
How to drive in Sicily: If you can’t beat them, join them
Some years ago I asked the concierge at a hotel on the shores of Lake Como how fast you could drive legally...

Hung parliaments: Time to hang up on this piece of political-speak
There’s a lot that’s wrong with the language of politics, but there’s a tired and tedious term we need to dispense with...

Beyond the Murdoch media: A clearer vision for Australian journalism
On Monday, while I waited in the wings in Canberra to appear at the Senate media diversity inquiry, Malcolm Turnbull was skewering...

Bruce Guthrie: What Australians should take from the US election
The US election is over, I think, and Joe Biden will be the country’s next President once Donald Trump and his milksops...

Bruce Guthrie: Why Australians should be hoping for a Joe Biden landslide
Australians should be hoping for a Joe Biden victory in the US presidential election. Or, more to the point, a Donald Trump...

Bruce Guthrie: Victorians are on the loose in NSW. Just don’t tell Gladys
Years ago, when I lived in Los Angeles, locals had a bumper sticker they displayed to taunt tourists. It read: “Welcome to...

Even Republicans have to concede Queen Elizabeth nailed it in her coronavirus speech
I long ago gave up listening to Royal messages: Christmas, blah, Queen’s Birthday, blah, Easter, blah. For a Republican, they’re at best...

Shock! Horror! Truth!: Gossip mag ruling delivers reality check on facts
Long before Donald Trump claimed ownership of the term “fake news”, Australian gossip magazines were making a fortune out of it. They’ve...

Charles Manson: My chilling encounter with a mass murderer
News broke this week that Leslie Van Houten could be the first member of Charles Manson’s murderous “family” to walk free from jail...

The New Daily celebrates five years of freeing the news
The New Daily turns five today. That may not sound like a lot to some, but in the here-today, gone-tomorrow world of...