FPEFPM
The title of Australia’s First Popularly Elected Female Prime Minister is still up for grabs, and the obvious two contenders…
Cover 1 November 2014 AU
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Whitewashing Whitlam
The tears flowed in time for the seven o’clock news, a bizarre long march all the way from new parliament…
Cover 25 October 2014 AU
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Australian letters
Cultured Brisbane Sir: Re Culture Buff 11 October. One sore point. I could do without the patronising remark about Brisbane…
Getting shirty
Several recent events highlight the fragile faultlines between jingoism, patriotism and national security; a fissure that the Left are desperate…
Cover 18 October 2014 AU
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Redeeming Joe
There is a grain of truth (for once) in Julia Gillard’s assertion that for Peter Costello ‘it was easy to…
Cover 11 October 2014 AU
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We are all Israelis now
‘ISIS and Hamas are branches of the same poisonous tree,’ asserted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week in a…
Cover 4 October 2014 AU
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Silver fern leaf
The extraordinary victory of John Key and his National party in New Zealand’s recent election came as a relief to…
Cover 27 September 2014 AU
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Australian Letters
Waiting to die Sir: Forgive my delay, only getting around to reading the UK content of the 12 July issue…
Burkean activism
‘For those who are political advocates within Palestine itself, I will never know the bravery that comes with putting your…
Cover 20 September 2014 AU
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Cover 13 September 2014 AU
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Australian letters
Leave her alone Sir: I refer to the article “Shorten comes clean” by Rowan Dean on page vii of The…
Cover 6 September 2014 AU
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Death cults and dole bludgers
Twelve months ago, it all seemed a little too easy. Fix up Labor’s mess, stop the boats, scrap the pointless…
Spectator letters: Indian soldiers in the first world war, public relations PR, and why Nineteen Eighty-Four?
Placing refugees Sir: Tony Abbott seems to have fooled The Spectator. Your editorial (23 August) gives plaudits to the Australian…
Cover 30 August 2014 AU
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Cloning Scott
Ultimately, prime ministers can only ever be as good as the front bench talent they have selected permits them to…
Australian Letters
Disgraceful 18C retreat Sir: The articles by Brendan O’Neill (A Dark Day for Australia 9/8) and James Allan (Tony Abbott…
Cover 23 August 2014 AU
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