If I may plagiarise Anthony Albanese — who plagiarised Michael Douglas in The American President — “In Australia, we have serious challenges to solve and we...
So, the Has Been’s Club recently met. Burgers and beers at a pub renovated to look more like an upmarket hairdressing salon. We made do. My two...
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. It’s a cliché and it’s misattributed (no, Einstein didn’t say it), but...
I love the federal budget. And I’m unapologetic about it. But there is one part of fudget week that annoys me no end: the winners and losers...
Is this why is Adam Bandt in parliament? Because he failed as a sommelier? One might think so from his pisspoor (piss pour?) budget stunt. Whatever...
There were a heap of euphoric headlines in response to the federal budget. And what’s not to like in a budget that spends more money on...
A review of the initial response to the Wuhan virus by an independent panel, co-chaired by former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark, highlights that when...
Behind the Covid Curtain, Australia’s state and federal leaders tremble. Premiers try not to panic about solitary cases and missing links. Prime Minister Scott...
I want to share with you the two best pieces of analysis about the 2021-22 federal budget delivered last night by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. The first...
In all the lists of budget winners and losers, one name has been missing: Xi Jinping. Yet China’s President for Life has done very well out...