Brown Study
Brown study
Until a few days ago I was planning to start this column with: ‘Have you noticed how the heat has…
Brown study
Until a few days ago I was planning to start this column with: ‘Have you noticed how the heat has…
Brown study
A few weeks ago I told you about two particularly nasty and brutal attacks on our local jewelry store in…
Brown study
One day about 20 years ago, I was walking down Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, giving a word of encouragement here…
Brown study
I should stop saying I am appalled by every new horror that arises in public life; there are so many…
Brown study
The Sussan Ley scandal highlights the monumental problem facing the Turnbull government in restoring its public standing to anything remotely…
Brown study
Here at the Spectator Australia Electoral Reform Unit, we certainly had our hands full in 2016, what with Brexit, and…
Brown study
My christmas stocking fillers An exciting group of new and emerging writers exploded onto the literary scene in 2016. So,…
Brown study
Of all the hare-brained ideas that governments come up with, the deal with the US to take refugees from Manus…
Brown study
I have a terrible confession to make. No, it is not that I was a bully at school, or even…
Brown study
The FBI certainly stirred up the US election when it announced it had found more of Hillary Clinton’s emails on…
Brown study
Perhaps all is not lost. There might yet be hope for the education of our youth. Like many people, I…
Brown study
One day when I was a member of the federal parliament, a surprising thing happened to me. Until then, if…
Brown study
Pollies’ dictionary The Australian National Dictionary has just published its second edition with lots of new words that have worked…
Brown study
It is good to see that proposals for electoral reform keep coming in. Some of them are designed to prevent…
Brown study
Melbourne is rejoicing today in a wonderful literary hoax that rivals the 1943 publication in Angry Penguins of the spoof…
Brown study
Malcolm Turnbull has certainly made a name for himself since he became leader of the Liberal party. The party that…
Brown study
Now the election is over, here are our Awards for noteworthy service given to the democratic process over the last…
Brown study
I don’t agree with the mainstream media that the election campaign has been dull and boring, except when the media…
Brown study
No-one should have been surprised when Greens Senator Richard Di Natale was sprung last week for paying his three employees…
Brown study
We owe the New York Times a debt of enormous gratitude for exposing Donald Trump as the misogynist and woman…
Brown study
I suppose I must be the only person in Australia who has read, re-read and underlined Niki Savva’s The Road…
Brown study
As you know, I have always been at the forefront of the fight against discrimination, especially the evil variety that…
Brown study
A new authoritarianism has descended. There now seems to be a list of official beliefs we are allowed to hold…
Brown study
After this year’s shambles, I thought I would get in early and nominate Alice Kunek as Australian of the Year…
