
What the rest of the world gets wrong about North Korea
The Korean Peninsula is heating up, without a resolution in sight. Are we headed for war? One of the difficulties for observers...

The shift to solitary living is massively inflating property prices
Australians increasingly choose to live alone, and this huge demographic shift is going to push up prices and sprawl our cities further into the...

Brexit and DUP power could reignite Northern Ireland’s ‘Troubles’
The Good Friday Agreement in 1998 brought an end to decades of violence and terrorism in Northern Ireland. Unionists (who want Northern...

Putting a stop to terror: how we must respond
I live between, and only a kilometre or so from, the last two terrorist attacks in London. I was also in Liverpool...

‘Margaret Court’s attackers have lost the argument’
Once again, the madding crowd on the internet has lost the high-moral ground on an important social issue. The abuse it has...

The French election is a much bigger deal than the British one
Australian media are all over the British election recently called by Prime Minister Theresa May. Given our colonial background and shared language,...

Why the future of the United Kingdom is in jeopardy
Over the last few days Britain has formally started its departure, or ‘Brexit’, from the political and economic bloc that is the...

Luck had nothing to do with avoiding deadly London attack
I live 300 metres from Westminster Bridge in London where the latest crazy, evil murderer took innocent lives, presumably following a distorted...

Why Donald Trump’s foreign aid cuts could be a good thing
Donald Trump’s announcement that he will massively increase military spending sends a chill down many peoples’ spines. Without doubt, part of the...

Donald Trump may be pushing Mexico into China’s arms
What if China paid for Donald Trump’s wall with Mexico? Before you snort into your cornflakes thinking this might be a sick...
