In the evidence he gave to the British parliament on 26 May, Boris Johnson’s former chief of staff Dominic Cummings added to the impression informed commentators...
High paid ABC TV current affairs presenter, Leigh Sales, likes nothing more than rattling off carefully compiled, pre-prepared questions to federal Coalition ministers but, curiously, not...
The reignition of Israeli-Palestinian conflict was as inevitable as it is tragic. Following the prompts of mainstream media, the world’s morally supreme have bombarded social media...
Here are a few quick thoughts on the Christian Porter saga. First, though, let me say bluntly what regular SpecOz readers will well know. I am...
Why is it that Victorians, perhaps more specifically Melburnians, are having such a bad time with Covid in comparison to the other states? Why is this fourth lockdown occurring? Already Victorians have suffered some 160 days...
Last week the Australian Bureau of Statistics released figures showing new private capital expenditure rose 6.3 per cent in the March quarter. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg told...
The voters in Upper Hunter may have elected a pro-coal candidate nine days ago, but it remains to be seen whether the result is a victory for coal jobs. ...
The Milk Tea Alliance — originally some pro-democracy social media geekery in Hong Kong and Taiwan — is racing through South East Asia, with Australia the newest member of...
If, to borrow Paul Keating’s description, Australia is the arse end of the world, New Zealand is the arse end of the arse end. The Lange...
Today marks “World No Tobacco Day”, a World Health Organization initiative to draw attention to the dangers of tobacco, what governments and health agencies are doing to...