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  The lips have it

  Bob Hawkins Peter Costello, of course, played no part in any of that inhumanity to man. Surely more than I, and a...

• Democracy Tasmania

  Who’d be a politician?

  Bob Hawkins I’m not generous in the respect I hold for politicians. For years I have argued that, generally (though there have...

• National

  John Howard, Companion of the Order of Australial! It’s enough to make me vomit!

  Bob Hawkins John Howard, I am sure, will accept his Queen’s Birthday Honours award. His action, by doing so, will reveal the...

• National

  Too few tears

  Bob Hawkins The PM’s sorry is not enough, and certainly not enough sorrow has yet been expressed to come even near to...

• National

  Dangerous words, Prime Minister

  Bob Hawkins Absolutism? Absolution? Absolutely! Kevin Rudd made his first big blunder just before Christmas. Perhaps it was the euphoria of being...

• Environment

  Never in the affairs of humanity . . .

  Bob Hawkins EVERY ONCE in a while, an opportunity arises for humans to stifle their characteristic selfishness and self-interest and collaborate in...

• Article

  How dare they

  Bob Hawkins COME the annual awards for worst journalism, the headline gong must go to the writer of The Australian’s top of...

• Article

  Burma’s tragedy

  Bob Hawkins The tragedy of the plight of the people of Burma is that none of the superpowers has even a remnant...

• National

  Hey, hey, we’ve got a PM again

  Bob Hawkins AUSTRALIA, without a prime minister since the 20th century, got back a sort of PM on Wednesday evening, the news...

• National

  Rudd’s rough ride

  Bob Hawkins THE big decision Australian voters have to make before the end of the year became crystal clear this week. Their...