It's Christmas - time to consider Trump, Lehrmann, and Dutton's connections to the word "rape" ... It's not Christmas without Lady Mary Fairfax ... US Ambassador to Australia - looking for someone from the "diplomatic clown car"
Year: 2024
Smoke and mirrors
Spiritual notes ... Bishop fends off claim for damages from victim of priestly abuse ... How does this work? ... Victoria protects politician with DV offences ... An oppressive no-publication regime ... Celebrity judge battles antisemitism from the gala dinner circuit
Polly gets a cracker
The Parrot falls from his bully pulpit ... Performances ... The end of the Wharf Revue ... Bruce McClintock on stage at The Onion Club ... Freaks on the loose in Washington
Cohn Man
The ghost of Roy Cohn and the remaking of politics ... Cancelling The Apprentice ... Anticipatory obedience ... NACC Major General's partially apprehended ... Stickler for rectitude ... Meretricious sexual services
Splitting heirs
How to get rid of the Royals - a Republican tours Orstraya ... Underneath their robes - sexual harassment on the bench ... Credit card fees - so tricky that only economists know what to do ... Muted response to Drumgold vindication ... Vale Percy Allan
Pressing matters
The media edition ... Press gangs of Sydney ... Turmoil in the newsrooms ... Commercial newspapers and TV on their last legs ... Moloch's people infiltrating everywhere ... Medals for prize journalists ... Streaming services - the new snails on the block