Australians should celebrate the return of Assange
The return of Julian Assange to Australia has undoubtedly been the dominant news item during the last couple of days.…
It’s time for a reckoning on race and gender
The Western world is facing a reckoning on race and gender. The rise of discriminatory hiring practices is usually the…
Sending US contractors to Ukraine could provoke Moscow
Call it ‘slippery slope’ or ‘mission creep’, America’s strategy for helping Ukraine defend itself against the Russian invasion has adapted…
Unesco’s Stonehenge threat isn’t worth taking seriously
If you gaze south from the sarsens of Stonehenge, your view at present is of a constant crocodile of cars…
Politicians aren’t discussing Britain’s woeful cancer survival rates
Last week, amid a flurry of election policies and debates, a striking report found that cancer survival in England currently…
Why the Bolivia coup failed
Latin America has long been the traditional home of the military coup – or ‘golpe’ in Spanish – so the…
Why the plot to kill Putin would be a mistake
Is the assassination of Vladimir Putin the answer to ending the war in Ukraine? A collection of émigré Russians who…
The pointlessness of the junior doctors’ strike
Junior doctors are back out on strike in England today, walking out this morning for five days. The timing of…
The shooting of Nahel Merzouk still haunts France
One year ago today, a 17-year-old called Nahel Merzouk was fatally shot by a policeman as he sped away from…
Why Israel’s ultra-Orthodox don’t want to serve
In the middle of a war, Israel’s government is wobbling. Not because of the policy failures that led to the…
What drugs could help you debate better? Doctors weigh in
Tonight America’s oldest president takes on his loose cannon predecessor in the first presidential debate in Atlanta. Presidents Biden and…
The trouble with David Tennant
Most people have a soft spot for the first ‘X’ film they legitimately saw as an alleged ‘adult’; mine was Magic,…
Biden’s health is a worry for Republicans and Democrats in tonight’s debate
Tonight, Donald Trump and Joe Biden face each other in the first of two presidential debates. With about ten per…
Will the French Blob thwart Marine Le Pen?
The National Rally presented its manifesto to the French people on Monday ahead of Sunday’s first round of voting in…
The problem with Starmer calling Sunak a ‘liar’
Is Rishi Sunak a ‘liar’? That was the powerful and rather incredible word used by Keir Starmer multiple times in…
Trump versus the moderators
It’s almost here… the first presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump will take place tomorrow night…
Julian Assange is not the hero many want him to be
Some are celebrating the release of Julian Assange while others beg to differ. Were his actions those of a whistleblower…
Why are Australians dying?
Since the very first day that I was elected as a Senator for Victoria I have been seeking answers as…
Why won’t Dawn Butler show solidarity with Kemi Badenoch?
Behold the exquisite hypocrisy of the Labour MP Dawn Butler. This is a politician who has raised the alarm over…
The problem with Reform’s plan to scrap Net Zero money
Never mind net zero – let’s spend the money on the NHS instead. That, in an echo of the infamous…
Kemi Badenoch shouldn’t stoop to David Tennant’s level
David Tennant’s acceptance speech at the British LGBT Awards was replete with all the telltale signs of ‘Celebrity Activist Syndrome’.…
Voters deliver lessons on a return to normalcy
Jamaal Bowman’s ignominious defeat in the Democratic primary in New York last night marked the first incumbent to go down…
The Australian Education Union is miffed about phonics
One of my earliest memories is sitting on the front verandah of my parents’ farmhouse. My two younger brothers and…
Macron’s ‘civil war’ warning might be closer to reality than he realises
Of the 20 or so opinion polls since France’s president Emmanuel Macron announced a snap election this month, the vast…
