Features Australia
Untying democracy’s knot
The marriage equality debate can only be resolved with a plebiscite
Doctor’s notes
Rumana was a sari-clad, olive-skinned woman who presented to my western Sydney practice. She had arrived months earlier to live…
Federal fiasco
The Prime Minister’s latest Captain’s Pick is far more damaging than any knighthood ever was
Forget the republic, bring back the monarchy
Throughout much of the Middle East, monarchists offer a way to bring about modernity and tackle Islamism
Exclusive: Fraser’s regret
Private notes confirm Malcolm Fraser’s anguish over condemning his Prime Minister to the scrap heap
Malcolm Turnbull, chameleon
The Prime Minister offers a glimpse of conservative leanings, but are those his true colours?
PWC OR PC?
PwC should just be done with it – and change their acronym to ‘PC’. Their ‘report’ into the cost of…
Politics/Robbery etc
Easter’s resurrection of Liberal lobbyists
A fishy Price tag
Can an expensive firm of accountants really tell us the true value of our democratic rights?
Immoral relativity
Crusaders against paedophilia seem able to turn their outrage on and off
My ideas boom
Innovative ways to make our government lean and agile
Trump Derangement Syndrome
Why such antipathy to The Donald?
Not all multiculturalism is created equal
Why is Australia’s model so much more successful than Europe’s?
Flagging interest
Given the choice, the Kiwis may end up preferring the Union Jack after all
Partners in peace
The Iranians are masters of chess. And they’re playing us for fools
Slap in the face
Voting to retain compulsory student union fees is a betrayal of core Liberal values
Business/Robbery etc
Export prices won’t help the federal budget
Svetlana down under?
In a quirk of history, Stalin’s daughter almost wound up in Australia
That redheaded rascal is at it again!
A modern, progressive, satirical take on Ginger Meggs
Fool’s gold
The Australian Law Reform Commission is wrong.
The mark of Cain
Those Liberals who voted to oust Prime Minister Abbott may come to regret their treachery
Time to stop this politicians’ rort
The Senate voting reforms are essential to restoring democracy to our flawed system
Behaviour unbecoming
Those bigmouths who have spilled the beans on office gossip and scuttlebutt do themselves no favours
Abbott’s sliding doors
As his latest writing demonstrates, things should have turned out very differently for the former PM
Hard luck stories
Tales of childhood misery and misfortune are the entry price of joining the Aboriginal debate, apparently
