"One side has rejected the 'Uluru Statement from the Heart'. One side is led by a Pentecostal who boasts of 'miracles'. One side is perfectly sanguine about the misuse of public funds," ROBERT MACKLIN has a one-sided view of this election.
"An air of lunacy has developed around the agreement between the Solomon Islands and our biggest and most lucrative trading partner during this surreal election campaign," writes columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
Has there ever been a war without war crimes? Try as he might, columnist ROBERT MACKLIN can't think of one.
"A month and a bit from polling day, all the signs are pointing to Antony Green calling it for Labor by about 9.30 on election night," writes "The Gadfly" columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
In these desperate times of war, plague, flood and pestilence, it’s vital to have the occasional hoot of laughter, says "The Gadfly" columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"Who better than Bond, with his licence to kill, at a time when an unbalanced dictator is threatening the world with a nuclear holocaust?," writes "The Gadfly" columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"The 'bubble' that Morrison likes to call his Canberra workplace has popped. All the clever marketing devices have scattered into the public arena as lies, hypocrisies, bullying and deceit," writes "The Gadfly" columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"Since the Queen is 95 and bedevilled by covid and the sexual foibles of favourite son Andrew, we can be fairly sure that her demise could well occur before that hoped for centennial telegram to herself," writes columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"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.
