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The back page of the New York Times put it well. It was an empty broadsheet page except for the…
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The back page of the New York Times put it well. It was an empty broadsheet page except for the…
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I originally thought the Abbott/Hockey budget was pretty sensible and logical in terms of the financial crisis facing the country;…
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So despite being ‘well-meaning’ I am, according to Peter Manning in last week’s Sun-Herald, some sort of ‘racist’. This became…
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So despite being ‘well-meaning’ I am, according to Peter Manning in last week’s Sun-Herald, some sort of ‘racist’. This became…
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Those of you who have read this column recently know that what has been agitating me is the expansion of…
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Q&A is the ABC’s TV show on which on one famous occasion an anti-Iraq war activist threw his shoes at…
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Q&A is the ABC’s TV show on which on one famous occasion an anti-Iraq war activist threw his shoes at…
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I agree with Lucy Turnbull about Malcolm’s dinner with Clive Palmer. Her father Tom Hughes used to be in politics…
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What can anyone do to change the world? Can any of us, for example, strike a blow that matters against…
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What can anyone do to change the world? Can any of us, for example, strike a blow that matters against…
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I do not like talking about personalities in politics. What is at stake is too important to be channelled through…
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When told of the death of the philosopher David Armstrong, the Prime Minister Tony Abbott had this to say: ‘David…
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When told of the death of the philosopher David Armstrong, the Prime Minister Tony Abbott had this to say: ‘David…
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It is a minority opinion, but to me there seems to be a remarkable lack of passion and enthusiasm in…
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I first met David Armstrong early in 1947 when, recently discharged from the Navy, he arrived at Sydney University and…
Australian Notes
I first met David Armstrong early in 1947 when, recently discharged from the Navy, he arrived at Sydney University and…
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At going to press The Spectator Australia learnt of the death of David Armstrong, the greatest philosopher Australia has produced.…
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It looks as if at long last we have a government that is prepared to make some hard and unpopular,…
Australian Notes
At going to press The Spectator Australia learnt of the death of David Armstrong, the greatest philosopher Australia has produced.…
Australian Notes
You really have to go to Washington DC to see the decline and fall of the United States or at…
Brown Study
I devoted most of last weekend to attending the conference of the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia in Canberra.…
Australian Notes
You really have to go to Washington DC to see the decline and fall of the United States or at…
Brown Study
Our criticism of the ABC loses its credibility if we do not praise it on those occasions when praise is…
Australian Notes
So Malcolm Fraser’s new hero is Dr H.V. Evatt. This is how Robert Manne sees it in his long and…
