Simon Collins
It wasn’t until the mid-1980’s that the party-pooping Ulema shut down Saudi Arabia’s cinemas. So there’s a good chance that…
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No doubt many Speccie readers took heart from ANU Chancellor Gareth Evans’s recent suggestion that the business of a university…
Simon Collins
I am in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to visit my daughter. This is my first visit to the Steel City, so to…
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From a One Nation kind of perspective, one of the most inconvenient truths about the Muslim population of modern Australia…
Simon Collins
Like many poms with a strong sense of post-colonial entitlement, I took a long hard look at Canada before I…
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In a few years’ time the only clue that the name Fairfax was ever synonymous with wealth and influence in…
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Like most Australian men I am horrified by reports which attest to the ubiquity of violence against our womenfolk. But…
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Some years ago, as a judge on one of adland’s more obscure international awards panels, I had to assess the…
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Harry and Meghan’s big day was such a media roadblock in Australia that there were about fifteen hours when it…
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Has Flipper finally flipped? After centuries of challenging dogs for the Mans’ Best Friend guernsey, an incident in New Zealand…
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Even Australians who consider the Commonwealth Games a meaningless anachronism must have been pleased with our team’s performance last month.…
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I wonder if Malcolm Turnbull has found time yet to see Armando Innuccio’s new film The Death of Stalin? I…
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While we’re still in the conference stage of the 2018 Super Rugby competition it’s too early to say whether the…
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Like many Australians I was greatly affected by the news that James Packer has decided he is not well enough…
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Ireland beat Australia to marriage equality by five years, and with a Yes victory every bit as resounding as ours.…
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‘A woman preaching is like a dog walking on his hind legs,’ said Samuel Johnson, ‘It is not done well;…
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Whenever I can justify flying business class to the UK I go with Malaysian. I do this mainly because three…
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The critically acclaimed Darkest Hour brings the number of films about Winston Churchill released in the last decade to six,…
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Thanks to the announcement of the engagement of two foreign celebrities 2017 ended on a cheery note for many Australians.…
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While Tinseltown gets on with outing the sex pests in its senior ranks it’s too soon to say if it…
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In a couple of weeks we’ll know whether the last 5 million votes in the same-sex marriage postal survey confirmed…
North Hobart’s village idiot
Opportunities to undermine the state can’t present themselves too often in a place like North Hobart, so it’s hardly surprising…
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Hate gets a bad rap these days. Children are taught that they mustn’t hate each other, divorcees are counselled not…
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Perhaps there were plans for some tax-payer-funded, public service web content with a catchy, kid-friendly slogan: ‘From eleven to three,…
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It has been brought to my attention that many of my closest friends have long-standing connections to communities which have…
