Guest Notes
Evacuee notes
Along with thousands of others my wife and I are currently bushfire evacuees. In my case at least this is…
Sic note
Google’s language skills (sic) We all make mistakes. To quote the Augustan satirist Alexander Pope, ‘to err is humanistic’. But…
Australian notes
Walking above the waters If you dawdle in the interior of Australia there is a fair chance that you will…
Brexit notes
The man we must all thank Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice! The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has, like…
Climate notes
Amid the current crop of climatic horrors being visited on various inhabitants of Queensland and NSW I reflect, having just…
US notes
Fake news outs itself Credibility used to matter to the media, but in these days of fake news and media…
Euthanasia notes
Dignity in death ‘Serendipity’ brings to mind instances of happy and mutually-beneficial coincidence. Sadly, a few experiences I’ve had over…
Kiwi notes
For much of my juvenile life in England, New Zealand existed only as a kind of mysterious dual oceanic blob…
Indigenous notes
Beware labeling deaths in custody as racially motivated From time to time we hear about tragic events where a person…
Energy notes
The world needs more Australian coal, not less Most fairy tales contain important life lessons and as the father of…
North American notes
Al Jolson vs the vulgarian pugilist First to Canada. The election produced a minority government win for the incumbent Al…
Conservative notes
James Allan and Chris Kenny are wrong Conservatives have long, and rightly, been wary of legislating for human rights—seeing all…
All Hallow’s notes
The spooky science of transgenderism Halloween, witches and bearded women. The witches’ scene in Macbeth invites a transgender reading, where…
Cultural notes
Swimming in the Twitterverse What even is Twitter? Speaking as a creature who evolved in its depths, I feel a…
Democratic Notes
Let’s start with the usual disclaimers. Neither Donald Trump nor Boris Johnson are ideal leaders or paragons of virtue. And…
China notes
Age of appeasement We can be thankful to the Hong Kong protesters for highlighting the moral conflict at the heart…
Brexit notes
Sent naked to the negotiating table The British public are absolutely fed up with Brexit. But not for the reasons…
Unneighbourly notes
More than 20 years of living in Australia has caused me to think that most Australians may now never really…
University notes
Campus meltdown? Blame les marxistes! Australians have a utilitarian political culture and a talent for bureaucracy. Politicians rarely engage in…
Intolerant notes
Forcing people to fake respect for your choices is dangerous Pretty much everyone these days sees himself or herself as…
Euro notes
Hungary rhapsody for Tony Abbott If only the voters of Warringah had been Hungarian. The land of goulash and paprika,…
India notes
A new golden age built with Australian coal Thanks to the British Raj, English has many words of Indian heritage.…
Energy notes
LNG is the new coal With the media spotlight focussed on activists, the Greens and even Pacific nations complaining about…
Gender notes
A new form of child abuse? In early May I wrote on the work of Professor John Whitehall, Chair of…
Gender notes
The trouble with a double-X rating Having worked across several professions, started and run four successful businesses and having a…
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