Stormy Weatherill
State governments are sheltered workshops for mediocre politicians rarely good enough to make it in the Canberra big league. They…
Malcolm (never to be released)
Malcolm Turnbull should surrender his passport and never again be allowed to leave these shores, at least while he is…
Australian letters
Slow boats Sir: I hope Rod Liddle seeks therapy vis-a-vis that terrifying penis that haunts him (‘Haunted by an honourable…
Australian letters
Beyond reason Sir: As an avowed atheist Matthew Parris asks an eloquent and critical question in regard to the achievement…
Super villains
Thirty years ago, Paul Keating did a great service by launching a cultural shift from retirement almost entirely dependent on…
Derailing the bandwagon
Malcolm Turnbull, George Brandis and the Coalition are to be applauded for sticking to their guns on the Same Sex…
Australian letters
Gonski bureaucrats Sir: John Slater “I don’t Give a Gonski” reflects, unlike what the intellectual left preach, what most mature,…
The intolerant Left
Three recent events have exposed the hypocrisy of the Left. While trumpeting civility and tolerance, and parading its hatred of…
Australian letters
Gender fluid Sir: I wonder if the authors of ‘Dr.James Barry’ got their inspiration from the 1999 publication by Isabel…
Imaginary villains
There are many similarities between the way the Left, in all their wisdom and touchy-feely clear-sightedness, react both to the…
Time to lead, conservatively
The list of unresolved and vexed issues that confront the new parliament this week would be enough to give even…
Australian letters
Appreciating cartoonists Sir: Brendan O’Neill’s essay on Bill Leak’s (in)famous cartoon reminded me how much we should appreciate our cartoonists.…
Tick tock
Since the Prime Minister’s petulant and angry election night spray, he and his government have looked anything but in control.…
Team Australia, in Rio
It has all the makings of a classic feel-good movie. A selection of young Aussie girls from a variety of…
Australian letters
Costello for PM? Sir: John Stone’s prediction that Liberal MPs will soon revisit the cutlery draw and stab Turnbull in…
Letters
Costume drama Sir: Could I remind Michael Buhagiar (23 July) that the great conflict in Jane Austen’s greatest novel is…
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