The hope of last resort amongst the chattering classes was that having won the election, Donald Trump would relax into…

David Morrison crawled away from his Australian of the Year role as he performed it, self-aggrandising, unapologetic and intellectually irrelevant.…

My compliments to the Australian Republican Movement for their smashing new advert. It was heartening to see so many Australians…

In her Australia Day column for the Herald-Sun, Rita Panahi decried the giving of Order of Australia honours to former…

I have a confession to make: I’m one of the invaders. My ancestors did not come to these shores with…

This week, Warren Mundine proposed that Australia Day should be moved from January 26 to January 1, because the 26th…

Fairfax is celebrating Australia Day in its own inimitable style. Here’s a screenshot from The Age’s website from early this…

At a conference of the Samuel Griffith Society in August 2014 Sir David Smith KCVO, AO delivered a paper entitled…

This week the public health Pooh-Bahs opened self-righteous fire on yet another front. A public health Pooh-Bah is a self-appointed…

Be warned. In recent years it has become the custom to spoil what would otherwise be an enjoyable Australia Day…

The Honourable Andrew Fisher, prime minister on three occasions between 1908 and 1915, was one of the very few politicians…

The Trump victory came with his pledge to take the US out of the Paris agreement on climate change. This…

It’s a state divided, sibling against sibling, family against family, community against community, city against country. It’s not America under…

“Aren’t we all boat people?” is the question posed by Meat & Livestock Australia’s current pre-January 26th holiday marketing spiel.…

The time has come to box Johnny Turk’s ears again. Turkey – the homeland of St Paul the Apostle and…

Now there’s a coincidence. An article by Michael Pascoe on Fairfax websites today declares: On April 6, 1917, the United…

If you haven’t already, do yourself a favour and watch the France 24 clip on Muslim misogyny Rita Panahi posted on her Herald…

“If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from…

So. About this Australia Day-hijab-billboard thing. A billboard promoting Australia Day celebrations that featured two girls in hijabs has been…

The Age has let us know what it thinks of people who live outside Melbourne (read inner-city Melbourne, as Age-types…

Although the Human Rights Commission spends a lot of its time digging up imaginary wrongs and encouraging people to get outraged and…

So we have a new ministry. Or an amended ministry, anyway. But there’s still an elephant in the room. Or…

Without question, the most internationally famous, influential and impactful Australian in 2016 is Julian Assange.  Through Wikileaks, Assange had a…

Please find below three examples of wisdom from the groves of academe, courtesy of The Conversation. Read the three “You…

As we’re coming up to the Chinese New Year of the Rooster I’ve named my three new hens after former…