"I would be very surprised if Albanese survived as prime minister long enough to lead Labor to the 2025 election… the Labor factions, I’m told, are already abuzz with leadership chatter," writes The Gadfly columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"Then the seemingly impossible happened and, at the top of the straight, the old jockey surrendered the saddle to his female stablemate," writes The Gadfly columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"Of course, it’s laughable that God wants Donald back in the White House, but try telling that to Trump’s evangelical base," writes ROBERT MACKLIN.
"The Australian experience differed from the West Indies slavery in that the Aboriginal people were enslaved in their own beloved country as their spiritual and physical identities were stripped away," writes columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"On any given day, the ABC's viewing line-up is overwhelmed by repeats; most of the rest are BBC propaganda freebees such as Antiques Roadshow or Grand Designs," writes The Gadfly columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"Why, I ask you, is the currawong and crow protected by law when the decorative and charming species are crying out for protection from them," asks The Gadfly columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"While Peter Dutton’s Opposition will happily accept the Trump presidency, we can expect the Labor government to contort itself to meet the challenge. And not in a good way," says The Gadfly columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"Biden is a doddering 81 and would be 86 by the time his second term ended. Trump is 77 and would be Biden’s current age if he stayed for just the one more term. That’s the American leadership story," writes columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"To suggest that the government has been 'guided and inspired by the customs and cultures of the First Nations people' is a barefaced lie," writes The Gadfly columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"A lot has changed since Mr Berlin pledged his loving dedication together with the royalties of the song from 1926. But the power of love is not one of them," writes The Gadfly columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"His passion cost him his health and his first marriage, but he returned to his public quest for Aboriginal advancement, earning the praise of professorial fellows as 'Australia’s Lawrence of Arabia'," writes ROBERT MACKLIN.
"Japan’s membership of AUKUS could hardly be more provocative to a country that suffered the indignity of Japanese control of its Taiwan province and its invasion of the mainland in World War II," writes columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
