G20 Doesn’t Solve Polling Problem
Yesterday’s AFR published a letter on climate change I sent it last week (see below). Surprisingly given the many G20/climate change reports... Read More
The Terrorist Threat – Domestic and Overseas
SPECIAL ISSUE I am nominating today’s commentary as a Special Issue not because it is grand final day but because The Age... Read More
The US Recognises it is at War with More Than IS – But How to Mananage the Various Radical Ideologies?
As I predicted, there has been a third beheading by IS and an indication of more to come. This should mean a... Read More
Abbott on MH17: Another Aus Suicide Bomber; Sheridan Questions Western Govts; Libya’s Arab Spring
MH17 and Security Abbott is right to (apparently) take the lead internationally in expressing anger publicly about the missiling of this plane... Read More
Budget Problem; Union Corruption; Climate Change Correction.
In what was foreshadowed as a major speech, Abbott’s claim last night that he would get the budget through – even if... Read More
Iraq; Honour Killing; Privatisation; Indonesian Election: Tasmanian Forests Decision; Global Warming
There appears to be fractionally more direct US involvement in Iraq and also some air attacks on ISIS by Syria. This indicates... Read More