by ROGER CROOK – BEN Chifley was no ordinary Prime Minister; he had come through the Labor ranks the hard way. A train driver by profession and driven (no pun intended), like his predecessor John Curtin, he had experienced a world war,…
by CRYSTAL-ROSE JONES – LIBERAL Leader Peter Dutton has warned that Australia must have a US ambassador who can stablise relations between the two nations. Mr Dutton’s comments come amid speculation that former PM Kevin Rudd could be nearing his final days…
by PAUL COLLITS – IT IS an unusual week when I have scarcely noticed a US presidential election. That’s what happens when one is close to losing a child, for the second time in a year. No one expected the progressive Democrats…
by FRED PAWLE – OUR accents notwithstanding, it used to be difficult to tell the difference between Australians and Americans. We watched the same TV shows, listened to the same music and shared both a natural optimism about life and a scepticism…
by JOHN MIKKELSEN – CHANCES are Australia could be facing another disastrous bushfire season like the one we experienced five years ago, which from a personal perspective came too close to home. I wrote about the night, November 8, 2019, when we…
by BETTINA ARNDT – THE feminists have it all sewn up. All it took was very effective bullying of politicians to have draconian legislation pushed through various State parliaments resulting in unproven domestic violence accusations flooding our criminal law system. My focus…
by REX WIDERSTROM – DONALD Trump’s promise to slap tariffs as high as 60 per cent on Chinese goods, and up to 20 per cent on all other imports, will not be as dire for Australia as predicted. Reserve Bank Governor Michelle…
by FRED PAWLE – THERE are many lessons the Australian government could have taken from the US presidential election. Don’t be authoritarian, don’t lie to the people, don’t expect a lame incumbent to win and don’t take an abysmal record in office…
by PAUL COLLITS – WE ARE in a new world. Anything we used to take for granted about politics no longer applies. The American magazine, First Things, under the leadership of RR Reno, is not just “America’s most influential journal of religion…
by MIKE COOK – WITH the US election results just hours away, people on both sides are on edge but things are looking very good for Donald Trump. This is causing widespread panic in Hollywood, one of the most reliably liberal parts…
