I will do it all the same, or at least…
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As we speak, a bright new class of newly-elected MPs and Senators is assembling in the cities, towns and remote…
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The long march through our institutions goes on, and they are falling over like ninepins. The latest victim is the…