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Bill Shorten the political contortionist
Let’s face it, Bill Shorten is the only reason Coalition MPs still get out of bed every morning. Without him, they’d be stuck in …
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No room at the inn for the ideological traveller
You know those silly online surveys that claim to determine your ideological standpoint? Yes, I know. They’re junk. I should have understood this when …
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Show business for ugly people? No thanks
IF you’re like me, you’re sick to death of the Barnaby Joyce story already and it has only been out there for little more …
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How we can party hard (like it’s May 9 1901)
WE have got this the wrong way around. In American terms what we do in celebrating January 26 as a day of nationhood would …
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Australia Day debate hides the failure of practical reconciliation
THIS is Australia and we can’t even have a public holiday celebrating national identity and consciousness without having a blue. The debate has largely …
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The empty seat at the Christmas table
Every Christmas Day I used to mock my mother mercilessly. From my teenage years, mum developed a habit of setting the table for Christmas …
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Royal Commission: where to from here?
I was interviewed for the ABCs documentary, Undeniable, which examined the events leading up to the establishment of the royal commission into institutional responses to …
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Former Victoria Police detective Denis Ryan a hero of child abuse inquiry
Imagine in this age of instant gratification, having to wait for something, anything for 45 years. Then think what it must be like to …
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Parliament set to sink to its lowest ebb
Finally, it is over and the results are in. The result of the same-sex postal survey is entirely predictable and mirrors polls taken over …
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I’m a satisfied NBN customer but…
I know it’s not popular to admit this but I am a relatively satisfied NBN customer. My shiny new NBN was perfect for around …