If the ARN radio network’s KIISFM stations want to resurrect Kyle Sandilands or Jackie “O” Henderson, either together, singly or in partnership with someone else, they will face significant new conditions on their broadcasting licence. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has produced a report reciting a litany of
Reform’s Richard Tice has been the subject of what I fear is intended as a hit-piece in the Sunday Times. “The Deputy Leader of Reform UK avoided nearly £600,000 in corporation tax after obtaining a rare legal status for his company,” it reports. “Richard Tice then channeled the company’s dividends into an offshore trust and a string of dormant ...
The Farrer by-election on May 9 will be a major test for new Liberal leader Angus Taylor and new Nationals leader Matt Canavan, as well as a real-time measure of One Nation’s surging poll numbers. One Nation’s David Farley and independent Michelle Milthorpe are considered the early frontrunners in the
Two weeks into the war in Iran, Donald Trump’s critics have intensified their attacks not only on his conduct of the war, but on his decision to start it at all. As oil prices, global trade routes and energy markets come under strain, endless strategic and economic debates produce more speculation than answers. Does the war weaken America against ...
The Australian Government has consistently maintained that it does "not provide weapons to Israel" but that claim relies on a narrow legal framing. read now...
You sometimes wonder if people who put together newspapers these days have ever heard the story about the boy who cried wolf. This was one of Aesop’s fables which taught children about the dangers of scaremongering in order to get attention, the moral being that if you persist in doing so, no-one will believe you in the end.
If nuclear warfare is upon ...
Former Nationals’ leader Michael McCormack has been brought back onto the frontbench as the opposition unveiled yet another reshuffle, this one triggered by the elevation of Matt Canavan to become Nationals leader. McCormack will be shadow minister for water and shadow minister for veterans’ affairs. The water post will
Me on Broadway. Not a phrase that immediately comes to mind, and certainly not one that occurred to me in 1983 when I’d just started my career as a journalist at the New Statesman. But I feature, or at least my voice does, large and significantly in the play Giant, starring John Lithgow, that has now transferred from London to New York.
I would prefer ...
Is Israel running low on missile interceptors? How long can it withstand Iran’s retaliatory attacks?
As the US–Israeli war with Iran enters its third week, reports are emerging that Israel is potentially running out of air defence interceptors due to Iran’s retaliatory attacks. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) and Israeli foreign minister have denied the reports. The government did reportedly approve around US$826 million
Despite Conan O’Brien joking he was the last human Oscars host, the 2026 edition was exceptionally human – with folly, filler and an f-bomb (ironically during the Best Sound acceptance speech). This 3.5-hour marathon will seem quaint in 2029, when YouTube takes over and every segment feels like 20 seconds.
Engrossed, recently, in Charlotte Wood’s novel The Natural Way of Things, I began to wonder if it might make an opera. Keeping an ear out for musical possibilities is a standard condition of any composer’s reading, and in my own case, it mostly happens with poetry. After all, when you
An Australian family holidaying in Dubai recounts the surreal experience of missile alerts, flight cancellations and limited government assistance as they scrambled to find a way home. read now...
If the ARN radio network’s KIISFM stations want to resurrect Kyle Sandilands or Jackie “O” Henderson, either together, singly or in partnership with someone else, they will face significant new conditions on their broadcasting licence. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has produced a report reciting a litany of
Reform’s Richard Tice has been the subject of what I fear is intended as a hit-piece in the Sunday Times. “The Deputy Leader of Reform UK avoided nearly £600,000 in corporation tax after obtaining a rare legal status for his company,” it reports. “Richard Tice then channeled the company’s dividends into an offshore trust and a string of dormant ...
The Farrer by-election on May 9 will be a major test for new Liberal leader Angus Taylor and new Nationals leader Matt Canavan, as well as a real-time measure of One Nation’s surging poll numbers. One Nation’s David Farley and independent Michelle Milthorpe are considered the early frontrunners in the
Two weeks into the war in Iran, Donald Trump’s critics have intensified their attacks not only on his conduct of the war, but on his decision to start it at all. As oil prices, global trade routes and energy markets come under strain, endless strategic and economic debates produce more speculation than answers. Does the war weaken America against ...
The Australian Government has consistently maintained that it does "not provide weapons to Israel" but that claim relies on a narrow legal framing. read now...
You sometimes wonder if people who put together newspapers these days have ever heard the story about the boy who cried wolf. This was one of Aesop’s fables which taught children about the dangers of scaremongering in order to get attention, the moral being that if you persist in doing so, no-one will believe you in the end.
If nuclear warfare is upon ...
Former Nationals’ leader Michael McCormack has been brought back onto the frontbench as the opposition unveiled yet another reshuffle, this one triggered by the elevation of Matt Canavan to become Nationals leader. McCormack will be shadow minister for water and shadow minister for veterans’ affairs. The water post will
Me on Broadway. Not a phrase that immediately comes to mind, and certainly not one that occurred to me in 1983 when I’d just started my career as a journalist at the New Statesman. But I feature, or at least my voice does, large and significantly in the play Giant, starring John Lithgow, that has now transferred from London to New York.
I would prefer ...
Is Israel running low on missile interceptors? How long can it withstand Iran’s retaliatory attacks?
As the US–Israeli war with Iran enters its third week, reports are emerging that Israel is potentially running out of air defence interceptors due to Iran’s retaliatory attacks. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) and Israeli foreign minister have denied the reports. The government did reportedly approve around US$826 million
Despite Conan O’Brien joking he was the last human Oscars host, the 2026 edition was exceptionally human – with folly, filler and an f-bomb (ironically during the Best Sound acceptance speech). This 3.5-hour marathon will seem quaint in 2029, when YouTube takes over and every segment feels like 20 seconds.
Engrossed, recently, in Charlotte Wood’s novel The Natural Way of Things, I began to wonder if it might make an opera. Keeping an ear out for musical possibilities is a standard condition of any composer’s reading, and in my own case, it mostly happens with poetry. After all, when you
An Australian family holidaying in Dubai recounts the surreal experience of missile alerts, flight cancellations and limited government assistance as they scrambled to find a way home. read now...