David Flint
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Pity the poor doctor who attempts to alert Centrelink to disability-pension applicants in robust health. The anecdotal evidence suggests such protests will be ignored -- especially by the political class, which has its own reasons for not noticing an epidemic of bludging
May 27, 2014
4 mins
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How many more Jill Meaghers must we see before our leaders remember that their first obligation is the protection of life and property? As with the judges they appoint, this truth seems largely to have been set aside
June 22, 2013
4 mins
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Anti-monarchists' vague notions of the Australia they want are proving very hard to sell. As the cause's rejection by supporters of Indigenous recognition demonstrates, blithe assumptions and stereotypes just won't cut it
June 16, 2013
4 mins
The latest
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For two decades now, successive Fairfax boards have hidden behind the charter. To them it has not been a charter of independence – it has been an abdication of responsibility.
June 25, 2012
5 mins
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The opposition should be pleased with the preferred prime minister poll. And Tony Abbott is right to ignore the theologians at The Australian.
November 25, 2011
5 mins
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Australians know that the flood of asylum seekers is a gigantic rort which any government worth its salt would stop within weeks.
September 11, 2011
3 mins
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The federal government has developed an insatiable appetite for new taxes, and in doing so has weakened its ability and that of the states to provide good government. The proposed federal tax on state mineral resources is the latest example. It should be abandoned.
June 14, 2011
5 mins
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Given that we are told that “the science” on anthropgenic global warming points only one way and everyone else is a “ratbag denier”, surely the Australian people are entitled to know of testimony by an expert which flies in the face of the establishment position.
April 19, 2011
6 mins
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In the absence of proprietors and strong editors, the strongest influence on our journalists is other journalists. This is manifested in the herd mentality of the press gallery, and the emergence of the journalism cabals which run Fairfax, the ABC and SBS.
February 21, 2011
5 mins
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Why do our parliaments guarantee a gold-plated justice system for hardened criminals, but weight the dice against the bravest of the brave, those who are prepared to die for their country?
December 8, 2010
6 mins
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In using her Afghan visit to score cheap political points, Julia Gillard has gone too far.
October 13, 2010
7 mins
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For the sake of the morale ability of the armed forces, Parliament must immediately correct its error in ceding absolute power to its creation, the Director of Military Prosecutions.
October 4, 2010
5 mins