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Our loony protesters are among the looniest
Around 100 assembled in Melbourne and less in Sydney. Not big numbers but what they lacked in people power they more than made up …
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The America first model on how not to fight COVID-19
There has to be the first canary down the mine shaft. When it comes to providing a how-to on moving from lockdowns to opening …
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A Short History of Australia
Australia was created 13.7 billion years ago on an otherwise uneventful Wednesday afternoon. The Big Bang was crucial to the creation of Australia. It …
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Like getting drunk with the Brady Bunch
No one could have prepared us for this. I’m not talking about the dispiriting global roll out of a life destroying pandemic and its …
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Hazzards of entertaining the masses, one presser at a time
Pity the lot of our public administrators in these difficult times. Governments are imperfect organs and they will make mistakes. Not, it must be …
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Uber ‘vision’ a mass of hot air
The future is upon us apparently. Excitingly, it is a future Australia or a bit of it will be part of unlike the interminable …
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Albo’s listening tour … not coming to a theatre near you
Spare a thought for the Labor Party. Or don’t. See if I care. This week, while the realisation dawned on Australians that we live …
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Part morgue, part toilet: Mount Everest a teeming cesspit
It sounds just like the time I climbed Mount Druitt — without oxygen I might add, although I was assisted. I caught the train. …
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Kiwis leave Australian national anthem dazed and bruised
It became clear yesterday at ANZAC ceremonies and sporting events around the country. In terms of a rousing, patriotic paean, New Zealand’s God Defend New …
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Now it’s our turn to pull a coup
There it was yesterday. The Wall Street Journal’s cheeky headline: “Australia to pick its new leader — with an election.” We know, we know. Two …