Australian Notes
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Three major articles by the Australian’s editor-at-large Paul Kelly, and Tony Abbott’s even more major Heritage Foundation speech in Washington,…
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Universities of the closed mind A series of leaked emails reveal the depths of prejudice and groupthink at Australia’s universities.…
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Western Civ That the Australian National University has rejected funding to establish a Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation proves how…
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On Republicanism The spectacle of so many grisly celebrities clustered together at the royal wedding reminded me why I was…
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Want to know how low the commitment to free speech has sunk these days? About a week ago the White…
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Bank robbery I am a reformed, recidivist bank robber. I did it the old-fashioned way; by storming into a bank…
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Sorry seems to be the easiest word I am sorry to have to say this, but I think we all…
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On tour with Jordan I got the phone call back in January. The man on the other end of the…
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The feminist revolution is already over. Men lost. International Women’s Day is a day when women of the chattering classes…
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Turnbull’s 18C on steroids Rahm Emmanuel, one-time Chief of Staff in the Obama Administration, once said: ‘You never let a…
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18C for Tarneen? Last Friday marked the 230th anniversary of a penal colony being founded on the shores of Sydney…
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Human Rights Commission hoisted with its own petard In the recent Australian Marriage Law Survey, Australians were asked the following…
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Memo to Republicans: Australia is not a colony The fundamental difference between Australia as a ‘colony’ and every other colony…
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Watching the feral soap-dodgers Any other celebrity would be dozing in the VIP lounge, but I write from Sydney…
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Compare and contrast So it’s coming up to a year since one Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president…
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The Textorising of the right Let me make a confession, one that should you utter it out loud would mark…
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The Bennelong bedwetter Some say that this innovative and agile Team Turnbull government continues to go from strength to strength.…
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John Howard and the black hand It is not particularly far-fetched to claim that the Liberal Party is in big…
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Four pillars of the Museum Bob, my husband of more than half a century, was born in Tsing Tao,…
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Black-on-black hate The problem of violence in Aboriginal communities is well known to anyone with an interest in Aboriginal affairs.…
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Would Bill Shorten’s plan for government take Australia in the direction of East Germany, as Finance Senator Mathias Cormann has…
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Shorten must be stopped For once, Malcolm Turnbull’s current travails are not all his own fault. The Prime Minister could…
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On Noel and Richo Last week in the Australian Noel Pearson wrote a piece responding to Graham Richardson’s earlier claim…
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On my first visit to Darwin twenty odd years ago to cover the annual Aboriginal art awards a number of…
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Inequality is the human condition, Bill Whaddaya mean by ‘tackling inequality’, Bill? Don’t you know that inequality is built…
