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As readers know, I have been engaged for the last year on a search for the ideal job. Having spent…
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What a surprise! The newly appointed chairman of the ABC, Justin Milne plans to do nothing about bias on the…
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The government deserves two cheers for its changes to Section 18C which may do something towards restoring free speech. But…
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My sadness at Bill Leak’s death is compounded by the fact that I never met him. But his influence on…
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All good things come to an end and in my case I am rapidly coming to the end of one…
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All good things come to an end and in my case I am rapidly coming to the end of one…
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Until a few days ago I was planning to start this column with: ‘Have you noticed how the heat has…
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Until a few days ago I was planning to start this column with: ‘Have you noticed how the heat has…
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A few weeks ago I told you about two particularly nasty and brutal attacks on our local jewelry store in…
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One day about 20 years ago, I was walking down Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, giving a word of encouragement here…
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I should stop saying I am appalled by every new horror that arises in public life; there are so many…
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The Sussan Ley scandal highlights the monumental problem facing the Turnbull government in restoring its public standing to anything remotely…
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Here at the Spectator Australia Electoral Reform Unit, we certainly had our hands full in 2016, what with Brexit, and…
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My christmas stocking fillers An exciting group of new and emerging writers exploded onto the literary scene in 2016. So,…
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Of all the hare-brained ideas that governments come up with, the deal with the US to take refugees from Manus…
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I have a terrible confession to make. No, it is not that I was a bully at school, or even…
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The FBI certainly stirred up the US election when it announced it had found more of Hillary Clinton’s emails on…
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Perhaps all is not lost. There might yet be hope for the education of our youth. Like many people, I…
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One day when I was a member of the federal parliament, a surprising thing happened to me. Until then, if…
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Pollies’ dictionary The Australian National Dictionary has just published its second edition with lots of new words that have worked…
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It is good to see that proposals for electoral reform keep coming in. Some of them are designed to prevent…
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Melbourne is rejoicing today in a wonderful literary hoax that rivals the 1943 publication in Angry Penguins of the spoof…
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Malcolm Turnbull has certainly made a name for himself since he became leader of the Liberal party. The party that…
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Now the election is over, here are our Awards for noteworthy service given to the democratic process over the last…
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I don’t agree with the mainstream media that the election campaign has been dull and boring, except when the media…