Australia: an “intellectual gulag”
By Toby Manhire in The Internaut
Issue Listener Plus 22nd May 2013
Column claiming that Australians “hate thinkers” sparks fiery exchanges.
Australia
The Australian take on NZ's marriage equality law
By Toby Manhire in The Internaut
Issue Listener Plus 22nd Apr 2013
A mixture of admiration and frustration - but Australia is still more progressive than its neighbour, insists one writer.
John Key – inspiration for Australia’s next prime minister
By Toby Manhire in The Internaut
Issue Listener Plus 27th Mar 2013
The NZ leader has “the essential quality of public trust” that Australian counterparts lack.
Bernard Lagan: The Ireland of Australia
Subscriber contentBy Bernard Lagan in Diary
Issue 3798 14th Feb 2013
Is it not time to talk about the costs of Kiwi migration to Australia?
Julia Gillard confirms the end of the world
By Toby Manhire in The Internaut
Issue Listener Plus 7th Dec 2012
Turns out the Mayan prophecy is right, says Australian PM.
More on the “fat Australian bitch” thing
3 CommentsBy Toby Manhire in The Internaut
Issue Listener Plus 4th Dec 2012
Atlantic writer ponders this essential insight into trans-Tasman relations
Dame Edna: Eat Pray Laugh review
1 CommentsIssue Listener Plus 12th Aug 2012
On his farewell tour, Barry Humphries bids a poignant, if fragrant, farewell to his creations.
Australians too complacent and condescending to New Zealanders - John Howard
By Toby Manhire in The Internaut
Issue Listener Plus 30th May 2012
The former PM has lamented the transtasman attitude during a debate at the Oxford Union.
Why our wines wallop Australia's
By Michael Cooper in Wine
Issue 3744 11th Feb 2012
New Zealand's wine industry is whipping Australia's hands-down.
Julia Gillard stumbles towards electoral disaster
Subscriber contentBy Nicholas Stuart in Commentary
Issue 3723 17th Sep 2011
Ho much longer can Australian PM Julia Gillard hang on?