"Covid is totally out of control; since our governments have retired from the fray, Omicron now has a free run, we’re stuck in our homes waiting for the next grocery delivery," bemoans "The Gadfly" columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"We saw the Pretend Emperor Xi welcoming the KGB thug Putin, while the London clown, the Australian fibber and tottering Joe had publicly boycotted the entire operation. Not a lot of peace and respect on show there," writes ROBERT MACKLIN.
"It’s this pathetic attachment to 'growth' as the economic miracle-maker that Barr is using to destroy the quality of life that made living here such a pleasure," writes "The Gadfly" columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"When the Australian Republic Movement finally presented its new model, it barely ruffled the newsrooms’ feathers. To rub it in, the PM renamed Aspen Island, Queen Elizabeth II Island," writes ROBERT MACKLIN.
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.