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18 April 2015 9:00 am

I have over the years passed up many an opportunity to hear Keysar Trad in the flesh. Publicist, poet, media…

Consider this…

16 April 2015 9:30 am

Saving scientists, bureaucrats & the Great Barrier Reef Did you know that Christine Milne was Vice President of the International…

Consider this…

16 April 2015 9:30 am

Saving scientists, bureaucrats & the Great Barrier Reef Did you know that Christine Milne was Vice President of the International…

Australian notes

16 April 2015 9:30 am

I have over the years passed up many an opportunity to hear Keysar Trad in the flesh. Publicist, poet, media…

Business/Robbery etc

11 April 2015 9:00 am

Britain leads the way - but where?

Australian notes

11 April 2015 9:00 am

The mystique of Anzac Day has always been a challenge to historians. The troops of several countries at Gallipoli fought…

Australian notes

9 April 2015 9:30 am

The mystique of Anzac Day has always been a challenge to historians. The troops of several countries at Gallipoli fought…

Australian notes

4 April 2015 9:00 am

Where can the ALP turn? As the NSW election made plain, the Coalition occupies the reforming Centre and the Greens…

Australian notes

2 April 2015 10:30 am

Where can the ALP turn? As the NSW election made plain, the Coalition occupies the reforming Centre and the Greens…

Australian notes

28 March 2015 9:00 am

It was the only local meeting that I managed to get to in the NSW election campaigns. I expected the…

Business/Robbery etc

28 March 2015 9:00 am

How Malcolm Fraser lost his fiscal mojo

Tony, Nigel, and the older voter

28 March 2015 9:00 am

Could there be method in the madness of Tony Abbott’s list of politically incorrect ‘gaffes’?

Australian notes

26 March 2015 11:30 am

It was the only local meeting that I managed to get to in the NSW election campaigns. I expected the…

Australian notes

21 March 2015 9:00 am

It was more a rally of old hands recalling the glory days than a standard book launch. The venue was…

Australian notes

19 March 2015 11:30 am

It was more a rally of old hands recalling the glory days than a standard book launch. The venue was…

Australian notes

14 March 2015 9:00 am

In taking action for defamation Treasurer Joe Hockey is breaking a great Parliamentary convention, according to Mark Latham. He was…

Business/Robbery etc

14 March 2015 9:00 am

The leaks that sank the tax havens

Australian notes

12 March 2015 11:30 am

In taking action for defamation Treasurer Joe Hockey is breaking a great Parliamentary convention, according to Mark Latham. He was…

Brown study

7 March 2015 9:00 am

It is profoundly disturbing that the Liberal Party seems to have taken leave of its senses again and is about…

Australian notes

7 March 2015 9:00 am

The influential American journal Foreign Affairs has not published an article about Australian foreign policy for fifty years. Prime Minister…

Australian notes

5 March 2015 11:30 am

The influential American journal Foreign Affairs has not published an article about Australian foreign policy for fifty years. Prime Minister…

Australian notes

28 February 2015 9:00 am

It was one of the Prime Minister’s best speeches. He was clear, eloquent and convincing. Clear about the terrorist threats…

Business/Robbery etc

28 February 2015 9:00 am

Iron Ore’s Vale of Tears

Australian notes

26 February 2015 11:30 am

It was one of the Prime Minister’s best speeches. He was clear, eloquent and convincing. Clear about the terrorist threats…

Australian notes

21 February 2015 9:00 am

There were no milling TV crews or reporters at Peter Costello’s launch last week in Melbourne of the new edition…