There is no justification for the uniquely high-level of secrecy the Australian government has maintained throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. A certain level of government secrecy is...
It has been fascinating to watch how different countries have dealt with the Covid-19 pandemic. Some nations have been nothing short of inspirational while the responses...
Drongo alert: this piece may contain traces of satire and irony. We have banned hate speech in order to protect minorities and it is now time...
Contrary to the aphorism and what you’re seeing in America, things don’t fall apart, the centre nearly always holds. Despite what you read democracy did not end when a protesting...
Beneath the noise of America’s Capitol Hill protests lurks the silent rise of Silicon Valley. Tens of thousands of social media users have vanished from the...
Ladies and gentlemen, please take an onion from your purse or pocket, peel it, hold it up to your eyes and weep freely. Channel 10 reports:...
As Talleyrand famously said after Napoleon’s international kidnap and subsequent execution of the royalist Duc d’Enghein, “it was worse than a crime, it was a mistake.”...
There are two writers whose analysis I try to almost always read – Aaron Patrick in the Fin and Troy Bramston in the Oz. This does...
Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this...
Many of us have watched with fascination and horror what has been unfolding in the American capital over the past 24 hours. As a Yank living...