Just when embattled PM Scott Morrison might think he's out of the woods, along comes Novak Djokovic to mess things up, writes columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"If ever a writer and historian were deserving of a Nobel Prize, whether for literature or peace, that person is Henry Reynolds, now in the golden years of a life that has changed a nation," writes columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"I don’t want to overstate it, but it feels as though we’re in a conflict that decides whether or not we descend into the kind of chaos so beloved of Hollywood dystopians," writes "The Gadfly" columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
“This is the bloke whose transparent honesty and decency could restore our country’s good name after the marketeer has dragged it through the mud," writes ROBERT MACKLIN, in praise of Anthony Albanese.
"CityNews" columnist and author ROBERT MACKLIN farewells Trevor Kennedy, the subject of his just-completed authorised biography of the journalist and businessman.
"This latest manoeuvre from the Prime Minister to remain in power, like all the others, was bereft of substance, responsibility and morality. In other words, it was a con trick," writes columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"For those who scoffed at Elizabeth Lee's Glasgow trip as a mere gesture, it’s worth noting that as leader she insisted on also becoming shadow minister for climate change," writes columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"Just imagine if the victims shot to death were not Asians but white Australians. The phone calls of protest would melt the copper wires of the NBN," writes columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"Submarines are said to be useful weapons of war, but to be useful we have to actually go to war. Otherwise it’s just money down the drain," writes columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"When the Nazis in November 1938 attacked Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues on 'Kristallnacht', the night of broken glass that signalled the start of the horror, Australian officialdom was silent," writes columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"An allied whitefella group would have understood instantly that the only way to get political action was to expose the community to the reality of the attempted Aboriginal ethnocide by the colonial regime," writes ROBERT MACKLIN.
"As the former refugees told of their lives and their gratitude to the country that gave them the opportunity, someone at our place said: 'That’s the Australia we used to be'," writes columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
