Some time back I learned a valuable lesson. At one of our annual Summer Sounds Symposiums, bringing together individuals from across the political spectrum, Dr Gerrit...
It was 2012 and I found myself walking into the High Court in Canberra: shiny red soles on my stilettos, a stud in my right nostril,...
At 58, I have for the first time become a dissident. I am in active opposition to Covid-19 related policies by governments which, I believe, are...
The great semanticist and one-time Republican senator from California, Samuel I. Hayakawa once remarked that language is thought in action. In fact, he authored a book...
The conduct of monetary and fiscal policy since the pandemic began has no parallel in Australia’s economic history, certainly not compared to what happened during the more severe Spanish Flu a century ago. Back then in the dying stages of the laissez-faire… Click here...
If you didn’t already think so, the news that police have received thousands of calls from Aussies dobbing in other Aussies — let me rephrase that:...
The unacceptable violence at Melbourne’s ‘freedom’ rally, the quieter Sydney and Adelaide rallies and the New South Wales/Queensland border ‘invasion’ of this last weekend clearly demonstrate...
At a time when the world is going to hell and some perspective is desperately needed, thank God for the ABC’s Virginia Trioli for digging through...
On August 18, 1971 then prime minister William McMahon announced the final withdrawal of Australian combat troops from Vietnam. It was five years to the day...
According to the federal Department of Health website, yesterday there were 10,956 active cases of Covid-19 across Australia. Of these, 603 were hospitalised, and 107 in...