Peter O'Brien

Our worst ever government

14 December 2024 9:00 am

If memory serves me well

What would Thomas Paine make of our government?

8 October 2024 3:33 pm

In 1776, Thomas Paine wrote: Some writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction…

Pennywise

5 October 2024 9:00 am

Wong’s moral relativism is off the scale

A wider malaise in the culture of Defence

17 September 2024 12:57 pm

The news that campaign and gallantry medals will be stripped from a bevy of middle-ranking officers over allegations of war…

Naming Naarm by stealth

14 September 2024 9:00 am

The ABC’s woeful response to my letter

Not-so-free speech

13 July 2024 9:00 am

What price do we pay for pro-Palestine protests?

Trump guilty of trumped-up charges

8 June 2024 9:00 am

So why not charge him with fraud, rather than intent to defraud?

A stealth boondoggle

27 May 2024 11:13 pm

The NDIS is a public policy albatross, initiated with the worthiest of intentions, that has been allowed to mutate into…

Wong & Albo are a disgrace

18 May 2024 9:00 am

Australia has betrayed Israel

Hey Albo, read this…

8 May 2024 2:00 am

Hey Albo, read this! This is something, as Prime Minister, you need to know about. It’s called ministerial responsibility –…

Into the lion’s den

20 April 2024 9:00 am

Justice Lee has just put an end to the old-fashioned date night

Netanyahu’s dilemma

30 March 2024 9:00 am

Proportional response warfare does not apply

Top five reasons to vote for Trump

16 March 2024 9:00 am

Actually, you only need one

Trump and the crime with no victim

9 March 2024 9:00 am

On the trashing of the American justice system

1.5 degrees of idiocy

22 December 2023 12:07 am

There is not a lot of rigour in the COP process. This year’s extravaganza has predictably produced a platitudinous wish…

Burney for G-G? Say No!

11 November 2023 9:00 am

The Voice saleswoman should not be let anywhere near Yarralumla

Flag and free speech abused

4 November 2023 9:00 am

Pro-Palestinian protests - who pays for the police?

Let’s say No to the rest of it

21 October 2023 9:00 am

Welcomes, acknowledgments and flags need to be curtailed

A ‘pearson’ of platitudes

7 October 2023 9:00 am

Why were the words ‘non-binding’ not included in the Voice proposal?

Kenny techniques

28 September 2023 3:33 pm

I’m starting to wonder if Chris Kenny has been moonlighting as Daniel Andrews’ media adviser. The techniques they use to…

Winning the peace

27 September 2023 4:30 am

‘This … is … a … war!’ declared the noxious, and putative Senator, Lidia Thorpe. And she’s right. It’s been…

Powerless advice or powerful instruction?

21 September 2023 5:30 am

At the Press Club last week, Senator Jacinta Price asked the question that I have been asking for over a…

Vox unpops

16 September 2023 9:00 am

Beware the ‘collective’ Voice

Two-tongued Voice

26 August 2023 9:00 am

The tension at the heart of the Yes campaign

Reconciliation: what the heck is it?

10 August 2023 5:30 am

There are a number of opaque memes that now corrupt the debate surrounding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. We just…