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Part morgue, part toilet: Mount Everest a teeming cesspit
It sounds just like the time I climbed Mount Druitt — without oxygen I might add, although I was assisted. I caught the train. …
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Election 2019: where the betting markets went wrong, and why
We now all know the result. The Coalition has won majority government and Labor has been sent packing. In the betting markets 25 favourites …
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Betting markets show a pathway to Coalition victory, but it’s a long shot
Predicting the election result has been portrayed as a battle over who will be more accurate, the polls or the betting markets. The polls …
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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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Assange is not the messiah, but Wikileaks is a cult
It popped up in my in box yesterday. One of those tiresome exhortations to sign a petition. This one had already been signed by …
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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 …