Honouring Abbott
If Malcolm Turnbull’s mainstream and social media defenders have their way, the parliamentary Liberal party’s mayhem last week will be…
Brown Study
The most bizarre feature of the Liberal party’s leadership coup is that the party has not given any explanation as…
Simon Collins
From a One Nation kind of perspective, one of the most inconvenient truths about the Muslim population of modern Australia…
Latham’s Law
When Matt Damon starred in the movie Downsizing earlier this year, he could not have known he was providing a…
It’s Paris, stupid
A year ago I urged the Liberal National Party to lance the pustule of Paris, proposing at the Queensland LNP…
Australian notes
In the hour and a half it took me to drive to Sydney on August 23, I listened to what…
Liberal notes
At the very moment the federal Liberal party was having another debate over leadership I happened to be launching a…
Turnbull’s ‘progressive’ legacy
In August 2011 the Australian American Leadership Dialogue talkfest convened in Perth and one of its sessions was a panel…
Richard Tognetti
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Going from strength to strength, the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s recently announced 2019 Season shows no flagging of inspiration or ambition.…
Del-Con Notes
I am outraged to learn you’ve cheated on me, absolutely outraged’, says the husband to his wife. Only the man…
Thanks for nothing, Malcolm
One thing we can be sure of is that the Liberal prime minister who once tried to join the Labor…
Their ABC: a conservative – and male – free zone
When I was growing up, a popular folk song written and recorded by Pete Seeger lamented “Where have all the…
The Age collapses – in more ways than one
It’s often been said that the Melbourne Age’s world ends with the tramlines. Beyond is “Here be monsters” territory. As…
Dear Dan, equality does not mean discrimination
If you’d like a glimpse into what Australia would look like under Bill Shorten, take a look at Daniel Andrew’s…
The lie of toxic masculinity
The whole world was gripped by the story of 12 boys and their coach, trapped in a cave for 18…
Gladys chases tiny tiddlers with marine park proposals
A New South Wales government proposal to construct marine parks across recreational fishing areas has caused outrage amongst the state’s…
We’re missing the point on immigration
Immigration is almost certainly the fieriest issue in Australian politics right now – but this is incredibly strange when you…
Sorry, Cory, but I’m giving ScoMo a go
Politics takes unexpected turns. Last week saw a female NewsCorp journalist publicly regret that she had backed Malcolm Turnbull and…
Tony Abbott is Australia’s answer to Scarlett Johansson
If you think Tony Abbott has nothing in common with Scarlett Johansson, think again. There is anger this week over…
Is there any reason to vote for Scott Morrison?
The Liberals this week suffered the most predictable polling slump in recent history. Not only did they annoy centrists by…
Leadership happens
I understand the frustration that many, many Australians feel over the leadership change that was implemented for the Liberal Party…
Fighting Dan Andrews “pay to say” war on free speech
Victoria has a bad law which the Andrews Government interprets to allow them to invoice the organisers of any private…
An obit for Malcolm, a prayer for ScoMo
Well, the King is not dead, but he has been put to rest. Even as he was on the way…
It’s not Europe here – yet
The Douglas Murray and Cornel West Melbourne debate was marketed by Think Inc. as a Homeric struggle between incongruous ideologies,…
Why our new PM needs to protect religious freedoms
We have become victims of a political ideology bereft of critical thought with our current trend to remove all forms…
