Running on Empty
The night of the 2004 Federal poll my husband and I attended a neighbourhood election…More
Browsing: Australian Politics
A New White Australia Policy?
There are TV monitors at various points in the UN headquarters in New York, so…More
Beazley's Left It Too Late
It’s enraging to hear Kim Beazley denounce the new industrial relations laws. Not because I…More
Howard's Grave-Diggers
In one of the greatest modern works of insightful polemic, The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx…More
The A-G and his PA
In October 2003, former NSW Premier Neville Wran said: Bluntly, there is no place in…More
The Law of the Land
During the last Federal election campaign, Labor leader Mark Latham announced that an ALP Government…More
The Fog of War
It rained this morning in Colombo. But the rain didn’t wash away fears that civil…More
Lessons from the High Wind Studio
On Saturday mornings I attend a painting class. I learn Lingnan style Chinese painting, an…More
Australia v Brazil
The Socceroos played the World Champions on Monday night and, though they lost 2-0, they…More
A Starguide for Skeptics and Cynics
CancerWinter isn’t very tough in Cancerland. Of all the signs, you’re the least prone to…More