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Australian Notes
Right and proper that generous tributes are paid at a memorial service, even if sometimes undeserved or exaggerated. But what…
CO2 notes
This year the world will enjoy its greatest grain crop on record. Let me say that again. This year the…
CO2 notes
This year the world will enjoy its greatest grain crop on record. Let me say that again. This year the…
South African notes
“Cape Town is a lot like Sydney,” an ex-pat yarpie had assured me. But as I’m driven through the township…
Australian notes
Among Gough Whitlam’s greatest moments were his acceptance both of his Dismissal in November 1975 and of his overwhelming rejection…
Australian notes
Among Gough Whitlam’s greatest moments were his acceptance both of his Dismissal in November 1975 and of his overwhelming rejection…
Libertarian notes
Since arriving in the Senate on July 1, there are two things I have learned. First, lots of people want…
Libertarian notes
Since arriving in the Senate on July 1, there are two things I have learned. First, lots of people want…
Australian notes
What do we leave behind us when we die, asked the Prime Minister? Our deeds are quickly forgotten. Our goods…
Australian notes
What do we leave behind us when we die, asked the Prime Minister? Our deeds are quickly forgotten. Our goods…
Brown Study
I regret to say that this will be my last column, at least in this regular form. I am afraid…
Scotland always was a foreign country
It’s tempting to look for parallels between the Scottish independence vote and our own republican referendum.
Brown Study
Troy Bramston (‘Gorton vs McMahon: the secret memo’ 30 August) joins a long line of journalists who keep repeating the…
Australian notes
Tony Abbott was right. As I hurried along Phillip Street in Sydney the other Sunday afternoon to the service in…
Australian notes
Tony Abbott was right. As I hurried along Phillip Street in Sydney the other Sunday afternoon to the service in…
Brown Study
There have certainly been some changes in how governments go about their business. In the past, when trying to work…
Brown study
We came from Scotland when my father was nine and his family ditched the old world a year after the…
North Korean notes
A rousing anthem strains the speakers as North Korea’s national carrier lands its nervous passengers at Pyongyang International [sic] Airport.…
North Korean notes
A rousing anthem strains the speakers as North Korea’s national carrier lands its nervous passengers at Pyongyang International [sic] Airport.…
Australian Notes
The Quadrant dinner in Sydney was held in ‘a semi-secure, undisclosed location.’ Or so Roger Kimball, tongue-in-cheek, blogged back to…
Australian Notes
The Quadrant dinner in Sydney was held in ‘a semi-secure, undisclosed location.’ Or so Roger Kimball, tongue-in-cheek, blogged back to…
Brown Study
The success of Tony Abbott and Julie Bishop in handling the aftermath of the ghastly events in Ukraine has been…
Australian notes
You lookin’ for Joe?’ asked the road-worker, probably one of Joe’s constituents, as I parked and cast around for the…
Australian notes
You lookin’ for Joe?’ asked the road-worker, probably one of Joe’s constituents, as I parked and cast around for the…
Brown Study
Being an insomniac, I woke about 4 a.m. last Friday, turned on the BBC and there was the news already,…
