"At 36, Tim Paine has two options: to soldier on until the selectors have no real choice but to drop him or to make a gracious exit to the applause of a grateful nation," writes "The Gadfly" columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
Rational, moderate Americans now know what it’s like to dodge a bullet, writes ROBERT MACKLIN.
WHEN the history of an eventual conciliation between Black and White Australia is written (or sung and danced), 2020 will provide some fascinating markers on that long, winding track, writes columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"Perhaps this Christmas is the perfect time to come together and rekindle that collective spirit that fought the fires, tended the sick and the dying, and made common cause in the fight against COVID-19," writes "The Gadfly" columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"The current emperor of the Communist Dynasty, Xi Jinping, has quietly visited all Australian states and territories. He knows the country well," writes "The Gadfly" columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
The awaited Brereton Report has identified more than 20 possible war crimes and murders by Australian SAS troops in Afghanistan in 2012 describing it as “possibly the most disgraceful episode in Australia’s military history”. "CityNews" columnist and author ROBERT MACKLIN is unsurprised...
"In the end, the polls got the presidential win right but not the extent of it. And they will live to fight another day, and another, ad infinitum because we are obsessed with the future," writes "The Gadfly" columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"Since the last Federal election Steggall and Haines have been getting calls from other electorates around Australia asking for advice on how they started their community movement," writes columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"I’m told, our brains are actually designed to make judgments about our fellow human beings from their faces and their upper-body language," writes "The Gadfly" columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"We’ll make America great again, even if I have to stay here in the White House for the next 10 years. I’ll get the job done… or maybe 20 years." Columnist ROBERT MACKLIN puts his imagination to Donald Trump's victory speech...
"In the most critical threat we have ever confronted – climate change – our federal politicians have thrown down their weapons and run from the battlefield," writes "The Gadfly" columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"It was a redirection of the government’s spyforce to our own people. It was one giant leap towards the kind of governments they have in Russia and China. To put it as mildly I can, it was an outrage," writes "The Gadfly" columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
