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Road to Darlinghurst
Lo and behold the number of politicians enjoying a last minute Road to Damascus conversion – or should that be…
Road to Darlinghurst
Lo and behold the number of politicians enjoying a last minute Road to Damascus conversion – or should that be…
To the core
Whilst John Howard struggled with his ‘core’ and ‘non-core’ promises, it may well be core and non-core values that end…
To the core
Whilst John Howard struggled with his ‘core’ and ‘non-core’ promises, it may well be core and non-core values that end…
Getting it wrong
Could our progressive elites have got it more wrong? Far from being derided by the ‘enlightened’ countries of Europe and…
Getting it wrong
Could our progressive elites have got it more wrong? Far from being derided by the ‘enlightened’ countries of Europe and…
Labor’s pyrrhic victory
By winning the battle, Labor have managed to lose the war. With such a monumental strategic blunder, Bill Shorten and…
Labor’s pyrrhic victory
By winning the battle, Labor have managed to lose the war. With such a monumental strategic blunder, Bill Shorten and…
Fermare le barche!
Yet again, the world looks to Australia’s Coalition government, and in particular to Tony Abbott, for guidance on a problem…
Fermare le barche!
Yet again, the world looks to Australia’s Coalition government, and in particular to Tony Abbott, for guidance on a problem…
Useful idiots
Tony Burke and Tanya Plibersek are laying down the ‘welcome’ mat for Islamist terrorists to take over the West Bank,…
Useful idiots
Tony Burke and Tanya Plibersek are laying down the ‘welcome’ mat for Islamist terrorists to take over the West Bank,…
Devil in her ayatollahs
Looking like a cross between Princess Diana and Michael Jackson, our glamourous foreign minister last week rocked into – of…
Devil in her ayatollahs
Looking like a cross between Princess Diana and Michael Jackson, our glamourous foreign minister last week rocked into – of…
Spill Bill?
The major problem facing the Labor party today is one of logistics: how do you get rid of a floundering…
Spill Bill?
The major problem facing the Labor party today is one of logistics: how do you get rid of a floundering…
Year of ideas
‘Today, I say very clearly, Labor will support reform which is fair. Labor will fight reform which is unfair,’ said…
Year of ideas
‘Today, I say very clearly, Labor will support reform which is fair. Labor will fight reform which is unfair,’ said…
The Conversation
In Francis Ford Coppola’s 1974 cult movie The Conversation, Gene Hackman’s character Harry Caul becomes obsessed analyzing the precise meaning…
The Conversation
In Francis Ford Coppola’s 1974 cult movie The Conversation, Gene Hackman’s character Harry Caul becomes obsessed analyzing the precise meaning…
The wrong trousers
In 1986, the year after he officially became an Eminent Person courtesy of both the United Nations and the Commonwealth,…
The wrong trousers
In 1986, the year after he officially became an Eminent Person courtesy of both the United Nations and the Commonwealth,…
Trinity of mediocrity
This was the week when the stark contrast between the relative talents of the top three individuals in the federal…
Lynch mob-ette
There is a disturbing current of vilification running throughout the Australian feminist movement. Even as Australians proudly celebrated International Women’s…
Rape of the Libs
Perhaps the commentariat now realise that they do not, in fact, run the country, and cannot replace prime ministers on…
