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The recognition racket
Given the outcome of last week’s grand talk-fest at the lavish Sails in the Desert resort at Yulara, near Ayers…
Fiscal funny games and milking miners won’t win the West
One of the maxims of fiscal policy is that when a government is on the hunt for revenue, weird and unexpected things can happen. Everyone…
Keeping China in check
With the world’s attention currently focused on events in North Korea and the never-ending crisis of the Syrian civil war,…
The tired old gender agenda
A gloating headline this week has spoken so many volumes about gender politics it’s not even comical. Treasury did not…
Bullying for rights ain’t right
A few days ago, council workers in New Orleans tied ropes to a 6-metre bronze statue of General Robert E Lee,…
The Health Department boss should pack his bags
If I was Health Department secretary, Martin Bowles, I’d be checking my superannuation paperwork is in order. Over three hours…
Canberra’s bolshy bishop wrong on Israel
A Measured Response By Denis MacEoin In his recent article, ‘Capitalism, Anti-Semitism & The Judaeo-Christian Ethic’ the former Anglican bishop…
Getting ready for that next Kirribilli iftar…
“Malcolm, that woman in PMC’s Hospitality and Protocol has sent over a Note reminding your office Ramadan has begun. She…
Another domestic violence program fails? No!
How much longer do lazy politicians and greedy feminist lobby groups think they can keep the lid on the boiling…
Why the left were right about privilege
Privilege is simply the idea that our experiences, upbringing, circumstances and sometimes, the gender or race we’re born with, mean…
ASIO’s insult to the intelligence of Muslims
It’s an insult to the intelligence of Muslims, frankly to all of us, to keep claiming that terrorism today is…
The Guardian meets the RNC
Following Guardian journalist Ben Jacobs’ altercation with Republican Gregory Gianforte, the awkward DC-based reporter has been flooded with invitations to…
Church and State, revisited
When the battle between Church and State spills over into the tax domain things start to get interesting. Earlier this…
Time for reparations for the slave trade?
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and soul-searching lately. It has become a regular part of my procrastination between…
Be-Friending the ABC
It comes as no surprise when you discover that ‘Friends of the ABC’ is not, like, say, the CWA or…
Angered by Manchester? That’s racist!
There isn’t much that is more frustrating than the desperate scrambling, post the latest Islamist terrorist attack, for commentators and…
The battle for Manchester
In times of great tragedy, when the minds of the masses unite in stunned grief, warped voices become incredibly clear.…
What’s happening with the RSL?
This week’s victory for newly elected NSW RSL president James Brown disproved the enduring adage that old age and cunning…
Dumb celebrities and other Manchester menaces
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that in the aftermath of a tragedy a celebrity in a wont of brains (but…
Plain packaging … for alcohol?
It sometimes feels like our society has long abandoned its sense of individual responsibility. Flick open the papers or scroll…
It’s time for Labor voters to pay their way
It now looks like that Labor and the Greens will support a tax increase for people earning above $85,000 a…
Bye-bye Yassmin
It may well be a month too late, but slow clap to the ABC for finally doing the right thing.…
You don’t argue with Ms 61 per cent
Malcolm Turnbull must be staring at UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s poll numbers with vaulting envy. The Britain Elects polling…
Manchester, Trump and terror
It’s been a big week underlining the challenges in combatting global Islamic terrorism. The combination of Trump’s speech to Middle…
Killing children makes no sense
Killing children makes no sense. They were not soldiers. They were not partisans. They were kids enjoying music in the…
