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Australian notes

11 March 2017 9:00 am

When I was offered a full-time job here in 1994, my understanding of this country was limited to say the…

Australian notes

9 March 2017 3:00 pm

When I was offered a full-time job here in 1994, my understanding of this country was limited to say the…

Australian notes

4 March 2017 9:00 am

  ‘Malcolm Turnbull is Jewish.’ This was one of the newer Palestinian banners held high at the anti-Israel, anti-Netanyahu rally…

Brown study

4 March 2017 9:00 am

All good things come to an end and in my case I am rapidly coming to the end of one…

Simon Collins

4 March 2017 9:00 am

As a man without a faithful atom in his body I am fascinated by the phenomenon of radicalisation; the alchemical…

Australian notes

2 March 2017 3:00 pm

  ‘Malcolm Turnbull is Jewish.’ This was one of the newer Palestinian banners held high at the anti-Israel, anti-Netanyahu rally…

Brown study

2 March 2017 3:00 pm

All good things come to an end and in my case I am rapidly coming to the end of one…

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25 February 2017 9:00 am

FGM: It’s whose fault? African immigrant, Khadiija Gbla, of No FGM Australia accused ‘the health system in Australia’ of ‘failing’…

Australian notes

25 February 2017 9:00 am

Tim wilson is wrong In this past Saturday’s Inquirer page, Liberal MP Tim Wilson – former Commissioner in the Australian…

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23 February 2017 3:00 pm

FGM: It’s whose fault? African immigrant, Khadiija Gbla, of No FGM Australia accused ‘the health system in Australia’ of ‘failing’…

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23 February 2017 3:00 pm

FGM: It’s whose fault? African immigrant, Khadiija Gbla, of No FGM Australia accused ‘the health system in Australia’ of ‘failing’…

Brown study

11 February 2017 9:00 am

Until a few days ago I was planning to start this column with: ‘Have you noticed how the heat has…

Brown study

9 February 2017 3:00 pm

Until a few days ago I was planning to start this column with: ‘Have you noticed how the heat has…

Brown study

4 February 2017 9:00 am

A few weeks ago I told you about two particularly nasty and brutal attacks on our local jewelry store in…

Australian notes

4 February 2017 9:00 am

Invasion of the farm snatchers As part of its curious strategy of attacking its base, the Turnbull government seems intent…

Brown study

28 January 2017 9:00 am

One day about 20 years ago, I was walking down Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, giving a word of encouragement here…

Brown study

21 January 2017 9:00 am

I should stop saying I am appalled by every new horror that arises in public life; there are so many…

Simon Collins

21 January 2017 9:00 am

As I write this the Trump inauguration is still three days away, so the US intelligence community still has time…

Brown study

14 January 2017 9:00 am

The Sussan Ley scandal highlights the monumental problem facing the Turnbull government in restoring its public standing to anything remotely…

Australian notes

14 January 2017 9:00 am

I’ve just returned from my fifth trip to Israel in the last decade. It prompted me to recall a conversation…

Australian notes

7 January 2017 9:00 am

Malcolm the Fission Fiasco I don’t agree with all those many right-of-centre commentators who think the current Prime Minister, Mr…

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29 December 2016 3:00 pm

Integration is backPeter Dutton has signalled that provisional migrants should be treated as temporary residents until they have ‘proven their…

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29 December 2016 3:00 pm

Integration is backPeter Dutton has signalled that provisional migrants should be treated as temporary residents until they have ‘proven their…

Brown study

29 December 2016 3:00 pm

Here at the Spectator Australia Electoral Reform Unit, we certainly had our hands full in 2016, what with Brexit, and…

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29 December 2016 3:00 pm

Integration is backPeter Dutton has signalled that provisional migrants should be treated as temporary residents until they have ‘proven their…