E&OE……………………….…………………………………………………………………………… Originally published in The Daily Telegraph It’s only thanks to NSW Premier Dom Perrottet that we’re still able to look forward to a decent Christmas. But for Perrottet, all overseas arrivals would still be stuck in two weeks quarantine; but for him, we’d still be forced to wear masks at all indoor venues; and…
E&OE……………………….…………………………………………………………………………… Originally published in the Australian Fifty years ago, Australia and Britain were hardly separate countries. It wasn’t just the same queen at the apex of our systems and the words “British subject” then still appearing on Australians’ passports. For Australians of my parents’ generation and beyond (think Clive James, Germaine Greer and Barry Humphries),…
E&OE……………………….…………………………………………………………………………… One of the upsides of being a recovering politician, indeed a former PM, is that you can say what needs to be said in ways that incumbents sometimes can’t. The AUKUS submarine deal, to provide Australia with British or American nuclear-powered subs, is the biggest decision any Australian government has made in decades. It…