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24 May 2014 9:00 am

It is a minority opinion, but to me there seems to be a remarkable lack of passion and enthusiasm in…

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17 May 2014 9:00 am

It looks as if at long last we have a government that is prepared to make some hard and unpopular,…

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10 May 2014 9:00 am

I devoted most of last weekend to attending the conference of the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia in Canberra.…

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3 May 2014 9:00 am

Our criticism of the ABC loses its credibility if we do not praise it on those occasions when praise is…

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26 April 2014 9:00 am

There are now another 156 reasons for keeping our constitutional monarchy, for that is the number of leading barristers who…

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19 April 2014 9:00 am

Monday nights are back to normal and I can watch the new season of Game of Thrones, the brilliant dungeons…

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12 April 2014 9:00 am

I was thrilled to see the implacable enthusiasm of Afghani voters as they lined up in their thousands for hours…

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5 April 2014 9:00 am

It was good to see the government’s decision to amend Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, as the reforms…

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22 March 2014 9:00 am

The next step has been taken in Victorian barristers’ consideration of changing their titles from the rather anodyne Senior Counsel…

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15 March 2014 9:00 am

I don’t want to harp about the ABC and I hope this will be my last contribution on that subject,…

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8 March 2014 9:00 am

During my illustrious career as Minister for Employment and Youth Affairs I had a visit from my counterpart in the…

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1 March 2014 9:00 am

I see that Kevin Rudd has been appointed to a teaching job in international politics at Harvard University, specialising in…

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22 February 2014 9:00 am

I wonder why international leaders make decisions that are clearly against their own interests. There have been two recent examples.…

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15 February 2014 9:00 am

There are some loose ends about the ABC controversy that should be tidied up. First, it is interesting that the…

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8 February 2014 9:00 am

Writing about the need to reform the ABC is profoundly depressing. You can draw attention to its failure to provide…

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1 February 2014 9:00 am

What an inspired choice for Governor-General! General Cosgrove will acquit himself well and be a distinguished occupant of that high…

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25 January 2014 9:00 am

A few days ago I went on another of my nostalgic returns to St Kilda. As you know, I no…

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18 January 2014 9:00 am

It is good to read something worthwhile in the press and I had the opportunity to do exactly that the…

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11 January 2014 9:00 am

To let one ship become embedded in Antarctic ice that was supposed to be melting might be understandable. But to…

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4 January 2014 9:00 am

I am pleased to report that the Christmas season was full of peace on earth and goodwill towards men. Well,…

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14 December 2013 9:00 am

There must be few cases in Australia or any other country where an incoming government and its ministers have been…

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7 December 2013 9:00 am

I have just spent several wonderful days watching the unfolding of a magnificent drama about dragons, crazy sisters, narcissists, misfits,…

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30 November 2013 9:00 am

There was one really interesting aspect of the revelation of the salaries being paid to top ABC presenters, apart from…

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23 November 2013 9:00 am

Everyone was supposed to burst into howls of protest when the government announced last week that it was abolishing 20…

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16 November 2013 9:00 am

The launch of Twitter on the New York Stock Exchange the other day was a momentous event. I do not…