‘The Laughter of Triumph’

As governments gather metadata on our internet communications and try to force journalists to divulge their sources, in the name…

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…

Oh dear, the motto of Knox Grammar School is ‘Virgile Agitur’, which translates as ‘Doing the Manly Thing’. As the…

An Australian batsman is struck by a ball at the base of the skull and dies after a cricket test…

Peter Carey’s latest book is a curious tale of young cyberattack heroes with backgrounds in the early days of computer…

Explorer extraordinaire Ludwig Leichhardt had lots of luck throughout his short life, but he pushed the limits so hard that…

Richard Flanagan is an admirable fellow because of his generosity and outspoken progressive political views. His latest and prize-winning novel…

Nah, I don’t eat ‘em, never have, and don’t get the gourmandise associated with these slimy concoctions of marine life.…

Robert Hughes, renowned expat Australian art critic, writer & broadcaster, published this autobiographical memoir in 2006, no doubt unaware that…

Reader interest in the dearth and death of Sir Peters calls for analysis of the obvious corollary of a dwindling…