Australia’s ‘right to switch off’ will be a disaster
For a great many, their job is their vocation. It’s not just what they do for a living, it’s a…
Australia’s legal battle to define a ‘woman’ is not over yet
Giggle v Tickle. The name of this Australian court case sounds like an A.P. Herbert legal parody. Except that it…
The selfishness of defecting to another country
Elite sport is a selfish business. It’s all about achieving success for yourself. However much others have contributed to your…
One city is finally cracking down on the e-scooter menace
E-scooters are the bane of modern civilisation. They are the stealth bombers of our pavements. They are a silent danger…
Does Australia have a crocodile problem?
During the cold months of July and August, many southern Australians head north to warmer climes. A favourite destination is…
The everyman immortality of Jack Karlson
Jack Karlson, whose death this week aged 82 has been reported in Britain and around the world, was an Australian…
Many Australians are revolted by Julian Assange’s return
Convicted spy Julian Assange has come home to Australia. Assange’s chartered private jet touched down in Australia’s capital, Canberra, early…
Why is Australia culling wild horses?
A government-sanctioned programme to cull the brumby mobs of wild horses in Australia’s High Country has become a hot political…
Australia’s Covid honours farce
Whatever one thinks of all that happened in the Covid years, and how the experience scarified so many and even…
Victoria’s absurd new minister for men’s behaviour
Australian states like to advertise themselves on car number plates with a catchy slogan capturing what they see as their…
Elon Musk has won a victory for free speech in Australia
In the unedifying clash of heads between billionaire Twitter/X owner, Elon Musk, and Australia’s e-safety commissioner Julie Inman Grant, there…
The truth about Australia’s controversial crocodile cull
The Northern Territory News, Darwin’s daily paper, is known worldwide for its front pages with headlines so cleverly lurid that…
Australia doesn’t need a Ministry of Truth
Two unrelated acts of stabbing violence, first the random murderous rampage of a knife-wielding man in Sydney’s Bondi Junction, followed…
Australia is in danger of tearing itself apart
In her new book, Liz Truss says she likes Australia and Australians. The country is, she says, ‘like Britain without…
The Sydney church terror attack is a wake-up call for Australians
Sydney has been rocked by another stabbing rampage – just days after six people were murdered in a knife attack…
The unimaginable tragedy of the Sydney stabbing attack
Bondi Junction, in Sydney’s affluent eastern suburbs, is well known to many British backpackers and tourists. Close to the city’s…
The concerning appointment of Australia’s new governor-general
While the King and the Princess of Wales both battle cancer, the business of monarchy goes on. In the realms…
Is corporate Australia ashamed of Easter?
This week, Holy Week for Christians, I went to a Westfield shopping mall in Melbourne. Being the week before Easter,…
Hobson’s leadership choice for Vic Libs
Over the weekend, the Melbourne media were full of fevered speculation that a challenge to struggling Victorian Liberal and Coalition…
The great shame of Australia Day
Captain James Cook has fallen. Not on the shore of Hawaii’s Kealakekua Bay on Valentine’s Day 1779, but in the…
How Australia became obsessed with land acknowledgments
If you attend almost any public meeting or event in Australia these days, you’ll be greeted – some would say…
Why is Australia burying helicopters that Ukraine wants?
What do you do if you have dozens of combat helicopters you don’t want? If you’re the Australian government, you…
Australia sees sense on its plan to ditch the monarchy
Australia’s government has been determined to ‘do a Barbados’ and ditch the British monarchy for an Australian republic with an…
Life’s too short to battle public health puritans – I’m over it
When I’m not compiling the Morning Double Shot email, or talking on the radio, my professional role is as a…
Aussie republicans are fawning over Denmark’s new queen
According to opinion polls, more Australians want to ditch the country’s ties with the British monarchy than retain it. The…
