Australia’s military is finally pulling up stumps, so to speak, in this blighted land. Our longest war (12 years) has … More
Category: Diplomacy
Ruddy Farago of Foreign Affairs
Terrible Tony Abbott’s assessment of our bumptious and erstwhile Foreign Affairs Minister was mostly spot-on. KRudd liked parading his intelligence and posturing on the … More
Wikileaks Julian & Wilfred
As Julian Assange awaits the UK Supreme Court’s decision on his extradition to Sweden, to answer questions about dubious sexual … More
Adieu Afghanistan Approaching
NATO governments & allies (International Security Assistance Force), including us, are gathering momentum for a stampede to the Afghan exit, … More
Germany in Europe: Win/Win or No Win?
So much learned commentary on Germany’s role in Europe’s financial woes, that the simple mind is definitely boggling. And it … More
Barracking for Obama
Devilishly-cunning Norwegians know how to apply the blowtorch to Obama’s behind or feet or wherever, with a ‘premature’ award of the Nobel Peace … More
Missile Madness
President Obama has decided to scrap plans for a US missile defence shield system in Eastern Europe. Proposed by the Bush government … More
Balancing ‘Balibo’
Robert Connolly’s film ‘Balibo’ relates events in 1975 in East Timor around the killing of Australian journalists who were reporting on … More
Timor Time: Letter to G. Whitlam
Dear Gough, Events at Balibo in Timor in 1975, involving the killing of five Australian journalists by Indonesian military, and … More
King Kevin Goes ¡Hola!
Our real GG (not Godwin Grech), the Queen’s Representative in Australia, had to play second fiddle as our reigning monarch … More
