“I have experienced perhaps more of the harshness of politics than most,” he said, the day after the Jenkins Review.
He exists with $1m in anonymous donations and without ever having faced an independent investigation—but still spinning tale of victimhood.theguardian.com/australia-news…
My eulogy for the great Stuart Macintyre, delivered earlier this week at Ormond College. The citizen historian, on Inside Story inside.org.au/the-citizen-hi…
New on Gawker from me. I talk about my favourite joke, a mug I hate and some other things, which you can read about by clicking the link I’ve included in this tweet gawker.com/culture/the-jo…
‘Multiple senators have told the ABC they heard Senator Thorpe yell, "Well at least I keep my legs closed," at Senator Hughes during a heated parliamentary debate’ abc.net.au/news/2021-12-0…
'In the case of Indonesia, it is understood that Saudi Arabia communicated that Indonesian Covid vaccination certificates might not be recognised for Indonesians traveling to Mecca if the country did not reject the measure.' theguardian.com/world/2021/dec…
Today’s @TheNewDailyAu column: the limit on taxation to 23.9% of GDP limit is incompatible with this country’s commitment to not leave anyone behind. In particular, the NDIS should not be cut for such an arbitrary tax limit.