“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
"With the economy in trouble, this was not such a bad election to lose… but that’s a classic case of being wise after the event!" writes Gadfly columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"The silence Julia Gillard has kept since Bill Shorten (among others) engineered her downfall speaks volumes. It suggests that the progressive feminisation of our political system is certainly a notion worth exploring," writes Gadfly columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"Unlike nearly every other country in the world, we have done something so clever that it’s almost impossible to believe we meant it," writes columnist ROBERT MACKLIN. But what is it?
“Truth is, as a post-1788 nation we still haven’t found our feet. We’re like the…
"The moment Howard engaged the SAS to keep the refugees from landing, Beazley was toast. It was an ad-man’s victory. Morrison was up to his neck in it," writes The Gadfly columnist ROBERT MACKLIN
"Looking back over the recent Royal Commissions, it almost seems as though our political leaders…
"When the Aliens arrive in their spaceship and say: 'Take me to your leader", who…
"Morrison's mad idea to parachute Warren Mundine into Gilmore was a 'captain’s call' worthy of…
