Columnists Australia
Simon Collins
When Geoffrey Blainey’s seminal work The Tyranny of Distance first appeared in Dymocks’ window many people didn’t realise it was…
Australian notes
The ABC of ESPN I confess to being something of a sports addict. I like playing and watching competitive sports,…
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Your body belongs to the nation For a bloke who doesn’t mind a bit of regulation – you may recall…
Brown study
As readers know, I have been engaged for the last year on a search for the ideal job. Having spent…
Australian notes
Diversity’s hypocrites Let’s say that you’re a ‘diversity’ freak. What you want in life is to take some group X,…
Australian Notes
Well, that was another depressingly terrible week for free speech in this country as political correctness and identity politics stayed…
Brown Study
What a surprise! The newly appointed chairman of the ABC, Justin Milne plans to do nothing about bias on the…
Simon Collins
Of all the names Mark Latham was called last week, the one which could most seriously affect his future employment…
Australian notes
The Human Rights Commission must go Described by its leading victim, Bill Leak, as a ‘rogue totalitarian unit’, the Human…
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IBM to back gay marriage postal vote? I presume that IBM (and every other corporation that backs gay marriage) would…
Australian notes
Bill Leak used to say that Picasso changed his life. He was, he said, ‘a troubled youth’ of 16 years…
Brown study
The government deserves two cheers for its changes to Section 18C which may do something towards restoring free speech. But…
Election notes
Malcolm, take note… As the dust settles on the Western Australian election result, and Labor’s Mark McGowan sweeping to office…
Brown study
My sadness at Bill Leak’s death is compounded by the fact that I never met him. But his influence on…
Australian notes
When I was offered a full-time job here in 1994, my understanding of this country was limited to say the…
Australian notes
When I was offered a full-time job here in 1994, my understanding of this country was limited to say the…
Australian notes
‘Malcolm Turnbull is Jewish.’ This was one of the newer Palestinian banners held high at the anti-Israel, anti-Netanyahu rally…
Brown study
All good things come to an end and in my case I am rapidly coming to the end of one…
Simon Collins
As a man without a faithful atom in his body I am fascinated by the phenomenon of radicalisation; the alchemical…
Australian notes
‘Malcolm Turnbull is Jewish.’ This was one of the newer Palestinian banners held high at the anti-Israel, anti-Netanyahu rally…
Brown study
All good things come to an end and in my case I am rapidly coming to the end of one…
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FGM: It’s whose fault? African immigrant, Khadiija Gbla, of No FGM Australia accused ‘the health system in Australia’ of ‘failing’…
Australian notes
Tim wilson is wrong In this past Saturday’s Inquirer page, Liberal MP Tim Wilson – former Commissioner in the Australian…
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FGM: It’s whose fault? African immigrant, Khadiija Gbla, of No FGM Australia accused ‘the health system in Australia’ of ‘failing’…
Consider this…
FGM: It’s whose fault? African immigrant, Khadiija Gbla, of No FGM Australia accused ‘the health system in Australia’ of ‘failing’…



























