Australian Notes
Australian notes
For Australians of the second world war generation, the name Guadalcanal engenders immediate thoughts and emotions about some of the…
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The defection of a number of Australian Anglicans from their Church might not seem of more than local importance but…
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The past two years have seen the trust many Australians’ have in their institutions brought to an all-time low through…
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On this page last election eve I wrote, ‘Mums and dads across the country look set to elect a Labor…
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As I was driving home on Saturday after a busy day, I realised that everything I had done that day,…
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Sorry to say this – but apologies by political figures seem to have become completely meaningless. In a visit to…
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Snot catches some of the 50 million particles inhaled with every breath. These particles are one hundredth the size of…
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Why on earth are we stopping people who want to work from working? I used to work at a community…
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The liberty that dare not speak its name Lord Alfred Douglas, young lover of the great Oscar Wilde, wrote a…
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Selling the dying Great Barrier Reef With the recent A$1billion announced to save the ‘dying’ Great Barrier Reef, I wonder…
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A great reset of one’s own When the last long New South Wales lockdown was imposed, I was probably exhausted.…
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The unbearable lightness of lying Ever since French President Emmanuel Macron told a credulous Australian media that he doesn’t think,…
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Zut alors! The French have not forgiven the English for Brexit. As Clément Beaune, France’s Minister for European Affairs, said…
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The great dumbing down While cleaning out some boxes the other day I came across one of my old school…
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Glasgow: where frail nations go to die I know a thing or two about terminal illness, and it seems to…
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What would happen after a loss? Here’s an important question to ponder. What direction would the federal Liberal party take…
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The human rights industry exposed If there is one thing this Covid pandemic has shown us it is the hollow…
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How the thoughts of Xi led to the subs deal An independent inquiry into the persecution of the Uighurs in…
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The new greek chorus: where are the feminists? As a woman of a certain age, it saddens me greatly to…
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Special Drawing Rights: one step closer to world government Even among this journal’s well-informed readers, how many have heard of,…
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Whitlam’s revenge It is often said that the Whitlam government was in office but not in power. Can the same…
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A Guide to Understanding this Pandemic We are all living through the worst inroads on our freedoms and civil liberties…
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Submarines no-brainer Our submarine acquisition program has spent several billion dollars and not seen a metre of steel cut yet.…
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Big government bounces back Despite its spending spree in the Budget, the federal government would do well to remember that…
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Australia’s Representatives: a new party to reclaim democracy We know that we live in a genuine democracy when, during a…
