KEEPING UP THE ACT
Okay, kids, let's all sing along to Canberra's favourite transport song, Chris Steel on the Bus (goes round and round).
Opinion
Views on the news from Canberra’s top columnists
If the appropriateness of light rail and better alternatives are not the National Capital Authority’s concern, what are the criteria on which their approval will be based, wonders Prof BEATRICE BODART-BAILEY.
Legal columnist HUGH SELBY, identifying a bumblebee, takes a flight of fancy around a real life retelling of the tea party in Alice in Wonderland that is keeping the legal fraternity's gossips in Sydney and beyond entertained.
Cartoonist PAUL DORIN's been doing some market research...
Opinion
Alan Jones: a peculiarly Sydney story of media, politics and power
Alan Jones once seemed unassailable. What ended it was a peculiarly Sydney story of media, politics and power, writes DENIS MULLER.
Opinion
Lessons in how to win an (American) election
"Control the narrative. Forget the why. Just get something out there. Something people talk about. For whatever reason. Trump’s team was brilliant at this," writes political columnist ANDREW HUGHES.
Letters
I hope the new Liberal leadership listens to voters
"The Liberals seem determined to learn from their rejection by voters. I hope that they will cut their ties with the science deniers and work with all members of the Assembly," says letter writer NOEL BAXENDELL, of Holt.
The latest covid booster will soon be available. NATHAN BARTLETT explains whether you should get one and whether you're eligible.
A new largest known prime number was found last month by an amateur mathematician, continuing a millennia-long quest to understand hidden patterns in the infinite tapestry of numbers.
"I’m aware that it’s early days yet. And when Trump actually takes the reins in late January, he might well begin knocking down the guidelines of presidential restraint," writes The Gadfly columnist ROBERT MACKLIN .
"My wife discovered a catalogue filled with goodies and, once she ordered something, that damned internet has been sending her Christmas 'suggestions' for months," bemoans The Gadfly columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
"Have smartphones spelt the death of the camera? Actually, no. I've just bought the latest Sony RX10M4 which has capabilities way beyond those of a smartphone camera," writes Whimsy columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS.
Imagine you went to court with your partner and your mum, and a judge estimated your compensation claim at $3 million but you won't see a cent of it. Legal columnist HUGH SELBY exposes an arcane reality of the ACT Crimes Act.
Celebrity couples therapist HARMONY HEARTBREAK shares the heartbreaking transcript of the session when legislative lovers Andrew and Shaney broke up…
"There was nothing wrong with the economics of Henry George. But his very correct proposals have since been swept under the carpet, or cancelled, by self interest, greed and exploitation," says letter writer TIM WALSHAW, of Watson.
He's back! Hard to avoid that news, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
"We’ve never had health insurance, and until the government blew the budget on that idiotic tram it'd worked well. Now it’s a mess and we're caught between insane premiums and waiting forever for "elective surgery," writes ROBERT MACKLIN.
Join the new Liberal lead singer Leanne Castley and old Jer-bear Hanson for four years of hits and heartaches. KEEPING UP THE ACT has the playlist.
In this column HUGH SELBY sets a warring scene of history, with a focus on the Middle East, then follows with a sobering generic warning that looks at the seeds of ethnic and religious hatred and what mankind may harvest in the future.
