Guest notes
Kiwi notes
Shadows on the cave wall Kiwis, punching above their weight on the world stage as per, have taken democracy to…
Kiwi notes
Rugby, Aliens, Strippers and Dunnies Just when we really needed some light relief, with the general election campaign in full…
Melania notes
It’s hard not to feel bad for Melania Trump. One doesn’t exactly get the impression that she wanted to be…
Arts notes
I don’t know how many were present a week ago at The Speccie prolonged lunch but do know that I…
Arts notes
I intend nothing short of a compliment by saying Australia is – or was – a land built on physicality…
Same sex notes
When I was a girl, my mother used to say she didn’t like standing on the moral high ground because…
Batty notes
When I was a small boy growing up in England, the expression ‘ to have bats in the belfry’ was…
Stasi notes
As the years race by it is tempting to hunt for any advantage one can possibly associate with age. Yet…
Same sex notes
Hang the Senate: let the people decide However much he has foolishly encouraged it, the Prime Minister cannot tolerate…
Constitutional notes
When no means no The golden rule for constitutional change is that this should only be contemplated if it…
Post-modern notes
For those of us who exist long enough it is all too easy to live on somehow through decades of…
Liberal notes
Rosehill: democracy reborn The Rosehill Convention of the NSW Liberal Party may go down in history as the beginning…
Life and death notes
Few sensible people who have ever looked at a map would dispute that we are a bit physically isolated down…
Democratic notes
Young Liberals let us all rejoice, for we are young (and free?) Well, when I found out I was speaking…
Terrorism notes
A strange game The organisers of terrorist attacks in various European cities over recent times seem to seriously misunderstand the…
Thespian notes
Vacancy for a leader, not a comedian Malcolm Turnbull is the latest Australian politician to risk relations with our most…
Dis-con notes
14 and counting As the Parliament resumed last Monday for its final sitting prior to the winter recess, Newspoll again…
Climate notes
One lonely molecule… The 24 million people in Australia generate 1.5 per cent of annual global human-induced CO2 emissions. USA…
Taxpayers notes
Wasting millions on Humanities grants This month, a number of university departments across Australia will be filled with the sound…
Deranged notes
Imagine: scouts burst into Queen Elizabeth I’s throne room. ‘Your Majesty,’ they pant, ‘the Spanish have sent an armada to…
Art notes
‘Come and take a look at this – you’re not going to believe it’ my wife called out recently from…
Saudi notes
The sight of President Trump dancing the Ardah at the Arab Islamic American Summit is like a splash of icy…
Jihadi notes
Why the West is lost The shimmering mirage of an enlightened age across the West is shattered now, and it…
Libertarian notes
Latham’s lure Those pundits who have questioned whether it would be good for us to have Mark Latham join the…
PC notes
On May 3 Tony Abbott urged his audience at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research in Perth to place…
