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The New Atheists – clever, uncompromising, polite – seized the initiative only a few years ago, at least in publishing.…
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Unrelenting school lobby ‘Needs based [school] funding is used as a proxy for arguments for more funding.’ Indeed it…
Simon Collins
Crosses may have huge symbolic significance for Christians but the physical reality of crucifixion is something most of us only…
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Unrelenting school lobby ‘Needs based [school] funding is used as a proxy for arguments for more funding.’ Indeed it…
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Unrelenting school lobby ‘Needs based [school] funding is used as a proxy for arguments for more funding.’ Indeed it…
Australian notes
The New Atheists – clever, uncompromising, polite – seized the initiative only a few years ago, at least in publishing.…
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After this year’s shambles, I thought I would get in early and nominate Alice Kunek as Australian of the Year…
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Boris Brexit? The British vote on exit from the EU, commonly known as Brexit, may become Boris Johnson’s entry to…
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Boris Brexit? The British vote on exit from the EU, commonly known as Brexit, may become Boris Johnson’s entry to…
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Boris Brexit? The British vote on exit from the EU, commonly known as Brexit, may become Boris Johnson’s entry to…
Brown study
As The Spectator Australia is a journal of record, it should be noted here that Andrew Jones, the former Liberal…
Simon Collins
Working my way back to Australia after a long exile in the US, I stop off in London the day…
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Australia was invented Malcolm Turnbull appeared on Channel Ten’s The Panel on Australia Day. Panellist, Waleed Aly chided the PM…
Brown study
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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Australia was invented Malcolm Turnbull appeared on Channel Ten’s The Panel on Australia Day. Panellist, Waleed Aly chided the PM…
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Australia was invented Malcolm Turnbull appeared on Channel Ten’s The Panel on Australia Day. Panellist, Waleed Aly chided the PM…
Brown study
As our Prime Minister has observed many times, there has never been a better time to be alive, what with…
Australian notes
In an occasional self-deprecatory moment the late Sir John Kerr liked to tell the story of his visit to London…
Australian notes
In an occasional self-deprecatory moment the late Sir John Kerr liked to tell the story of his visit to London…
Brown study
I am sorry to have to tell you this, but anarchists are not what they used to be. I reluctantly…
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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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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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Greens determine Labor response The Australian Greens will determine the ALP’s response to the Trade Union Royal Commission. If Labor…
Australian notes
The Prime Minister’s Literary Awards in Sydney the other day was an entirely different bouilloire de poissons from the presentation…
Manchester reunion
One of the enduring benefits of emigrating at an early age is that you are not expected to attend school…





