Columnists
Monday 7th November 2016
Paris Agreement put to test
Australia is unlikely to be rushed into decisions ahead of next year’s flagged review into post-2020 action.
Thought police livid? How funny
I don’t know Amanda Wise, but she knows me so well she’s able to say what I was thinking when I was drawing my cartoons.
Joke’s on the PC brigade
Satire should shock and defy cultural sensibilities. It’s likely to offend. Bill Leak’s controversial cartoon ticked all those boxes.
Insiders hold balance of power
New wondrous philosophical arguments stand in proxy for jobs and infrastructure.
Early voting points to Clinton
Donald Trump only has a narrow pathway to victory when polling in the key states is analysed.
I’m not complaining about Leak
Satirists can make us feel uncomfortable, but hurt feelings are no defence against truth.
Test of traditional party habits
In a contest more about personalities than issues, voting patterns go out the window.
Coverage ignoring big issues
Tomorrow’s US election is a fascinating insight into much of what is wrong in modern politics and the media.
Last one please turn out lights
Hazelwood power station, owned by the French government, has hoovered up $500m in government funding since 2012.
Saturday 5th November 2016
Brexit result must be honoured
British voters would not accept MPs thwarting their will.
Section 18C fosters victimhood
The big loser in this case is the Australian Human Rights Commission, which inevitably will face calls for reform.
NIGA gladly put down
For the sake of the dignity and integrity of Australian racing the green screen had to be summoned.
You think these guys are scary?
Be careful who you slam your door on during Halloween. It may be a celebrity dressed as a Kardashian
Despair and division
A bizarre and bitter presidential race has left many Americans wondering how a noble contest could sink so low.
A clearer view of Victoria
Julia Baird’s remarkable new biography shatters many myths about the long-reigning empress.
The devil is in the detail
The home state is not happy about proposals to release Tasmanian devils in the wild elsewhere.
Call us old-fashioned
While the Courier-Mail profits from The Oz’s hard work, Bill Leak’s defenders grow louder.
Selective schools’ Asian divide
Intensive coaching is bolstering an ‘ethnic imbalance’ at leading public schools, a leading academic says.
Turnbull painted into a corner
Allowing himself to be defined by Bill Shorten makes the PM look weak.
Aunty undermining its charter
The last thing anybody needs is a publicly funded national broadcaster.
Anguish exquisite with 18C
Beware the crusaders who invent causes to serve as targets for their moral indignation.
Forget ABCC, seize direct action
The Prime Minister should take a leaf from the ACT government’s book to block union collusion.
