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Australian notes
The mystique of Anzac Day has always been a challenge to historians. The troops of several countries at Gallipoli fought…
Australian notes
The mystique of Anzac Day has always been a challenge to historians. The troops of several countries at Gallipoli fought…
Australian notes
Where can the ALP turn? As the NSW election made plain, the Coalition occupies the reforming Centre and the Greens…
Australian notes
Where can the ALP turn? As the NSW election made plain, the Coalition occupies the reforming Centre and the Greens…
Australian notes
It was the only local meeting that I managed to get to in the NSW election campaigns. I expected the…
Business/Robbery etc
How Malcolm Fraser lost his fiscal mojo
Tony, Nigel, and the older voter
Could there be method in the madness of Tony Abbott’s list of politically incorrect ‘gaffes’?
Australian notes
It was the only local meeting that I managed to get to in the NSW election campaigns. I expected the…
Australian notes
It was more a rally of old hands recalling the glory days than a standard book launch. The venue was…
Australian notes
It was more a rally of old hands recalling the glory days than a standard book launch. The venue was…
Australian notes
In taking action for defamation Treasurer Joe Hockey is breaking a great Parliamentary convention, according to Mark Latham. He was…
Business/Robbery etc
The leaks that sank the tax havens
Australian notes
In taking action for defamation Treasurer Joe Hockey is breaking a great Parliamentary convention, according to Mark Latham. He was…
Brown study
It is profoundly disturbing that the Liberal Party seems to have taken leave of its senses again and is about…
Australian notes
The influential American journal Foreign Affairs has not published an article about Australian foreign policy for fifty years. Prime Minister…
Australian notes
The influential American journal Foreign Affairs has not published an article about Australian foreign policy for fifty years. Prime Minister…
Australian notes
It was one of the Prime Minister’s best speeches. He was clear, eloquent and convincing. Clear about the terrorist threats…
Business/Robbery etc
Iron Ore’s Vale of Tears
Australian notes
It was one of the Prime Minister’s best speeches. He was clear, eloquent and convincing. Clear about the terrorist threats…
Australian notes
There were no milling TV crews or reporters at Peter Costello’s launch last week in Melbourne of the new edition…
Australian notes
There were no milling TV crews or reporters at Peter Costello’s launch last week in Melbourne of the new edition…
Australian notes
Quos deus vult perdere, prius dementat – with apologies to Boswell. (‘Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.’)…
Business/Robbery etc
Sour grapes - or inside knowledge?
Australian notes
Quos deus vult perdere, prius dementat – with apologies to Boswell. (‘Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.’)…
Australian notes
The remarkable thing about Tony Abbott’s speech to the National Press Club was how unremarkable it was. There were no…
