Recent stories worth reading
I’ve been recently contributing pieces to Pearls & Irritations, a terrific independent website that broadcasts the sorts of commentary and reporting that the populist mainstream media refuse to run these days. P&I calls itself an independent public-policy journal. It was set up by John Menadue AO, the former head of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet who worked for PMs Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser. John was our ambassador to Japan 1977-80, and a former general manager of News …