Emmanuel Macron won the French presidential election against Marine Le Pen by a margin of almost 2 to 11. Macron, although having spent two years as economy minister under the…
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull delivered what he hopes will be a small fillip to his flagging fortunes by means of a tougher citizenship process. Instead of having to wait one…
Federal MP Anne Aly was one of the more articulate people to argue against the watering down of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act (RDA), having experienced racial slurs…
Steven Gould (1941-2002), the late American palaeontologist, stated in one of his many essays that religion and science occupied “non-overlapping magisteria”. This means that religion and science occupy separate domains….
I am always brought to tears on Anzac day when I watch some of the marches and see some of the old men, walking or being driven with their mates,…
There have been an enormous number of stories regarding the relationship of Trump and many of his sidekicks and family members to Putin’s Russian kleptocracy1. In one of the most…
Some years ago I wrote a book review for a newsletter, which I commenced with ‘This book comprises…..” The editor of the newsletter (an American) changed that to “This book…
The Fact Check unit at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation has been closed down, ostensibly because of budget cuts. The Rudd government provided an extra $60 million over three years to…