With Covid jabs now beginning to roll out, my sense is that we’ll soon declare victory over the pandemic and conclude that “Australia had a good...
In his riveting but deeply disturbing new book, The Permanent Coup: How Enemies Foreign and Domestic Targeted the American President, investigative journalist and author Lee Smith reveals everything...
It’s a pleasant surprise to read “The rise of the staffer brat” and see that at least someone agrees with me about the rising adviser class....
That barrage of boos echoing around Rod Laver Arena last night was the sound of propaganda meeting reality. Tennis Australia chair Jayne Hrdlicka supposed she would...
For the Twitterati, it’s just a given. Either Tanya Plibersek or Penny Wong is the righful prime minister. The Twitterati — being the Twitterati — ignore...
The 1980s in Western Australia were heady days. Riding off the success of winning the rights to host the America’s Cup, Perth was booming. Beneath this...
Epidemics and pandemics of infectious disease have always played an important part in Australia’s history. Even so, until the advent of Coronavirus many people believed that...
The nation has had enough time over the past 12 months to form a clear impression of Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews — and the politicisation, corruption...
Joe Biden’s decision to consider lifting sanctions on terrorist-operated Iran has lofted plenty of eyebrows. The Iran nuclear deal never made much sense, amounting to the...
This article on the conduct of ministerial advisers first appeared in October 2016. It made such a mark that it was republished in The Weekend Australian....