Guest Notes
Kiwi notes
Piggy’s prevaricating protégé Australians who like to poke fun at quaint, idiosyncratic New Zealand have, for once, got all the…
Dis-con notes
Toughen up, snowflakes Another parliamentary sitting week has passed, with nothing done to confront the fate that has been staring…
Trump notes
Lefties on their knees Just when you thought political life in the United States simply could not become more polarised,…
Yes/No notes
At least it shows we don’t need compulsory voting Australians are having their two bob’s worth on same-sex marriage.The first…
Identarian notes
It is hard if not impossible to express my sympathy for Neil Brown adequately having taken full note of his…
Assassins notes
Hashish, jihadists and the rule of fear There is a fifth column in our midst. People who have infiltrated our…
Kiwi notes
Shadows on the cave wall Kiwis, punching above their weight on the world stage as per, have taken democracy to…
Kiwi notes
Rugby, Aliens, Strippers and Dunnies Just when we really needed some light relief, with the general election campaign in full…
Melania notes
It’s hard not to feel bad for Melania Trump. One doesn’t exactly get the impression that she wanted to be…
Arts notes
I don’t know how many were present a week ago at The Speccie prolonged lunch but do know that I…
Arts notes
I intend nothing short of a compliment by saying Australia is – or was – a land built on physicality…
Same sex notes
When I was a girl, my mother used to say she didn’t like standing on the moral high ground because…
Australian notes
Would Bill Shorten’s plan for government take Australia in the direction of East Germany, as Finance Senator Mathias Cormann has…
Batty notes
When I was a small boy growing up in England, the expression ‘ to have bats in the belfry’ was…
Stasi notes
As the years race by it is tempting to hunt for any advantage one can possibly associate with age. Yet…
Same sex notes
Hang the Senate: let the people decide However much he has foolishly encouraged it, the Prime Minister cannot tolerate…
Constitutional notes
When no means no The golden rule for constitutional change is that this should only be contemplated if it…
Post-modern notes
For those of us who exist long enough it is all too easy to live on somehow through decades of…
Liberal notes
Rosehill: democracy reborn The Rosehill Convention of the NSW Liberal Party may go down in history as the beginning…
Life and death notes
Few sensible people who have ever looked at a map would dispute that we are a bit physically isolated down…
Democratic notes
Young Liberals let us all rejoice, for we are young (and free?) Well, when I found out I was speaking…
Democratic notes
Young Liberals let us all rejoice, for we are young (and free?) Well, when I found out I was speaking…
Terrorism notes
A strange game The organisers of terrorist attacks in various European cities over recent times seem to seriously misunderstand the…
Thespian notes
Vacancy for a leader, not a comedian Malcolm Turnbull is the latest Australian politician to risk relations with our most…
Dis-con notes
14 and counting As the Parliament resumed last Monday for its final sitting prior to the winter recess, Newspoll again…
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