Trolled by narcissists
If the dreadful attacks on Christchurch taught us anything, it is that there is a global pandemic of destructive narcissism, anti-social personality disorder and …
Students’ climate change strike is a walk in the park
The wolves are at the door. The barbarians are at the gate. In the streets of our major cities, the Visigoths and Vandals come …
The George Pell sentence: Where to from here?
Cardinal George Pell has been sentenced to a maximum of six years imprisonment. He will be eligible for parole after serving three years and eight …
Let Milo Yiannopoulos into the country
I wish there was a better character around than Milo Yiannopoulos whose rights to free expression I could defend. But that’s the way it …
A tale of two elections
The people of NSW will trudge to the polls in 17 days. Excitable types at the best of times, psephologists and commentators are on …
Pell’s conviction casts the real story into the shadow
George Pell’s counsel withdrew his bail application today. Pell will be remanded in custody awaiting a sentence that almost certainly will include a long …
Final Curtin for Julie Bishop, is it curtains for the Coalition?
In the end all the shouting and stomping was for nothing. Momentum lurched one way and then the other only to be stopped dead …
How much does a leader’s profile count in politics?
Internal polling conducted by the National Party was released, containing the unsurprising news the name of the Nationals’ leader would be a noodle-scratching poser …
Powerhouse to dusty old outfit
Melbourne University Council has decided that the Australian book market is ripe for an injection of dry, turgid, unreadable academic texts. Prepare yourself for …
Labor’s dark art of the political verbal exposed
Earlier in the week, sound, fury and internal Liberal Party squabbling ensued when Scott Morrison parachuted the former Labor National President, Warren Mundine, into …