Francis of Rome
Dear God, Forgive your earthly mouthpiece, Francis of Rome, for he knows not what he is talking about when he…
Welcome to a country of crony capitalism
There’s a new welcome uttered around the Albanese government offices: ‘We acknowledge the fawning directors present and emerging of the…
A kiss is just a kiss … not!
Luis Rubiales has resigned as president of the Spanish Football Federation following criticism for kissing Spain forward Jenni Hermoso at…
‘No’ will let them know
Then what? As the October 14 Voice referendum grows closer, speculation is rampant about the socio-political consequences of the result.…
What is mis-dis in climate change debate?
Speaking in Suva in July 2022, Anthony Albanese declared a climate emergency in the Pacific. This came after joining regional…
Maui fires v Ukraine invasion?
They’ve got the wrong comparison when they (voters, politicians, and commentators) complain that while the Biden administration is handing Ukraine…
Voice ruptures the bond
No, no, no! It’s not the lack of detail nor the promise of its permanence in the Constitution, nor that…
Ruining the world to ‘save the planet’
The late morning sun danced off the Mediterranean as I took a chair facing Al Gore on the rooftop terrace…
Presumption of evil not innocence
How can it be that a man of impeccable character in his late 70s is convicted of 28 nasty sexual…
Should Australia and Ukraine should join NATO?
The UN is powerless to prevent war
ICAC got it wrong on Gladys
The transcript exposes woeful ignorance of political practice
The governing orthodoxy or the truth?
No, look, seriously, what do you say to a Labor government that plans to fine companies billions of dollars for…
Partying like it’s 1901
When the bill to authorise a referendum on the Voice to Parliament was passed in the Senate on June 19,…
Terrorist rehab?
Two movies screening in early May (in Sydney), along with a Guantanamo Bay court hearing for the case of Southeast…
Welcome to custodianship?
Perhaps the most inappropriate time I heard a welcome to country acknowledgement of the traditional custodians of the land was…
The Voice would rhyme
There’s a pub somewhere in the Aussie outback which displays a worn and fraying sign: ‘Free beer tomorrow.’ The larrikin…
What does reconciliation look like?
Reconciliation. The word is used almost automatically, especially in the context of the arguments about the Voice referendum. It sounds…
A backdoor revolution?
‘Albanese is convinced the Voice will pass,’ writes Dennis Shanahan in The Australian. If so, the consequential conclusion of the…
Post-referendum blues
Come the referendum and the Voice will be dead or alive. But the shouting will continue. Post-referendum Australia will have…
Play hardball and stop the carnage
The Western alliance against the Russian Federation’s Ukraine invasion is characterised by soft leather shoes, white shirts, diplomatic suits, and…
Democracy or minocracy?
If democracy is defined by majority rule, Australia is not a democracy; it’s a minocracy. The current Labor government attracted…
Tenants vs Landlords – a dystopian future?
As I travelled from Here-and-now to There-and-how along the Troublesome Track, I passed a new hospital on the outskirts of…
Australia’s right to be intolerant of intolerance
Why is Australian democracy so overly, dangerously tolerant as to seem craven and weak, as it watches the ignorant aggro…
Xi is not foolish enough to invade Taiwan (we hope)
Let’s be realistic … if counterintuitive. Despite the many illustrious commentators and foreign affairs specialists warning and worrying in the…
Warming the till: preachers of the apocalypse make billions
Political agenda dressed in the lab coat of science
