In a massive shock, the Victorian government dislikes cancer. And, amazingly enough, they fund cancer hospitals. Who woulda thunk it! But just in case you didn’t know, the Victorian government’s just started a TV advertising campaign, complete...

You’ve probably heard by now about the leak of the “Danish text” to The Guardian. In essence, it appears that a small group of developed nations, including Australia, have been quietly working on a proposed draft agreement for the Copenhagen summit. ...

The holiday season is almost upon us, and many readers’ holiday plans may well include a visit to my adopted home town of Brisbane. My own plans entail a visit to my original home town of Melbourne, but I digress. Visitors to Brisbane will notice...

Think the mining boom has made a big difference to the Australian economy? Well, it’s nothing compared to what appears likely to do for Papua New Guinea, where a consortium of companies have just agreed to proceed on a project to build a liquified...

On Saturday night, I summed up the Higgins and Bradfield by-elections: The final verdict – the whole thing is probably a bit of a side show. The by-election results did, of course, lead to a particularly risible bit of Newspoll analysis (pace...