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  • Mercurial Malaysia and MH370

    A shortened version of this was published in The Spectator Australia – here. In the book of great evasions of responsibility through history, a new chapter to be added concerns the prowess of the government of Malaysia with respect to MH370. For more than twelve years now, up to and including January 2026 when they…

  • John Rowe and the seed of South Australian secession

    This was published in Quadrant Online under the title, ‘You’ll be Sorry When We’re Gone’ – here. In his 1972 novel, McCabe PM, John Rowe tells the story of a maverick Prime Minister from New South Wales Prime whose authoritarian tendencies reach the point where, after South Australia and Western Australia announce their intentions to…

  • Confucius for Oz

    This was published in The Spectator Australia – here. Reading the works of Confucius and other Chinese ancients recently, with their guidance for a life of introspection and honesty of soul, I was saddened at the thought that these philosophies are no longer wanted in their homeland, with the government of China suppressing them out…