Columnists Australia

Simon Collins

13 February 2016 9:00 am

Working my way back to Australia after a long exile in the US, I stop off in London the day…

Consider this…

6 February 2016 9:00 am

Australia was invented Malcolm Turnbull appeared on Channel Ten’s The Panel on Australia Day. Panellist, Waleed Aly chided the PM…

Brown study

6 February 2016 9:00 am

I don’t know what made me change my opinion so dramatically on a certain matter of public interest that has…

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4 February 2016 3:00 pm

Australia was invented Malcolm Turnbull appeared on Channel Ten’s The Panel on Australia Day. Panellist, Waleed Aly chided the PM…

Consider this…

4 February 2016 3:00 pm

Australia was invented Malcolm Turnbull appeared on Channel Ten’s The Panel on Australia Day. Panellist, Waleed Aly chided the PM…

Brown study

23 January 2016 9:00 am

As our Prime Minister has observed many times, there has never been a better time to be alive, what with…

Australian notes

16 January 2016 9:00 am

In an occasional self-deprecatory moment the late Sir John Kerr liked to tell the story of his visit to London…

Australian notes

14 January 2016 3:00 pm

In an occasional self-deprecatory moment the late Sir John Kerr liked to tell the story of his visit to London…

Brown study

9 January 2016 9:00 am

I am sorry to have to tell you this, but anarchists are not what they used to be. I reluctantly…

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9 January 2016 9:00 am

Greens determine Labor response The Australian Greens will determine the ALP’s response to the Trade Union Royal Commission. If Labor…

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7 January 2016 3:00 pm

Greens determine Labor response The Australian Greens will determine the ALP’s response to the Trade Union Royal Commission. If Labor…

Consider this…

7 January 2016 3:00 pm

Greens determine Labor response The Australian Greens will determine the ALP’s response to the Trade Union Royal Commission. If Labor…

Australian notes

2 January 2016 9:00 am

The Prime Minister’s Literary Awards in Sydney the other day was an entirely different bouilloire de poissons from the presentation…

Manchester reunion

2 January 2016 9:00 am

One of the enduring benefits of emigrating at an early age is that you are not expected to attend school…

Australian notes

31 December 2015 3:00 pm

The Prime Minister’s Literary Awards in Sydney the other day was an entirely different bouilloire de poissons from the presentation…

Brown study

12 December 2015 9:00 am

It is good to see the Greens doing their bit to stop the evil gender bias and stereotyping now so…

Business/Robbery etc

5 December 2015 9:00 am

The altruistic evil of green economic terrorists

Brown study

28 November 2015 9:00 am

The way some political leaders and the media responded to the terrorist outrages in Paris was fascinating. First, I was…

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28 November 2015 9:00 am

  Hug a Muslim today   If the Federal government fails to insist that Christian Syrians alone make up Australia’s…

Simon Collins

28 November 2015 9:00 am

If the Aussie dollar could be said to have gone up and down like a bride’s nightie over the last…

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26 November 2015 3:00 pm

  Hug a Muslim today   If the Federal government fails to insist that Christian Syrians alone make up Australia’s…

Consider this …

26 November 2015 3:00 pm

  Hug a Muslim today   If the Federal government fails to insist that Christian Syrians alone make up Australia’s…

Australian notes

21 November 2015 9:00 am

I have a modest proposal to help combat the appeal to ordinary or ‘moderate’ Muslims, especially the young, of what…

Business/Robbery etc

21 November 2015 9:00 am

Behind Free Trade Agreements lies hidden agenda

Australian notes

19 November 2015 3:00 pm

I have a modest proposal to help combat the appeal to ordinary or ‘moderate’ Muslims, especially the young, of what…