Author ROBERT MACKLIN finds himself drawn into murky, security intrigue as Canberra's "secret prisoner", an Australian soldier stripped by the government of his real name, takes on the Alexander Maconochie Centre in court. Who is this man and what is his story?
"Do not think for a moment that Shorten has surrendered his ambitions for The Lodge. His recent half-hearted mea culpa for the loss of the election was nothing but a PR stunt," writes "The Gadfly" columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"While Trump and his gang are the current horror story, they could be seen as no more than the logical conclusion to a lawless trend," writes "Gadfly" columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"Climate change isn’t about politics; it’s about survival. It is those 16-year-olds who will be carried away by the cyclones and floodwaters, the fires and the droughts. So of course they should be given the vote. It’s their only chance," writes The Gadfly columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"Have you noticed how policemen in riot gear look and act the same the world over? It’s no coincidence. They have been selected and trained to be that angry person," writes "The Gadfly" columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"Once the broad mass of Australians, new and old, learn the real story of our Aboriginal past, they will respond with that precious quality we genuinely cherish: the fair go," write The Gadfly columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
“Coming back home after the hurly-burly of Sydney is always a joy. It’s not all glitz and glamour on the publicity trail," says The Gadfly columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"They’d put their best publicist on the job and the interviews and events stretched ahead like an endless obstacle course,” writes author ROBERT MACKLIN
“Bernard Collaery, to his great credit, came through for the East Timorese. He assisted them in putting their case at the International Court of Justice at The Hague,” writes Gadfly columnist ROBERT MACKLIN
“Just over the horizon is a cataclysm heading our way – it’s the sad and sorry march by land and sea of the climate-change refugees in their multi-millions,” writes The Gadfly columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
ROBERT MACKLIN remembers That Day in Canberra when the Deputy Prime Minister accused him of being a romantic!
"I had no idea of what I was about to experience at Uluru, much less the change that it would wrought in my perception of our nation. For Uluru is a magical place where the laws of nature seem to have given way to a dreamtime enchantment," writes ROBERT MACKLIN
