Weekly Dose of Common Sense
On Overnight Success
It often takes decades to be deemed an 'overnight success' and that maxim has been proven true once again.
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Golden Days Ahead
Last weekend I was fortunate enough to be a part of the celebrations for my parents’ 50thwedding anniversary. It was
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Taking care of business
There are some common themes heard whenever I travel around the country. Last night I was in Sydney speaking at
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Citizenship Down
The current citizenship saga plaguing our parliament is diminishing its status even more. Just as frustrating for me is that
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They've never had it so good
Sometimes things are brought to your attention that leave you gobsmacked. It happened to me this week thanks to an
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Broken records
Parliament has resumed for the Spring session and one could be forgiven for thinking that although time has passed, nothing
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Broken Vows
I have been on the road again this week gathering insights and information ahead of parliament resuming. There are so
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Troubled Waters
It was at a luncheon last Friday when one of my guests said “be sure to watch the ABC’s
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Breaking the culture siege
I am writing this week’s comment at 35,000 feet en route to Townsville in Northern Queensland. It’s
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Ending Up Somewhere Else
When I was at secondary school I was given a book by one of my teachers entitled “If you don’
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ALP's Palestine
Whenever I write about world events there usually follows a flow of emails telling me how wrong I am or
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Taking Stock
In life before politics I was involved in the business sector where a lot of focus was on the end
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Conski 2.0
Your Weekly Dose of Common Sense is a little late today because we are in the midst of debating the