The quest to ban "hate speech" is a fantasy, both for locals and for visitors. But that doesn't mean we should invite foreign bigots here on state visits.
Category: Political issues
The Trump doctrine in the Indian Ocean
Trump takes an interest in the Chagos Islands, raising questions about the support for his views both in Europe and America.
Free speech: What went wrong
Freedom of speech goes by the board yet again, as Australia's government and opposition compete in the opportunism stakes.
Antisemitism and the Trumpists
The American hard right is splitting between its pro-Israel and its antisemitic wings, although the two things have sat together fairly amicably in the past.
Trump vs Europe
Does Donald Trump want to destroy Europe in order to save it, or does he just want to destroy it, period?
Two South American results
Chile looks set for a far-right president, while Ecuador clips its president's wings in a referendum.
2009 all over again?
With the Liberal Party on the point of changing leaders again, some are looking back to a time when that worked, after a fashion.
A Remembrance Day compilation
Views over the years of the 1975 constitutional crisis.
Liberals contemplate a Hastie future
Andrew Hastie is obviously preparing the ground for a Liberal leadership challenge, with the argument that a policy shift is necessary to counter the threat from the far right. It doesn't make a lot of sense.
Trump: two more views
Some more perspectives on what Trumpism is and where it is going.
The World is Not Enough 