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When Novak Djokovic won the Olympic Gold Medal in Paris, he declared it was “his greatest achievement in tennis.” Not an idle claim from...

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...

If politics and human endeavour are about anything they concern the changes they bring to society. In turn, societies adapt and change...

This time next week we will know our 2024 Wimbledon champions. Unlike recent political events, with the typical exception of the French,...

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...

Two Grand Slams down. Two to go. The first is Wimbledon, the Grand Slam that is primus inter pares. Yet the sound and fury of politics...

What a relief that there are certainties we can rely on in addition to death and taxes. We can always look forward to Rupert Murdoch...

Many might argue that the French people and nation have never quite recovered from the collapse of the Napoleonic Empire. Five Republics...

Last weekend I was treated to time in Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. An underrated city, often overlooked by being in the...

Tasmania is Australia’s smallest and only island State within the Federation. The nation’s smallest State, it is close in the size to...

In 1948 George Orwell wrote an ominous novel predicting the destinies of citizens in the post-War world. In the same year photo-finish...

A spoiler warning: the following comments are not designed to offend. Please read in the cause of commentary not controversy. Sometimes...

I suspect many would agree that the current world is one where the practice of old certitudes has never been less guaranteed. Be it the...

Tonight on Australia’s national broadcasting network the programme, Nemesis, premiered. It is a documentary which will chronicle the...

Reluctant as I am to use contemporary expressions that may not be understood by all, may I begin by offering the following ‘spoiler...

The Australian Open has six days to run and the openings for Australian success have closed in the Men’s and Women’s draws. Yesterday’s ...

Isn’t it remarkable that, notwithstanding all that has come before, the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve generates a collective...

For my sins, but with constant delight, I have taught Australian students for over 30 years about the structures and processes of its...