New South Wales Treasurer Dominic Perrottet has announced the latest fix for our bushfire problems. Unsurprisingly it involves big spending. Our government is literally throwing banknotes...
As the High Court judges retire to consider the Science Case of the Year, Peter Ridd v James Cook University, the underlying issue remains … well,...
The Irish Times reports that an IMF study of Ireland estimates that the nation will need to spend 20 billion euros a year – or five per cent...
The great English novelist Charles Dickens, based on his experiences, had a very dark view of lawyers and the legal system generally. In his novel, Oliver Twist...
In the Irish stronghold of south-west Victoria, St Patrick’s Day is a notable date on the celebration calendar. Danny Boy goes to the top of the...
In just days, the architect of one of the worst chapters in the life of Victoria (outside of war and the Great Depression) returns from three...
A story has surfaced about a prostitute in Adelaide who alleged she was raped after a male client removed his condom without consent during sex. The woman...
The SpecOz has already registered disgust at New Zealand male-born Laurel – formerly Gavin – Hubbard’s selection in the Kiwi Olympic team as a female weightlifter,...
Something strange is happening to the Liberal Party in South Australia, long captured by the ascendant so-called “moderate” faction, led at state level by Premier Steven...
Did you see the recent Pew surveys in the United States about Twitter? Twitter users make up under a tenth of the voting population. Those Twitter...