Senior policy analyst Allon Lee is right to question the permanency of Middle East peace, its meaning and exactly what “saving this region” means. (“Have Trump and Israel saved the […]
Read MoreWong’s wrong on Iran
. There is no doubt that great wartime leaders are almost a different species to those who rule the great democracies in peacetime (“Nothing but weakness from our lady of […]
Read MorePolitics of spite
With the latest monthly trade deficit for the US estimated to be cut in half at $66bn, while inflation has been unexpectedly reduced to about 2.3 per cent, it seems […]
Read MoreShelve personal abuse
It is critical both in Australia and among our Western allies that the foundation of our democracies be strenuously preserved with elements of free speech, an independent press and a […]
Read MoreFreedom of thought
With prison overcrowding a global problem, perhaps it’s time for a global solution. (“Bailed”, DT, 15/5). While history is known for repeating itself and opportunity knocks more than once, I […]
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NEW POPE HAS RIGHT CREDENTIALS
Understanding seven languages, working for 20 years as an Augustine missionary and later archbishop in Chiclayo, Peru, a diocese sounding very like his home town of Chicago, Robert Prevost stands […]
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Teen brings out our best
Peter Dutton’s demise was due to a number of factors but perhaps his commitment to harshly restricting immigration was resented personally by many migrant voters across the nation. As citizens […]
Read MoreNo fuss Pope Francis
Perhaps only in regaling the dead are we sufficiently circumspect and emotively staid, where our capacity to succinctly celebrate the life and times of the deceased becomes therapeutic and comforting […]
Read MoreODD REQUEST BY COUNCIL FOR MONEY
One might expect that a city council with multicultural ties will occasionally publicly express opinions about foreign homelands but such talk should be cheap and not involve magnanimous donations of […]
Read MoreUkraine knows it has a friend Down Under
Writing brilliantly in Friday’s The Daily Telegraph, Ukrainian ambassador to Australia, Vasyl Myroshnychenko shows his diplomatic skills, setting a tone of reconciliation and foresight as he considers the possibility of […]
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