News that Barry O’Farrell has been appointed as High Commissioner to India should be welcomed by all sides of politics. (Look, it’s Bombay Barry, 19/2). After years in opposition as […]
Read MorePlus side of Korean saga
Australians, who venture into harm’s way overseas may cause our government considerable cost and “diplomatic capital” in getting them repatriated. However, Alek Sigley is not your average adventurer (Missing Aussie […]
Read MoreRough road ahead
While the world might choose to translate the term “zero emissions” as avoiding releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, increasingly it is equating to zero electricity security and zero money […]
Read MoreWharfies holding up Australia
The indignation expressed by your correspondents relating to a wharfie strike at Botany seems to be widespread. (Letters, 29/9). Ironically, the only reason the AWU has a stranglehold on the […]
Read MoreSpain could learn from Oz approach
While the “rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain”, the post-flood mud (and a good dose of crowd indignation) was heaped squarely on regal shoulders during protests after Valencia’s […]
Read MorePassage to India
While the legacy of the once expansive British Empire is often referenced in the context of the Australia Day “invasion” and matters driving the republican movement, other long-lasting effects on […]
Read MoreHeritage vexed issue
On the surface, Adrian Leopardi’s clever analogy of the Voice and British royal kingship both being based on ancestry and therefore compatible intellectually in our constitution is a great example […]
Read MoreDeath & politics
Tim Blair’s brilliant appraisal of the 2022 US midterm elections has finally set my anxieties to rest, explaining convincingly that cheating was not the explanation for the Democratic Party successes. […]
Read MoreCharles heeds caution
With 115 recorded cases of COVID-19 and the first death in the United Kingdom, I commend Prince Charles for cancelling his Prince’s Trust Group Dinner. (Chicken Chuck’s gaffe, 6/3). Doing […]
Read MoreDivine reward
Whether miracles are done either by the hand of God, the probability of fate or whimsically happen because some are lucky, the salvation of four young Australians and two Indonesians […]
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