Australian Notes
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Brandis is right, gleeson is wrong Normally, I would not get involved in disputes concerning politicians, as they should be…
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Brexit, abbott, latham and team turnbull I just learned a fascinating fact. Apparently the voters in Britain actually voted to…
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Creativity versus identity News flash: At least two young, female, ‘non-white’ aspiring writers did not like Lionel Shriver’s opening address…
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On Quadrant I organised a small fund-raiser to help Quadrant after the Literature Board cut off its grant without explanation…
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Turnbull’s betrayal on 18c Okay, let’s stop pretending that the Liberal Party has a deep commitment to free speech. We’re…
Shorten’s Leyland P76 reshuffle
Last week, Malcolm Turnbull missed his best opportunity to put a Coalition A-team on the ministerial paddock ahead of a…
Resistance to Acknowledging Country is futile
As another bleak winter NAIDOC Week draws to a close, let us reflect on the strange ritual that is the…
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Some readers may be wondering what it’s like to vote Labor for the first time. Okay, by ‘vote Labor’ I…
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Brexit, 1381 ad, and Turnbull’s election Well, the Brits did it. They defied the warnings and threats from ‘I got…
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Brexit, Del-cons and Trumpkins Later this week it begins. The voters will have their say. First it will happen in…
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The pundits keep telling us that this is a dull election. But imagine what it would be like without the…
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I love Malcolm, but where is he when you need him? ‘This isn’t the Malcolm Turnbull Australians thought they…
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I dropped in the other day to the Sydney Writers’ Festival to hear Stan Grant deliver his autobiographical and sometimes…
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I dropped in the other day to the Sydney Writers’ Festival to hear Stan Grant deliver his autobiographical and sometimes…
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Irony of ironies: Abbott to save Turnbull? Putting Malcolm Turnbull in the Lodge has not worked out as the conspirators…
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Same sex marriage? just give me Democracy There are few conceivable contexts whereby one could say ‘I believe in democracy’…
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The New Atheists – clever, uncompromising, polite – seized the initiative only a few years ago, at least in publishing.…
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The New Atheists – clever, uncompromising, polite – seized the initiative only a few years ago, at least in publishing.…
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In an occasional self-deprecatory moment the late Sir John Kerr liked to tell the story of his visit to London…
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In an occasional self-deprecatory moment the late Sir John Kerr liked to tell the story of his visit to London…
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The Prime Minister’s Literary Awards in Sydney the other day was an entirely different bouilloire de poissons from the presentation…
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The Prime Minister’s Literary Awards in Sydney the other day was an entirely different bouilloire de poissons from the presentation…
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I have a modest proposal to help combat the appeal to ordinary or ‘moderate’ Muslims, especially the young, of what…
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I have a modest proposal to help combat the appeal to ordinary or ‘moderate’ Muslims, especially the young, of what…
Australian Notes
If you look up the website of the late Australian philosopher David Stove, you will find the following mysterious announcement:…
