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Australian Notes
While Kevin Rudd was making his way to Yarralumla last Sunday, Tony Abbott was in Sydney’s Chinatown with Julie Bishop…
Brown Study
The economic problems of the US are substantial. The recovery is staggering along with occasional bursts of energy, but by…
Australian notes
It was a stoic little gathering of Craig Thomson loyalists in the Celebrity Room of City Tatts in Sydney. Promoted…
Australian Notes
More from Poor Peter’s Almanac: Kevin Rudd is disliked by all who know him but is popular on television. Tony…
Brown Study
It was probably inevitable that my stay in the United States should coincide with another of the volcanic eruptions of…
Brown study
London Here, you can scarcely avoid the looming presence of the European Community. It seems that, every day, news arrives…
Australian Notes
Anyone who believes Kevin Rudd has changed will believe anything. So says the great cartoonist Bill Leak, unloading during the…
Australian Notes
The crowded Thanksgiving Service at St James, Kings Street, Sydney, for Charles Copeman, the mining executive who died aged 83…
Brown Study
The first public opinion polls since the return of Kevin Rudd show that the Labor party is in with a…
Australian notes
There’s something irresistible about a philosopher who gives his recreations in Debrett’s as ‘wine, women and song’. Ken Minogue, who died last…
Brown study
As this is the thinking man’s column, I thought it useful to reflect on some of the wider issues emerging…
Across the aisle
Thousands of kilometres from the Sturm und Drang of whirling leadership speculation in Canberra, another power struggle erupts with much…
Across the aisle
Thousands of kilometres from the Sturm und Drang of whirling leadership speculation in Canberra, another power struggle erupts with much…
Across the aisle
Twenty-three years ago, the British political thriller House of Cards gave the world the now-classic line: ‘You might very well…
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Twenty-three years ago, the British political thriller House of Cards gave the world the now-classic line: ‘You might very well…
Across the aisle
The second and final episode of the ABC docu-drama Whitlam: The Power & The Passion aired on Sunday night. As…
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The second and final episode of the ABC docu-drama Whitlam: The Power & The Passion aired on Sunday night. As…
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There are some moments sitting in the Federal Parliament that I will never forget. Listening to Martin Ferguson announce his…
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There are some moments sitting in the Federal Parliament that I will never forget. Listening to Martin Ferguson announce his…
Across the Aisle
Budget week has its set pieces, traditions and rhythms. It’s a special week which lets both sides of politics lay…
Across the Aisle
Budget week has its set pieces, traditions and rhythms. It’s a special week which lets both sides of politics lay…
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These days, book launches, like election campaign launches, come well after a new book is actually released to the public.…
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These days, book launches, like election campaign launches, come well after a new book is actually released to the public.…
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It was the best of time and the worst of times for Twitter. Anzac Day, our most sacred day, was…
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It was the best of time and the worst of times for Twitter. Anzac Day, our most sacred day, was…
