WELL, the phoney war is over and the real battle has been joined. We have an election and I think it will...
IN recent article in these columns I discussed the AWB scandal with reference to such considerations as the integrity of the Commonwealth...
THE Mercury of 30 January, 2006, carried the following item from AAP: The Western Australian government will ban jeans and other denim...
IN relation to the Iraq/AWB wheat scandal, The Australian of 3 February, 2006 reported Prime Minister John Howard as asserting on 30...
SUBURBAN and inter-regional preciousness is never very far away in Tasmania as evidenced by some recent minor eruptions. As ever, Battery Point...
IN 1965/66, my family and I spent nearly two years in the Republic of Korea (South Korea) where I served as Second...
FIRST, the arts. I want another Clint Eastwood film, hopefully this year. As a friend of mine has observed, Eastwood’s first film...
AND so we come to one of those times of the year — New Year’s Day and the Queen’s Birthday — when...
It is the festive season and time for a quiet laugh — or a loud one if you wish. Following is a...
WE are told that it is not the “Australian Way” for organised gangs, structured on racial lines, to beat the living poo...