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Where can the ALP turn? As the NSW election made plain, the Coalition occupies the reforming Centre and the Greens…
Australian notes
Where can the ALP turn? As the NSW election made plain, the Coalition occupies the reforming Centre and the Greens…
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It was the only local meeting that I managed to get to in the NSW election campaigns. I expected the…
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It was the only local meeting that I managed to get to in the NSW election campaigns. I expected the…
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It was more a rally of old hands recalling the glory days than a standard book launch. The venue was…
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It was more a rally of old hands recalling the glory days than a standard book launch. The venue was…
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In taking action for defamation Treasurer Joe Hockey is breaking a great Parliamentary convention, according to Mark Latham. He was…
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In taking action for defamation Treasurer Joe Hockey is breaking a great Parliamentary convention, according to Mark Latham. He was…
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The influential American journal Foreign Affairs has not published an article about Australian foreign policy for fifty years. Prime Minister…
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The influential American journal Foreign Affairs has not published an article about Australian foreign policy for fifty years. Prime Minister…
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It was one of the Prime Minister’s best speeches. He was clear, eloquent and convincing. Clear about the terrorist threats…
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It was one of the Prime Minister’s best speeches. He was clear, eloquent and convincing. Clear about the terrorist threats…
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There were no milling TV crews or reporters at Peter Costello’s launch last week in Melbourne of the new edition…
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There were no milling TV crews or reporters at Peter Costello’s launch last week in Melbourne of the new edition…
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Quos deus vult perdere, prius dementat – with apologies to Boswell. (‘Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.’)…
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Quos deus vult perdere, prius dementat – with apologies to Boswell. (‘Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.’)…
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The remarkable thing about Tony Abbott’s speech to the National Press Club was how unremarkable it was. There were no…
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The remarkable thing about Tony Abbott’s speech to the National Press Club was how unremarkable it was. There were no…
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The Queen has conferred knighthoods on the Americans Bill Gates and Norman Schwarzkopf. She appointed South Africa’s Nelson Mandela to…
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The Queen has conferred knighthoods on the Americans Bill Gates and Norman Schwarzkopf. She appointed South Africa’s Nelson Mandela to…
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Baffling that so many observers had so much trouble interpreting the recent Charlie Hebdo cover on which Mohammed is depicted…
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Baffling that so many observers had so much trouble interpreting the recent Charlie Hebdo cover on which Mohammed is depicted…
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It must have been one of the last cartoons he drew before he was murdered. The editor of Charlie Hebdo…
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It must have been one of the last cartoons he drew before he was murdered. The editor of Charlie Hebdo…
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If only Tony Abbott could bring the conviction and even eloquence he demonstrated in Baghdad to bear on the Budget…
