Crispin Hull

US President Donald Trump fell for the observers’ paradox when he posted his ratings recently of the leadership qualities past US Presidents.

Last Saturday’s Western Australian by-election in the state seat of Secret Harbour was worse than diabolical for Labor.

Over the past week or so, most Australians would have received an email notice from their bank announcing “bigger”, “better”, or at best “changes to” their rewards program.

Another month of polling indicates that the new three-way split in Australian politics is permanent: a tad under a third of the first-preference vote to each of Labor, One Nation and the Coalition.

Usually there is enough folly and perfidy in Australian politics to fill many columns every week.

On 4 August 112 years ago, stupid decisions by the leaders of great powers at the time, Britian, Germany, France, Austria-Hungary and Russia, resulted in a catastrophic war that caused the deaths of millions and economic damage and dislocation that resona…

Since the recent rise of One Nation, pollsters have had to deduce not just a Labor-v-Coalition two-party-preferred tally but also a Labor-v-One Nation two-party preferred tally.

Many delegates attending this week’s ALP National Conference no doubt feel the motto of this Government is: “Do nothing for as long as possible and then do as little as possible that you think you can get away with.”

The Singapore Oceanarium is an engineering marvel.

There was much to celebrate and be grateful for last Saturday as the US marked the 250 th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.