"Support for the republic will rise, boosted by the inevitable public downgrading of the monarchy in the backlash against colonialism and the antics of the Charles and Camilla regime," says "The Gadfly" columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"Albo's instincts have been most vividly on display in his handling of the Queen’s departure and the constitutional rearrangements to follow," writes "The Gadfly" columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
Novelists have been mixing fact with fiction since Daniel Defoe picked up the story of the castaway Alexander Selkirk in the grog shops of London’s seafarers and gave the world Robinson Crusoe some 300 years ago, writes ROBERT MACKLIN.
"While collectable shops, market stalls and so-called charities pile up their profits, the authors of the work sold and resold get absolutely nothing," bemoans columnist ROBERT MACKLIN, himself an author of 30 books.
The prime minister says it's too early to be talking (again) about the prospect of an Australian republic. Columnist ROBERT MACKLIN disagrees...
As the astrophysicists wax lyrical, "The Gadfly" columnist ROBERT MACKLIN wonders if knowing more about the universe makes any difference to life on our tiny blue planet.
"The PM presented successfully to the international leadership without falling prey to the egomania that often accompanies such tap-dancing on the world stage – as happened so embarrassingly with his predecessors," writes ROBERT MACKLIN.
Author of 29 books, "The Gadfly" columnist ROBERT MACKLIN shares a glimpse of the crazy, self-absorbing life of the long-distance writer.
"It is Thomson, a whitefella whom the Aboriginal people said, 'thought black', who suffered from his own people the blows of hatred and prejudice that they knew so well," writes ROBERT MACKLIN.
“The Chinese – having failed to gain consensus for their latest proposal – will fold their tents and redirect their expansionist ambitions to other more easily infatuated areas of the globe,” says columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"Labor was making gains, but 'minority' became a catchword, until just after nine, when the cavalry came roaring in from the West. That’s when, I suspect, the champus corks hit the ceilings over much of Canberra," writes ROBERT MACKLIN.
"Home is where the heart is, and the real measure of Canberra – like everywhere, I guess – may be found in its people and the things they value most," says "The Gadfly" columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
