Australian Notes
Australian notes
The influential American journal Foreign Affairs has not published an article about Australian foreign policy for fifty years. Prime Minister…
Australian notes
The influential American journal Foreign Affairs has not published an article about Australian foreign policy for fifty years. Prime Minister…
Australian notes
It was one of the Prime Minister’s best speeches. He was clear, eloquent and convincing. Clear about the terrorist threats…
Australian notes
It was one of the Prime Minister’s best speeches. He was clear, eloquent and convincing. Clear about the terrorist threats…
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There were no milling TV crews or reporters at Peter Costello’s launch last week in Melbourne of the new edition…
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There were no milling TV crews or reporters at Peter Costello’s launch last week in Melbourne of the new edition…
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Quos deus vult perdere, prius dementat – with apologies to Boswell. (‘Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.’)…
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Quos deus vult perdere, prius dementat – with apologies to Boswell. (‘Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.’)…
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The remarkable thing about Tony Abbott’s speech to the National Press Club was how unremarkable it was. There were no…
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The remarkable thing about Tony Abbott’s speech to the National Press Club was how unremarkable it was. There were no…
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The Queen has conferred knighthoods on the Americans Bill Gates and Norman Schwarzkopf. She appointed South Africa’s Nelson Mandela to…
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The Queen has conferred knighthoods on the Americans Bill Gates and Norman Schwarzkopf. She appointed South Africa’s Nelson Mandela to…
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Baffling that so many observers had so much trouble interpreting the recent Charlie Hebdo cover on which Mohammed is depicted…
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Baffling that so many observers had so much trouble interpreting the recent Charlie Hebdo cover on which Mohammed is depicted…
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It must have been one of the last cartoons he drew before he was murdered. The editor of Charlie Hebdo…
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It must have been one of the last cartoons he drew before he was murdered. The editor of Charlie Hebdo…
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If only Tony Abbott could bring the conviction and even eloquence he demonstrated in Baghdad to bear on the Budget…
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If only Tony Abbott could bring the conviction and even eloquence he demonstrated in Baghdad to bear on the Budget…
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It’s worth repeating. A British Prime Minister (the Earl of Derby) to Queen Victoria: ‘The definition of an Independent Member…
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It’s worth repeating. A British Prime Minister (the Earl of Derby) to Queen Victoria: ‘The definition of an Independent Member…
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The ABC’s Australian Story (‘Just Call Me Bob’) about the former Prime Minister Robert James Lee Hawke touched on many…
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The ABC’s Australian Story (‘Just Call Me Bob’) about the former Prime Minister Robert James Lee Hawke touched on many…
Australian Notes
Right and proper that generous tributes are paid at a memorial service, even if sometimes undeserved or exaggerated. But what…
Australian Notes
Right and proper that generous tributes are paid at a memorial service, even if sometimes undeserved or exaggerated. But what…
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This year the world will enjoy its greatest grain crop on record. Let me say that again. This year the…
