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Every summer since 1976, when unseeded Mark Edmondson upset defending champion John Newcombe,  Australians have wondered whether an...

Canadians voted last Monday using their non–compulsory first past the post voting system, Australians voted yesterday using their...

This evening at midnight a quirky feature of Australia’s electoral system comes into effect. A 48 hour ‘media blackout’ is enacted. This...

The unintended consequences of social changes are often far more potent than the intended ones. In the eras when workers were paid in...

Yes, it’s true. Australians can start voting on Easter Tuesday. In a mere eleven days.  There was a time, not so long ago in Australia,...

Yesterday, President Trump announced his most sweeping set of economic tariffs. He, alone amongst all considered opinion, believes the...

Earlier this week I attended an end of term retreat with senior students. It occurred to me that the event and its timing were...

What’s the quip?: “Never trust a used car salesman or a specialist”. Well, maybe we will have to add meteorologists to the list. Last...

It is often said that adaptation is the key to biological survival and evolution. Many sporting codes have clearly taken that advice to...

Americans had their Presidential and Congressional elections  last November.  Australia will have its Federal election by the end of May....

Christians prepare for the celebration of Christmas during the season of Advent.  In an increasingly secular Australia, the faithless...

Before we know it the summer season of tennis will begin in Australia. Both Djokovic and Kyrgios, along with the World’s No.1 female...

Happy Birthday Mr. President!  Joe Biden is 82 today.  He is busy trying to carve out his lame duck legacy, even strolling away from the...

Get used to hearing much more about Grover Cleveland! Rarely mentioned amongst the pantheon of American Presidents, Cleveland served as...

Imagine a tennis match where two old combatants are preparing to recontest the final, having contested it four years before. Suddenly,...

So, the world keeps producing its jolts. The unrelenting reminders of change and mortality. Ethel Kennedy, Robert Kennedy’s widow, dies...

It probably is a shock to all other than the most ardent of tennis fans that the US Open starts next Sunday with its qualifying rounds....

Today, 110 years ago, World War One begun. Arguably the defining moment of modern history, the Germans thought they could reach and...

Well, well, well. The inevitable has occurred. Joe Biden has succumbed to the relentless logic of politics. His party do not believe he...

Does anyone go to work on a Friday anymore? In this post-Covid world the relative absence of foot and car traffic at the end of a...