Columnists Australia
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I have been much taken by recent opinion pieces in the media that people are drifting away from the established…
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I hope you will allow me, just for this week, to mention an essentially personal matter. On 19 March, I…
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I would be a poor columnist if I continued with my monk-like silence on the war in Gaza. It is…
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The long march though our institutions seems to be gathering pace. The latest targets are the courts and the judges…
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Guess what! The Liberal party in Victoria and its leader John Pesutto have actually shown some backbone, principle and commitment…
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As you know, I am renowned for my commitment to diversity and equality of opportunity and the eradication all forms…
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Bonjour, mes chers amis australiens! It has fallen to me, Monsieur Lia Baste, the elected Maire of Lunas (after the…
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The ABC certainly has a way with words. But it can also be woefully wide of the mark as it…
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I have had enough of the Aboriginal industry and the posturing, harassment and denigration that it hurls at everyone else.…
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I was intrigued by shadow treasurer Angus Taylor’s speech in London a few weeks ago at a conference of the…
Australian notes
Did you know that the Australian government in bygone days issued licences to citizens to hunt Aboriginals? No, I didn’t…
Australian notes
The Managerial Class Recently I spoke at the Sydney Institute on the subject of George Orwell’s justly famous essay ‘Politics…
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Government hasn’t got a clue about the economics of renting
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Just when we thought it was safe to assume that the No case would win the Voice referendum, along comes…
New HRC madness
In Canberra a parliamentary committee is considering whether to recommend a huge transfer of power from the elected executive government…
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A fascinating event occurred at the ALP national conference last weekend. No, it was not that the left wing dutifully…
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You would think that by now the Liberal party would have caught on to how political parties should promote their…
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There is certainly a right for former judges to put an advertisement in the newspapers extolling the virtues of the…
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Last week we looked at whether the proposed Voice will give rise to an avalanche of litigation and we argued…
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One of the many issues that people have difficulty understanding about the Aboriginal Voice is whether it will lead to…
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It’s amazing! The ABC turned out to be some use after all! Taking a brief respite from its never-ending and…
Australian notes
An alliance of philanthropic foundations has declared their support for the Voice: a combined $17-million pledge from the philanthropic sector…
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Whoever said that the Voice would usher in a new era of reconciliation, unity and love was either excessively optimistic…
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Here at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, it’s all go, go, go! We had scarcely finished this year’s festival when we…
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Anthony Albanese and his acolytes have been cock-a hoop over the Solicitor-General’s opinion on the Voice. They are ecstatic that…
