Fleeing Danistan
Democracy dies as the factional warlords thrive
Fables of the Dark Emu
First rate scholars set the record straight on Indigenous history
Cherry-picking the hockey stick
...or how I nearly got to debate a global warmist
Lighting bushfires
The recent tragic bushfires reignited the argument about global warming – the science is settled – and burnt the Green-Left…
Diary
Donald Trump’s border wall may not yet be built from coast-to-coast but the barrier between those who support the president…
Diary
I stepped out in Warringah on Saturday and stepped into a social media storm. I had earlier asked my old…
Churchill, Orwell and, er, Shorten
There probably is some depth of yet-to-be imagined perfidy Malcolm Turnbull or his son, Alex, will descend to before the…
How The West was run
There aren’t many histories or biographies written by Australians that sociologists and anthropologists will turn to in the future in…
Upsetting Maggie
I had certainly not intended to upset Margaret Thatcher when I joined the Times in 1987 but when we met…
Brunei Diary
Six years before his death in 2015, Singapore’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew gave an insightful interview during which he…
Love is love, boys
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has again flagged his intention to deliver a national apology to the victims of institutional child…
Jolly notes
La la land ‘Tis the season to be jolly, Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, Don we now our gay apparel … Oops,…
Asian notes
Shopping in the Asian capitals has long been a lure for tourists but I was taken a little aback when…
Australian diary
Veteran Canberra hand Laurie Oakes’ prediction of an early federal election was so qualified as to be the political equivalent…
Labor – the gift that keeps on giving
Tony Abbott must do more than just rely on the Rudd / Gillard catastrophe that brought him to power
Diary
Holy hellfire: the Law of Unintended Consequences struck me out of right field for the first full week of the…
