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One day when I was a member of the federal parliament, a surprising thing happened to me. Until then, if…
Simon Collins
Big Oil, Big Tobacco, Big Agri, Big Pharma… every industry these days seems to have its bogeyman collective, the theory…
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Beware socialists in white coats Sir Michael Marmot, whom the ABC chose to deliver the 2016 Boyer lectures, is the…
Australian notes
Creativity versus identity News flash: At least two young, female, ‘non-white’ aspiring writers did not like Lionel Shriver’s opening address…
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Beware socialists in white coats Sir Michael Marmot, whom the ABC chose to deliver the 2016 Boyer lectures, is the…
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Beware socialists in white coats Sir Michael Marmot, whom the ABC chose to deliver the 2016 Boyer lectures, is the…
Australian notes
On Quadrant I organised a small fund-raiser to help Quadrant after the Literature Board cut off its grant without explanation…
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Pollies’ dictionary The Australian National Dictionary has just published its second edition with lots of new words that have worked…
Simon Collins
It’s a little know fact that when French aristo Baron Pierre de Coubertin averred that ‘the important thing is not…
Australian notes
Turnbull’s betrayal on 18c Okay, let’s stop pretending that the Liberal Party has a deep commitment to free speech. We’re…
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Blasphemy is back The ACT government abolished the crime of blasphemy in 1996. Earlier this month, they brought it back.…
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Blasphemy is back The ACT government abolished the crime of blasphemy in 1996. Earlier this month, they brought it back.…
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Blasphemy is back The ACT government abolished the crime of blasphemy in 1996. Earlier this month, they brought it back.…
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It is good to see that proposals for electoral reform keep coming in. Some of them are designed to prevent…
Shorten’s Leyland P76 reshuffle
Last week, Malcolm Turnbull missed his best opportunity to put a Coalition A-team on the ministerial paddock ahead of a…
Simon Collins
I may have been labouring under a misapprehension. In all my years in the advertising caper I’ve always believed that…
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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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Going to the dogs Too many politicians are saying to low income and informally educated Australians, ‘why don’t you just…
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Going to the dogs Too many politicians are saying to low income and informally educated Australians, ‘why don’t you just…
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Going to the dogs Too many politicians are saying to low income and informally educated Australians, ‘why don’t you just…
Resistance to Acknowledging Country is futile
As another bleak winter NAIDOC Week draws to a close, let us reflect on the strange ritual that is the…
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Malcolm Turnbull has certainly made a name for himself since he became leader of the Liberal party. The party that…
Australian notes
Some readers may be wondering what it’s like to vote Labor for the first time. Okay, by ‘vote Labor’ I…
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Now the election is over, here are our Awards for noteworthy service given to the democratic process over the last…
Simon Collins
Currencies will plummet, markets will crash and there will be rioting on the streets of capitals. Followed, perhaps, by the…
