Mea culpa: Professor George Williams, Dean of Law at UNSW, and KC’s legal affairs correspondent got it wrong. The High … More
Category: Editorial
Marriage Blues
Not seven-year-itch, or bitch about the beloved partner. Actually that’s probably the average life span of a marriage these days? … More
Politicians & Perjury
In this post-truth Trumpian world we now all inhabit, public interest in unveiling the falsehoods, falsity, fictions, fabrications, fibs and … More
The Smell of Pell
We all have visceral instincts and without literally smelling him, my senses signal that Cardinal George Pell, that erstwhile defender … More
Anzac Fatigue & Iraq Redux
It’s meant to describe a feeling of consumer overload of Anzac themed TV offerings crashing in the ratings. Commercialisation is … More
School of Hard Knox
Oh dear, the motto of Knox Grammar School is ‘Virgile Agitur’, which translates as ‘Doing the Manly Thing’. As the … More
Dark Side of Aussie Sport #1
An Australian batsman is struck by a ball at the base of the skull and dies after a cricket test … More
Bad Oysters
Nah, I don’t eat ‘em, never have, and don’t get the gourmandise associated with these slimy concoctions of marine life. … More
Petering Out!
Reader interest in the dearth and death of Sir Peters calls for analysis of the obvious corollary of a dwindling … More
Asylum Seeker Big Business
The sorry saga of Australia’s offshore asylum seeker gulag is not just about bringing suffering and hopelessness to those in … More