Our multicultural society in Australia works well when we value diversity and the rich benefits of our differences in innovative problem solving, stimulating creativity and showcasing the world’s best in […]
Read MoreLoud voice from a distance
There are perhaps similarities between concerned local firebrand “Brother Ismail” and the leadership of Hamas, in the way that they both are boisterous, but safely in refuge in Qatar, Istanbul […]
Read MoreCity building history
The Daily Telegraph has produced a brilliant analysis of the historical, piecemeal construction of the great city of Sydney, cleverly highlighting many of the dynamics which have led to failed […]
Read MoreFighting against Cancel Culture nonsense
The Cancel Culture of the mad leftists was certain to evoke a backlash, but I was surprised at the intensity and suddenness. (Shows’ last laugh, 13/6). With Amazon blown away, […]
Read MoreWise council
It is no coincidence that as the 1831 Historic Royal Oak Hotel is expunged from the panorama of Parramatta, the Sunday Telegraph questions the merry-go-round mayoralty in Western Sydney’s capital. […]
Read MoreTough sell on defence
Thank goodness we have an army of bureaucrats with economics and arts degrees informing our defence policy as we line up to sell the national farm to afford our $368bn […]
Read MoreResolving a romantic mystery
History writer Mercedes Maguire takes top marks for her insightful column in Saturday’s Telegraph about doomed Sydney lovers Eric and Scarlett (Heartbroken sailor still searching for his lost love, History, […]
Read MoreInnate courage amid agony of horror attack
Nothing can be apportioned from the dictionary of the English language to give voice to the heartbreak of the agonisingly senseless blood loss in a frenzied Bondi mall on Saturday […]
Read MoreA life well lived
Posing a tribute to the life and times of Catherina van der Linden, who has died at 111, one is surely perplexed by her persisting physical and intellectual agility when […]
Read MorePolice Honoured
It is highly appropriate on the first anniversary of the Wieambilla massacre that the names of Police constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow and civilian Alan Dare are again in […]
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