The Insecurity Complex
At the nadir of Howard’s War on Terror (WOT) campaign – amid the hysterics, the…More
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Who's Paying for World Youth Day?
With only four months to go, the estimated costs of World Youth Day have risen…More
We Need to Know
It is to be expected that a new government coming into office will take time…More
Powers Enough?
The investigation into child abuse as part of the Northern Territory Intervention was given ‘star…More
Death of an Old Guard
The "scourge of liberalism", as the American historian Arthur M Schlesinger Jr once called him,…More
Terror Trial Begins in Sydney
Readers of tabloid newspapers in Sydney and Melbourne are currently being entertained by florid reporting…More
The Not So United States
It was a beautiful set of words, inspired by America’s great moral leader of the…More
Should He Stay or Should He Go?
The bungled Mohamed Haneef case cost Australian taxpayers $7.5 million. That is what AFP Commissioner…More
Just the Facts, Keith
As I email this story to the editor, I am heading to breakfast at my…More
Smarter Teachers Not the Answer
Labor star recruit Maxine McKew, who dethroned former Prime Minister John Howard in Bennelong last…More