Dis-con notes
Are they blind? It is seven months since my last Dis-Con Notes (‘No More Shilly-Shallying’, 2/12/17). Meanwhile the Liberal party…
Populate or perish: destroying the village to save it from perishing?
Greg Sheridan’s article “Great leaders knew immigration truth: populate or perish” from Saturday’s Weekend Australian assails “the decisive turn by…
Since when was common sense discrimination?
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton’s remarks about white South African farmers, including possibly granting them special immigration consideration, evoked charges…
If you don’t fight, you lose
A concatenation of events can sometimes resolve a conundrum, and that happened when, on Sunday, I was watching Sky News’s…
Dis-con notes
No more shilly-shallying When Parliament sits on Monday, it will (I assume) be greeted by another Newspoll. The last one…
Enough is enough: we are all Australians
After 50 years of unremitting failure in Aboriginal affairs, it’s time to say, “Enough is enough”! Our once boundless goodwill…
Dis-con notes
Toughen up, snowflakes Another parliamentary sitting week has passed, with nothing done to confront the fate that has been staring…
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…
Constitutional recognition? Tell ’em they’re dreamin’
In Canberra today the Constitutional Education Foundation of Australia will hold a Forum on the constitutional recognition of Aboriginal Australians…
Time to talk frankly on immigration
Last week The Australian editorialised on Australia’s immigration policies, noting that the Prime Minister’s “reception this week at an invitation-only UN summit on…
Malcolm Turnbull: supreme narcissist
Over lunch with friends on June 30, we all guessed the election outcome. I thought the Coalition would lose 11…
Budget notes
Rabbits, hats and a poke in the eye It is bad enough that the 2016-17 Budget contained so little of…
Del-con notes
Rules of engagement
The mark of Cain
Those Liberals who voted to oust Prime Minister Abbott may come to regret their treachery
The Liberals’ Rudd
The Turnbull coup has finished off one Liberal leader and put paid to two others
