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Australian notes
The protest rally across the road from Parliament in Sydney was no lynch mob. They were ordinary, mostly elderly people…
Australian Notes
Mr Keating cannot help himself. The solemnity and splendour of the Remembrance Day service in a drizzling Canberra was a…
Brown study
The launch of Twitter on the New York Stock Exchange the other day was a momentous event. I do not…
Australian Notes
Mr Keating cannot help himself. The solemnity and splendour of the Remembrance Day service in a drizzling Canberra was a…
Australian Notes
In his call to arms at the black-tie dinner in Sydney Town Hall celebrating the Lowy Institute’s tenth anniversary, Rupert…
Brown study
When the Sri Lankans launched a determined effort to rid their country of Tamil Tiger terrorism they made a big…
Australian Notes
In his call to arms at the black-tie dinner in Sydney Town Hall celebrating the Lowy Institute’s tenth anniversary, Rupert…
Australian Notes
Good to see the names of another 11 writers added to the Circular Quay Writers’ Walk in Sydney. But can…
Brown study
What an eerie coincidence there was last week between Tony Abbott’s visit to Afghanistan, the virtual end of the war…
Australian Notes
Good to see the names of another 11 writers added to the Circular Quay Writers’ Walk in Sydney. But can…
Australian notes
The offence of the Greens, especially Adam Bandt, in blaming the bushfires on Tony Abbott is not that they politicised…
Brown Study
During my illustrious career as one of Her Majesty’s ministers, an incident occurred that senior public servants still talk about…
Australian notes
The offence of the Greens, especially Adam Bandt, in blaming the bushfires on Tony Abbott is not that they politicised…
Brown study
Last Monday I watched Bill Shorten’s press conference with the Canberra press gallery, covered lovingly in every excruciating detail by…
Australian notes
The cheers of 180 celebrants (at $290 a head) echoed across the moonlit harbour from Pinchgut Island to the Opera…
Australian notes
The cheers of 180 celebrants (at $290 a head) echoed across the moonlit harbour from Pinchgut Island to the Opera…
Brown study
It is good to see that another personal memoir of Sir Robert and Dame Pattie Menzies has been published, this…
Australian notes
Neither ‘Albo’ Albanese nor Billy Shorten will be the next Labor prime minister, according to John Howard. This is partly…
Australian notes
Neither ‘Albo’ Albanese nor Billy Shorten will be the next Labor prime minister, according to John Howard. This is partly…
Brown study
With the unrelenting march of time, I have been giving a lot of thought to what I want to do…
Australian notes
At Julia Gillard’s triumphal rallies, her ecstatic audiences applauded the idea that her valour in standing up to misogyny will…
Australian notes
At Julia Gillard’s triumphal rallies, her ecstatic audiences applauded the idea that her valour in standing up to misogyny will…
Australian notes
David Marr, the celebrated journalist, has done it again. First he psychoanalysed the rabid Kevin Rudd in his essay Power…
Brown study
The other night, I listened to the so-called debate between Anthony Albanese and Bill Shorten as they vied for the…
Australian notes
David Marr, the celebrated journalist, has done it again. First he psychoanalysed the rabid Kevin Rudd in his essay Power…
