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My narcissism is better than yours
Look, we all do it. We hurl about terms like psychopath and narcissist with reckless abandon and almost always without fully understanding the nature …
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Stop laughing, this is Islam
I know there are a number of Muslim comedians both in Australia and around the world. Good luck to them because if ever a …
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Politicians sucking hard in our living rooms
The week in Australian federal politics was headlined by the triumphant return of ‘Bad’ Malcolm Turnbull. Australians had become accustomed to the pinkie-extended punctilios …
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Police failed to stop epidemic of church abuse
The figure of 4444 people reporting abuse at the hands of Catholic clerics between 1980 and 2015 has seemed staggering to some. I was …
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“God bless you, please make it quick”
Tomorrow marks the 50th anniversary of the execution of Ronald Ryan. Just before 8 o’clock on the morning of February 3, 1967, Ryan declined …
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Donald Trump’s Mexico wall: Here’s a little context …
The Donald said he was going to do it and now he is. The Great Wall of the Rio Grande, the Trump Wall will …
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Spare us the open letter hissy fits
Open letters are the hissy fits of our times, petulant and tedious expressions of collective outrage. It is also by some considerable measure the …
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Malcolm Turnbull’s ticking clock — Newspoll noose around PM’s neck
Another year, another polly on the ropes over expense claims. Sussan Ley has been on the receiving end of a media pommeling and the …
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Mother and child disunion
Here I was all set to knock out a Christmas column full of cheer and bonhomie but life, or more accurately, Daily Life has …
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No point in saving for your retirement
That great sector of the Australian community, retirees, is being set upon again by government. The issue has passed barely noticed in the media …