Andrew MacLeod
Taliban and Afghanistan – it won’t end in Kabul
As if the world did not have enough to worry about with COVID-19, last week saw the return to power of the...
Don’t think Donald Trump can win again? Well, this is how he can
Back in May 2016, I wrote that Donald Trump would win the US election. I was lambasted, but I ultimately and unfortunately...
Australia Day controversy: What date could it be instead?
Australia Day is heading our way. Not only will we celebrate, many will commiserate and call for the day to be changed....
A bit rich: Should Cambodia and less-wealthy nations donate to our bushfires recovery?
I have to admit I was embarrassed, to be sitting in a hotel room in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and to see an...
George Pell appeals, the church gets tax breaks – while victims serve life
Victims of sexual abuse can never appeal their sentence. They have to live with the results of abuse for the rest of...
The life-and-death decisions weighing on Julian Assange
Julian Assange would hate to see himself as a pawn in a large chess game. Love him or hate him, few people...
Don’t be blasé, Trump really could go to war with Iran
There is a temptation in Australia to think US President Donald Trump is just rattling sabres with Iran. In the best-case scenario,...
Israel Folau found guilty of contract breach, next stop High Court
The Rugby Australia Code of Conduct Panel has ruled that Israel Folau has committed a high-level breach of his contract potentially becoming...
The ‘tolerant’ people attacking Israel Folau are breathtaking hypocrites
Let me be very clear from the start that I do not agree with Israel Folau when he says homosexuals will go...
While Europe bickers, Italy shows Australia how to get along with China
This week in London, one would be excused for thinking that the only thing happening of any political interest was Brexit –...