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22 October 2016 9:00 am

The Aboriginal industry rewards its own Two former federal ministers have recently spoken on Aboriginal affairs. One has given a…

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20 October 2016 2:00 pm

The Aboriginal industry rewards its own Two former federal ministers have recently spoken on Aboriginal affairs. One has given a…

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20 October 2016 2:00 pm

The Aboriginal industry rewards its own Two former federal ministers have recently spoken on Aboriginal affairs. One has given a…

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20 October 2016 2:00 pm

The Aboriginal industry rewards its own Two former federal ministers have recently spoken on Aboriginal affairs. One has given a…

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1 October 2016 9:00 am

The WHO is a closed shop ‘I for my part am convinced that the day will come when international health…

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29 September 2016 1:00 pm

The WHO is a closed shop ‘I for my part am convinced that the day will come when international health…

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29 September 2016 1:00 pm

The WHO is a closed shop ‘I for my part am convinced that the day will come when international health…

Australian notes

24 September 2016 9:00 am

Brexit, abbott, latham and team turnbull I just learned a fascinating fact. Apparently the voters in Britain actually voted to…

Brown study

17 September 2016 9:00 am

One day when I was a member of the federal parliament, a surprising thing happened to me. Until then, if…

Simon Collins

17 September 2016 9:00 am

Big Oil, Big Tobacco, Big Agri, Big Pharma… every industry these days seems to have its bogeyman collective, the theory…

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17 September 2016 9:00 am

Beware socialists in white coats Sir Michael Marmot, whom the ABC chose to deliver the 2016 Boyer lectures, is the…

Australian notes

17 September 2016 9:00 am

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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15 September 2016 1:00 pm

Beware socialists in white coats Sir Michael Marmot, whom the ABC chose to deliver the 2016 Boyer lectures, is the…

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15 September 2016 1:00 pm

Beware socialists in white coats Sir Michael Marmot, whom the ABC chose to deliver the 2016 Boyer lectures, is the…

Australian notes

10 September 2016 9:00 am

On Quadrant I organised a small fund-raiser to help Quadrant after the Literature Board cut off its grant without explanation…

Brown study

10 September 2016 9:00 am

Pollies’ dictionary The Australian National Dictionary has just published its second edition with lots of new words that have worked…

Simon Collins

3 September 2016 9:00 am

It’s a little know fact that when French aristo Baron Pierre de Coubertin averred that ‘the important thing is not…

Australian notes

27 August 2016 9:00 am

Turnbull’s betrayal on 18c Okay, let’s stop pretending that the Liberal Party has a deep commitment to free speech. We’re…

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20 August 2016 9:00 am

Blasphemy is back The ACT government abolished the crime of blasphemy in 1996. Earlier this month, they brought it back.…

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18 August 2016 1:00 pm

Blasphemy is back The ACT government abolished the crime of blasphemy in 1996. Earlier this month, they brought it back.…

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18 August 2016 1:00 pm

Blasphemy is back The ACT government abolished the crime of blasphemy in 1996. Earlier this month, they brought it back.…

Brown study

13 August 2016 9:00 am

It is good to see that proposals for electoral reform keep coming in. Some of them are designed to prevent…

Shorten’s Leyland P76 reshuffle

30 July 2016 9:00 am

Last week, Malcolm Turnbull missed his best opportunity to put a Coalition A-team on the ministerial paddock ahead of a…

Simon Collins

30 July 2016 9:00 am

I may have been labouring under a misapprehension. In all my years in the advertising caper I’ve always believed that…

Brown study

23 July 2016 9:00 am

Melbourne is rejoicing today in a wonderful literary hoax that rivals the 1943 publication in Angry Penguins of the spoof…