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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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Labor remains bookies’ favourite to win
With two weeks of the campaign underway, betting markets in the head to head show the Coalition’s price coming in. Aggregated across five agencies, …
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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 …
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The politics of cancer
The signature piece of Bill Shorten’s budget-in-reply last night, a $2.3 billion extension to Medicare for cancer patients, is a case of decent policy meeting …
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The National Redress Scheme, a textbook example of bureaucratic failure
It’s now been nine months and it is time to make the call. The National Redress Scheme is a dismal failure. The scheme, established …
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Budget 2019: Will Josh Frydenberg win over the nation?
For much of this week we have been preoccupied with one of the joyless undercards of Australian politics, smothered in what we might call …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …