May 22, 2012

Malcolm Fraser

Malcolm Fraser

Malcolm Fraser continues to impress with his ability to be so unimpressive. It’s long past the time he should have been confined to a secure room in the dementia ward of an appropriate institution. Fraser is the Jimmy Carter of Australian politics: A man who could have and should have achieved so much, but actually [...]

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The republic

Australia's Queen

I was invited recently to speak at a conference in Albury on the notion that Australia should have more states or regional government. Unfortunately I couldn’t attend. The organiser had seen a letter I wrote to the Border Mail regarding the republic issue. I can’t find the letter, but in essence I said that changing [...]

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