James Murray, the primary editor of the original Oxford English Dictionary, must have spent the last week gyrating a la…

Thank goodness for International Women’s Day. Where would we be without it?  Definitely don’t make a joke about us actually…

What has the coronavirus virus wrought? In some ways it is a perfect weapon: it doesn’t kill that many people…

It should come as no surprise ASIO revealed last week it had uncovered a “sleeper agent” running a spy ring.…

Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young found herself at the centre of a Twitterstorm yesterday after a report in the Nine chipwrappers…

Hong Kong. When I got to the pharmacy at 9 am, I realised there was no hope of getting a…

Perhaps the best way to look at the budgetary effects of coronavirus is not that it has helped wipe out…

This afternoon, on the way back from the gym, I popped into my local Coles to get some fruit and…

The full effects of the coronavirus outbreak are yet to be felt by Australia but already it has exposed the…

When #MeToo became a verb, we knew it wasn’t just the laws of grammar that had been twisted.   Actor James…

Most Australians will have the same reaction to the offer of a free lunch… “What’s the catch?” But when it comes…

On Monday, Paul Barry on Media Watch covered a new poll by the Institute of Public Affairs released last week. Reported in news.com.au it…

Another summer has come and gone and with it much of the credibility of the Bureau of Meteorology’s climate modelling…

Last week, the ACTU and the AIG argued the religious discrimination bill would make life harder for businesses. If they’re…

The political madness of Britain committing itself to a net-zero emissions target by 2050 has been highlighted by David van Gend in an excellent…

The Australian economy has had a rough trot the last twelve months or so: economic growth is slow, unemployment is…

For those who thought Mardi Gras was purely about gay rights, this year’s event was more broadly political than ever,…

Not the end, but perhaps the beginning of the end: the United States and the Taliban have signed a preliminary…

It’s not difficult to locate video footage, or testimonials from victims who’ve come face to face with mobs in masks,…

You can’t buy class. You either have it or you don’t.   Australian Olympic gold medallist swimmer Matt Horton shows he…

If you heard a noise on Sunday morning it was the quiet Australians … roaring with laughter.   Snowflake brokens…

Unlike many of you reading this, I find myself supportive of the concept of a public broadcaster. To my mind,…

There’s numpty — and there’s peak numpty. Numpty is the government wasting our money on something that never happened; marking…

In the magical socialist world of Bernie Sanders, everything is free – which means that someone else is paying for…

The Australian Embassy Recreational Club is a handsome, French colonial-era building with a swimming pool, manicured garden and extensive space…