Should Henry Morton Stanley’s statue be pulled down?
Should Stanley fall? Debate is raging over whether a statue of the Victorian explorer Henry Morton Stanley, which was erected…
Biden’s eviction comments create a constitutional pickle
At first, the White House insisted it did not have legal authority to extend a national eviction moratorium. After all,…
Talk tough and do nothing: The abject failure of Patel’s migrant strategy
It is somehow fitting that during an Olympic Games a department of Her Majesty’s government is busy smashing records. In…
Do we really need lectures from Unesco on our heritage?
You could describe the UK planning system as a giant whispering gallery where landowners, pressure groups and developers all seek to bend…
Police blow the whistle on the weaponisation of domestic violence claims
Interesting skirmish a few weeks ago over a police union submission to the federal inquiry into family law. In their…
Dear (as in expensive) political leaders: you have failed
The fact that people vastly overestimate the number of deaths from Covid as recent polls have shown, is a signal…
Electric vehicles are bad for our economic climate
Lockdowns and regulations are plaguing Australians and putting a damper on our moods. Many are bearing the brunt of unemployment—or…
The Greens still seem to like a lot about Julian Burnside
Despite accusations of anti-Semitism directed at St Julian of Burnside and his blessed bride Kate Durham, the Greens still seem…
Using your equity in retirement
Australia has had a national age pension since 1909. Introduced by the government of prime minister Andrew Fisher, it mostly…
The China challenge has no precedent
The US has never been more worried by the rise of China than it is today. In my Times column…
Britney is Catholic — but you shouldn’t be shocked
Pop sensation and slave-4-her-father Britney Spears sent papists into a frenzy on Thursday night by mentioning her Catholic faith to…
Fossil fuels fuel gold, silver & bronze
As Australians quite rightly revel in our multiple successes at the Tokyo Olympics where we are not only ranked (at…
Brown Study
It was very odd that last week, when all the nightclubs and gin palaces of Melbourne were closed, a new…
Euro notes
Travels with my App How the Covid tables have turned. In the pandemic’s initial stages, the Anglo world congratulated…
Is Grattan. Is Good.
Is our lack of reform really ‘gridlock’ or simply the rejection of dud policies?
Rose Byrne
‘Unemployed at last!’ That wonderful bit of national self-mockery that opens the classic Australian novel Such is Life takes on…
Aussie Life
The voiceover says new ABC series Ms Represented is all about Australian women in politics but really it’s all about…
Aussie Language
When Kaylee McKeown won Olympic gold her comment on worldwide television became the headline. Her sister and mum were watching…
