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Bottom drawer
Professor Anne Twomey (‘Royal activism in the spider web of secrecy’, 4 April) argues that Prince Charles’s use of his…
Brown study
You will be distressed to hear that I have recently been in the hands of the doctors. However, there is…
Hounds or poodles?
On the ongoing Speccie debate - when should conservative commentators attack Abbott (if at all?)
The silence of evil
Hardened cockpit doors and ‘depression’ are more comforting to our modern minds
Commander Bill
What does Shorten’s submarines policy say about his grasp of the potential future threats facing our country?
Getting the misery right
The death-circus surrounding the Bali executions has faint echoes of a famous musical
Our Constitution and the Senate
The system is broken
Roll over Beethoven
Why does Gen Y have so little interest in classical music?
Royal activism in the spider web of secrecy
What are the implications for Australians of having a letter-writing, activist, trainee monarch?
Poor winners
There is something ugly about Australian cricket’s angry young men
The totalitarianism of marriage equality
People should be allowed to freely express their opposition to gay and lesbian marriage
Memories of an Eminent Person
The complex personality of Malcolm Fraser reverberates through his equally complex legacy
Tony, Bibi, and the commentariat
As with Benjamin Netanyahu, the elites have mostly written off Tony Abbott. They’re in for a surprise
Out of step with the times
Malcolm Fraser was the last of the Keynesian Liberals - and the only one to lose an election on economic management
Iran is winning Iraq
Forget the Islamic State – the real threat comes from Iran
When is a Whiteley not a Whiteley..?
A current court case in Melbourne explores a crime as old as art itself
Even the states dislike federalism
There can be only one explanation why the Victorian government would ask Canberra to help it out – cowardice
I come to bury Clarkson, not to praise him
Efforts to either replicate or replace Jeremy Clarkson are bound to fail. And I should know.
Bottom Drawer
Political tips for four-year olds
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
The Intergenerational Report offers the government a glimpse into their (and our) future
Lynched by the feminist mob
Despite being a pin-up boy for the White Ribbon movement, I made the mistake of attempting to explain male violence
Yearning to be connected
The art of Shane Cotton draws on his Maori and European roots
Farrago of leaks, libels and downright lies
A treacherous fifth column within the Liberal party have made the case for party reform more urgent than ever
Let him who is without sin…
Now is not the time to begin fiddling with our workplace relations
The Forgotten Lawyer
Touchy-feely slogans, emotive drawings and leading questions wouldn’t pass muster in a proper legal report
