Liberal "Coalition deal" disenfranchises voters and party - posted by Graham

The "Coalition deal" accounced yesterday whereby Liberal Parliamentary Leader Bruce Flegg undertakes not to lead the Coalition, even if his party has more seats than the National Party, destroys the Coalition's chances of winning the next state election. At a... More

What's wrong with Marist College Ashgrove? - posted by Graham

Kevin Rudd's charm offensive is designed to fill-out the detail of Kevin before John Howard does it for him. 90 second ads are part of this. Because they are long they say to us that they are deep, not shallow.... More

Move over Einstein for Augustinian physics - posted by Graham

Augustine is the most influential of the early church fathers. He solidified early Christian belief just prior to it becoming the official religion of the Roman Empire. He was also a strong influence on the Reformation, with much of Luther's... More

Sir James Killen and the politician he admired most of all... - posted by Jeff Wall

Of the numerous friendships Sir James Killen had during his long political career, the most interesting was that with the colleague he admired above all others, Sir Robert Gordon Menzies. I have written elsewhere that my late friend lamented the... More

Mulrunji - it's time for some more housekeeping. - posted by Graham

With the appointment of Sir Laurence Street to look into the DPP's decision not to prosecute we'll get some genuinely knowledgeable insights into this matter. Hopefully his decision will be accepted, even if he does find that a trial should... More

Even the ABC titles are gun shy of Alan Jones - posted by Graham

The ABC's decision not to publish Jonestown seems more and more misguided each day. In November The Age was reporting it had sold 12,700 in its first week, almost as many as The Latham Diaries while The Australian had it... More