Guest Notes
Legal notes
On the haters and their hatred of ‘hate speech’ In the law of libel a statement of claim still alleges,…
Victorian notes
High farce and monstrous hypocrisy Earlier this year, I wrote in these pages that ‘Victorians are suffering under the most…
Dis-con notes
How long, O Lord, how long? In ‘Del-Con Notes: Election Post-Mortem’ (06/08/16) I surveyed the Liberal Party catastrophe wrought by…
Dis-con notes
How long, O Lord, how long? In ‘Del-Con Notes: Election Post-Mortem’ (06/08/16) I surveyed the Liberal Party catastrophe wrought by…
Immigration notes
This one’s a stitch: according to a recent Essential poll, 49 per cent of Australians believe Muslim immigration should be…
Australian notes
Brexit, abbott, latham and team turnbull I just learned a fascinating fact. Apparently the voters in Britain actually voted to…
Immigration notes
This one’s a stitch: according to a recent Essential poll, 49 per cent of Australians believe Muslim immigration should be…
Australian notes
Creativity versus identity News flash: At least two young, female, ‘non-white’ aspiring writers did not like Lionel Shriver’s opening address…
Syrian notes
Raise a glass to Tony On September 10th, 2015, Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced his decision to end RAAF airstrikes…
Syrian notes
Raise a glass to Tony On September 10th, 2015, Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced his decision to end RAAF airstrikes…
Australian notes
Creativity versus identity News flash: At least two young, female, ‘non-white’ aspiring writers did not like Lionel Shriver’s opening address…
Media notes
Last Man Standing An inevitability has struck me about the reconfigured Federal Parliament this week. Despite a plethora of political…
Australian notes
On Quadrant I organised a small fund-raiser to help Quadrant after the Literature Board cut off its grant without explanation…
Legal notes
What if the leader of a religious group addressed a public rally in Sydney and openly called for the murder…
Australian notes
On Quadrant I organised a small fund-raiser to help Quadrant after the Literature Board cut off its grant without explanation…
Media notes
Last Man Standing An inevitability has struck me about the reconfigured Federal Parliament this week. Despite a plethora of political…
Legal notes
What if the leader of a religious group addressed a public rally in Sydney and openly called for the murder…
Gay marriage notes
I hate to say it, but the Age made some solid points about the gay marriage plebiscite in their August…
Gay marriage notes
I hate to say it, but the Age made some solid points about the gay marriage plebiscite in their August…
Media notes
Tackling the elephant Let’s cut to the chase; Australian political leadership must find the stomach to deal with the core…
Media notes
Tackling the elephant Let’s cut to the chase; Australian political leadership must find the stomach to deal with the core…
Balfour notes
For the Jewish people the tiny sliver of land between the Jordan River and the eastern Mediterranean coast has always…
Cultural notes
The year 2015 was marked by a fit of progressive hysteria over our so-called ‘rape culture’. Widely circulated and grossly…
Balfour notes
For the Jewish people the tiny sliver of land between the Jordan River and the eastern Mediterranean coast has always…
Cultural notes
The year 2015 was marked by a fit of progressive hysteria over our so-called ‘rape culture’. Widely circulated and grossly…
