Guest notes
Gay marriage notes
I hate to say it, but the Age made some solid points about the gay marriage plebiscite in their August…
Media notes
Tackling the elephant Let’s cut to the chase; Australian political leadership must find the stomach to deal with the core…
Balfour notes
For the Jewish people the tiny sliver of land between the Jordan River and the eastern Mediterranean coast has always…
Cultural notes
The year 2015 was marked by a fit of progressive hysteria over our so-called ‘rape culture’. Widely circulated and grossly…
Gay marriage notes
Is it just me, or is the gay lobby getting painfully tedious? There’s now a near-universal consensus that we should…
Conservative Notes
Appalled that their party could choose for its leader a man without a conservative bone in his body, this group…
Brexit notes
On Friday night a week before election day, we are all complacent about #Auspol and fascinated by #brexit. Everyone but…
Election notes
The problem with this marathon election campaign is that all the runners are sprinters. The punters don’t consider any of…
Multicultural notes
‘Once upon a time there was a kingdom where people of all races and nationalities got along in perfect peace…
Budget notes
Rabbits, hats and a poke in the eye It is bad enough that the 2016-17 Budget contained so little of…
Del-con notes
Rules of engagement
Conservative notes
I’m not going to survive much more of this Republican Primary. It’s not the infighting, the blowharding, or the underhandedness…
G-G notes
Maybe it’s the sleeping monarchist in me – my Irish Catholic granny would be so ashamed – but wasn’t it…
Australian notes
Del-Cons? Or Hon-Cons? When the conspirators met to approve of Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten knifing their respective leaders, did…
Australian notes
Do we really need to pay palestinians to murder?
Australian notes
Will they or won't they (block supply)?
Australian notes
Will the GG really call a DD?
Multicultural Notes
Good on ya, Assistant Minister! Recently, Craig Laundy, the scion of a distinguished publican family, was appointed Assistant Minister for…
Australian notes
Jousting over unicorns was not the most fanciful moment in Canberra this month as the Opposition brings forth one fantastically…
Bush notes
‘Most dynasties are defined and circumscribed by region,’ goes a 2001 op-ed in the Washington Post. ‘The Roosevelts rode as…
Australian notes
This is the last reshuffle before the election, we promise. No more resignations, no more scandals, no more inter-party warfare.…
Primary notes
My heart sank when I read the PM arrived in Washington, DC just a few days after I left. God…
Hungarian notebook
Where better to hold a one-day conference on ‘Islamic Radicalism and the West’ than in the Great Hall of the…
Yuletide notes
I can’t help it, call me soppy or simple, but I can’t help but get a lump in my throat…
Asian notes
Shopping in the Asian capitals has long been a lure for tourists but I was taken a little aback when…
