We need a second Senate for Malcolm Roberts and other oddballs
One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts’ testimony in the High Court yesterday might have been a crippling blow to the 77 people who voted for …
Aung San Suu Kyi in good company with appalling Nobel prize winners
Forget the lotteries or a long shot quadrella. The easiest way to make a million dollars and earn the respect of your peers to …
SSM survey takes the cake
There are lots of problems with the forthcoming same sex marriage postal survey but the biggest one is voters are essentially voting blind in …
Lyne is only real danger seat
I have a confession to make. I may be a secret New Zealander. I was born in Melbourne and my father was a fifth …
Leave our statues alone, pigeons need them
It is often said that Australia is a cultural clone of the United States, albeit ten years behind. That seems to have been whittled …
Cupboard boy descends to the toilet
We all do it when we have a spare moment. Bang our names into Google’s search engine and see what comes up. Julian Assange, …
A humble human guinea pig on Keytruda trial
Last night I went to bed early with a raging sore throat and a runny nose. If anything, those symptoms are a touch worse …
Failures of church and state created monster Gerald Ridsdale
Gerald Ridsdale, the former Ballarat priest has pleaded guilty to a further 20 offences against 11 victims and his conviction formally handed down. On …
The real question is should governments govern?
When the time comes for me to scratch away at the voluntary postal plebiscite, I will be voting no. And I say so presuming …
Blue Murder 2 – When fiction is stranger than fact
When did fiction become stranger than fact? The answer would appear to be when an Australian television production company gets hold of a cracking …