Is Ratnam living on another planet?
I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when I read the following words from Victorian Greens leader Samantha Ratnam,…
The inversion of politics is just a scratch beneath the surface
Modern politics has been condensed – within 280 characters to be exact – with much of the political tide swayed…
Twenty years hard Labor
On November 22, Daniel Andrews will mark exactly twenty years as a member of the Victorian Parliament. Just four days…
The Dummy
Not since Howard Carter risked the curse of the Pharaohs to plunder the pyramids a hundred years ago this month…
The NDIS and irresponsible largesse
Providers and others are abusing this critical but costly service
Jacinda Ardern – presiding over Marxist propaganda and racial bullying
New Zealand is hurtling towards a dystopian future
A lustre that is blinding
Does Milly Alcock find her characters inside herself or does she sketch them from outside? ‘It’s both,’ she says. ‘You…
Aussie life
We are constantly being told that the Uluru Statement is an invitation from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people…
Language
Is ‘wellness’ really a word? It was coined in America (where else?) in the late 1950s to mean: ‘the state…
Letter from Turkey
‘Oh, you’ll hate it, Julia. It’s men talking about cars all the time. Really, really boring. You drive all day,…
Beyond the cringe
In Competition No. 3274, you were invited to supply toe-curling analogies. Bad writing has attracted some high-brow fans. J.R.R. Tolkien…
