Australian Notes
Australian notes
The Labor party and many journalists are scandalised (‘aghast’, ‘outraged’) by the Abbott government’s decision to accede to a request…
Australian Notes
In his eloquent ‘Closing the Gap’ speech Tony Abbott’s call to all Australians ‘to open their hearts’ to Aborigines was…
Australian Notes
In his eloquent ‘Closing the Gap’ speech Tony Abbott’s call to all Australians ‘to open their hearts’ to Aborigines was…
Australian Notes
A new class war is being mounted between those who feel for Schapelle Corby in her long ordeal in an…
Notes from Iran
Now that I’ve moved into the silly old duffer age bracket, a lot of invitations to film festivals, as a…
Notes from Iran
Now that I’ve moved into the silly old duffer age bracket, a lot of invitations to film festivals, as a…
Australian Notes
A new class war is being mounted between those who feel for Schapelle Corby in her long ordeal in an…
Australian Noties
When Senator Eric Abetz was a raw youth of 23, he had what he calls an ‘instructive’ experience. A newly…
Australian Noties
When Senator Eric Abetz was a raw youth of 23, he had what he calls an ‘instructive’ experience. A newly…
Australian Notes
A footnote to the Dolce Affair in which the literary-political magazine Overland has banned the work of the songwriter and…
Australian Notes
A footnote to the Dolce Affair in which the literary-political magazine Overland has banned the work of the songwriter and…
Australian Notes
Almost every newspaper in the world from China to Peru has an opinion, usually censorious, about President Hollande of France…
Australian Notes
Almost every newspaper in the world from China to Peru has an opinion, usually censorious, about President Hollande of France…
Australian Notes
To start with a story: long years ago in 1978 Mary Lady Fairfax hosted a dinner in her Point Piper…
Australian Notes
To start with a story: long years ago in 1978 Mary Lady Fairfax hosted a dinner in her Point Piper…
Australian Notes
John Howard tells the story about a public meeting organised by the Women’s Electoral Lobby back in 1974 when he…
Australian Notes
John Howard tells the story about a public meeting organised by the Women’s Electoral Lobby back in 1974 when he…
Australian Notes
Advice to new graduates from an old Chief Justice of Australia, Murray Gleeson: ‘To think against the spirit of the…
Australian Notes
Advice to new graduates from an old Chief Justice of Australia, Murray Gleeson: ‘To think against the spirit of the…
Australian Notes
Hal Colebatch — lawyer, historian, poet, novelist — tells the story that, when speaking a few years ago to a…
Australian Notes
Hal Colebatch — lawyer, historian, poet, novelist — tells the story that, when speaking a few years ago to a…
Australian Notes
One or two obtuse observers expressed surprise that Martin Sharp came in the end to embrace conservative values. He even…
Australian Notes
One or two obtuse observers expressed surprise that Martin Sharp came in the end to embrace conservative values. He even…
Australian Notes
Tony Abbott is right. Too much is being made of the Governor-General’s ‘injudicious’ support for republicanism and gay marriage. It…
Australian Notes
Tony Abbott is right. Too much is being made of the Governor-General’s ‘injudicious’ support for republicanism and gay marriage. It…
