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Australian notes
The past two years have seen the trust many Australians’ have in their institutions brought to an all-time low through…
Australian notes
On this page last election eve I wrote, ‘Mums and dads across the country look set to elect a Labor…
Libs have lost the plot on transgender
There’s something in the water in Warringah. At the last election, when Tony Abbott lost to Zali Steggall, and now…
Australian notes
As I was driving home on Saturday after a busy day, I realised that everything I had done that day,…
Australian notes
Sorry to say this – but apologies by political figures seem to have become completely meaningless. In a visit to…
Australian notes
Snot catches some of the 50 million particles inhaled with every breath. These particles are one hundredth the size of…
Australian notes
Why on earth are we stopping people who want to work from working? I used to work at a community…
Australian notes
The liberty that dare not speak its name Lord Alfred Douglas, young lover of the great Oscar Wilde, wrote a…
Latham’s law
Covid bedwetters have run out of beds to wet In Australia we haven’t got a Punxsutawney Phil but nevertheless, our…
Australian notes
Selling the dying Great Barrier Reef With the recent A$1billion announced to save the ‘dying’ Great Barrier Reef, I wonder…
Australian notes
A great reset of one’s own When the last long New South Wales lockdown was imposed, I was probably exhausted.…
Latham’s Law
Wokely awards Covid has denied Australia many essential freedoms but it hasn’t been able to stop the 2021 NSW Wokely…
Australian notes
The unbearable lightness of lying Ever since French President Emmanuel Macron told a credulous Australian media that he doesn’t think,…
Australian notes
Zut alors! The French have not forgiven the English for Brexit. As Clément Beaune, France’s Minister for European Affairs, said…
Latham’s Law
The calamity that is net zero Climate change is the longest-running show in Australian politics. But for one group in…
Australian notes
The great dumbing down While cleaning out some boxes the other day I came across one of my old school…
Australian notes
Glasgow: where frail nations go to die I know a thing or two about terminal illness, and it seems to…
Australian notes
What would happen after a loss? Here’s an important question to ponder. What direction would the federal Liberal party take…
Australian notes
The human rights industry exposed If there is one thing this Covid pandemic has shown us it is the hollow…
Australian notes
How the thoughts of Xi led to the subs deal An independent inquiry into the persecution of the Uighurs in…
Latham’s law
Pull the other one, Dom There’s a lot of talk about what the Australian economy will look like post-Covid. In…
Australian notes
The new greek chorus: where are the feminists? As a woman of a certain age, it saddens me greatly to…
Latham’s law
Make Australia adult again
Brown study
Trying to be original about the disaster in Afghanistan is very difficult. It truly was appalling. First, what a tragedy…
Latham’s law
The soft underbelly of Australian multiculturalism At the height of the troubles of the Whitlam government its Resources Minister Rex…
