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Bob Ellis is one of Australia’s greatest writers, playwrights, auteurs and journalists.
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[...] For about eight days now, Tony Abbott has been in worsening trouble, and he has no hope any more of being Prime Minister, writes Bob Ellis. [...]
[...] Bob Ellis has some hard words to say about Prime Minister Julia Gillard about her attitudes towards race. By Bob Ellis [...]
[...] Bob Ellis recalls a man he knew — one of the greatest writers, and minds, of our time, the “Prince of Letters”, Gore Vidal. Gore Vidal [...]
[...] literary legend Bob Ellis has a new play about the life of Shakespeare that goes on stage in Adelaide in a fortnight. Here he [...]
[...] hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing, says Bob Ellis. By Bob [...]
[...] Dreyfus before him, says Bob Ellis, the imperilled Julian Assange is dividing the nation — and the world. By Bob [...]
[...] Bob Ellis considers the cases of Lindy Chamberlain and Craig Thomson — and wonders why Australians are so willing to witch-hunt. By legendary man of letters, Bob Ellis. [...]
[...] current mood that Labor has Abbott on the run and will almost certainly save the Liberals, writes Bob Ellis. By Bob [...]
[...] the last week or so, says Bob Ellis, the political atmosphere in Canberra has changed decisively. By Bob [...]
[...] the first of his exclusive weekly columns for Independent Australia, the great Bob Ellis explains why conservatives adore the politics of smear. By Bob [...]
[...] Bob Ellis says the newly released film version of Jack Kerouac’s Beat Generation masterpiece, On the Road, is hard to beat as an adaption. [...]
[...] a wrong thing is said, it can be argued, writes Bob Ellis, it does not need or deserve the cutting out of [...]
[...] Opposition got their political strategy diabolically wrong on Tuesday, says Bob Ellis, and it will show up in the next honest poll. Peter Slipper / Tony [...]
[...] Opposition got their political strategy diabolically wrong on Tuesday, says Bob Ellis, and it will show up in the next honest [...]
[...] Barack Obama’s victory in the second U.S. presidential debate may have saved the world from the jackal economics and moral barbarity of the Tea Party, writes Bob Ellis. [...]
[...] Superstorm Sandy gave politics a watershed moment this week, in America and elsewhere, writes Bob Ellis. [...]
[...] The U.S. election will come to be seen in years to come as having delivered the killer blow to the Republican Party, writes Bob Ellis. [...]
[...] When the Royal Commission comes to considering child abuse and who committed it — where do you draw the line, asks Bob Ellis. [...]
[...] wrong for Netanyahu to be killing his own people and he should be tried at The Hague for it, writes Bob Ellis. Benjamin ‘Bibi’ [...]
[...] Bob Ellis says Tony Abbott and the Coalition have been painted into their own ‘shock horror’ corner ― and now have nowhere left to go. Have the Opposition reached outrage overload? [...]
[...] journalists killed or injured by Israeli attacks on a Gaza media centre were legitimate targets. Bob Ellis reports. (Screenshot courtesy Al [...]
[...] by no means a hagiography, Bob Ellis writes that he met Bryce Courtenay in 1962, was fired by him, and had complicated feelings about [...]
[...] Faulkner is a teetotaller and it shows, writes Bob Ellis, who advises him to change his ways, have his first beer, and become a better [...]
[...] Bob Ellis reviews Clint Eastwood’s new baseball movie — Trouble with the Curve. [...]
[...] It is time to some dots about the potentially deadly conspiracies against Peter Slipper and Craig Thomson, writes Bob Ellis. [...]
[...] Bob Ellis offers a modest proposal to stop mad young American men from acquiring, and using guns on their fellow humans. [...]
[...] – so sadly – the girl brutally gang-raped in India has died; with a society in uproar, Bob Ellis considers the plight of women in an unfair [...]
[...] Newman is doing what conservatives always do in Australia, says Bob Ellis, cynically changing the rules to retain their grip on [...]
[...] law about crossing state borders in taxis — something no-one knew about, least of all him. Bob Ellis comments on what has now become, officially, a [...]
[...] Director Sacha Gervasi’s new film ‘Hitchcock’ will make a lot of money — and yet still be a tragic missed opportunity, says Bob Ellis. [...]
[...] Newspoll showing Labor back on level ground, Bob Ellis considers why it all went so wrong for the Liberal Party so [...]
[...] public confessions is not good enough, says Bob Ellis, Lance Armstrong should be gaoled for fraud — but should not have his titles rubbed [...]
[...] things turn out at Bob Ellis expects, the reign of terror of Israel’s Bibi Netanyahu will soon be [...]
[...] Swan may be getting some critical headlines at the moment, says Bob Ellis, but he is an excellent treasurer and a good [...]
[...] Joe Wright made a mistake in filming Anna Karenina like a play, says Bob Ellis, although the result was still extremely [...]
[...] Joe Wright made a mistake in filming Anna Karenina like a play, says Bob Ellis, although the result was still extremely [...]
[...] The latest “poll disaster” for the Government has absolutely no validity and, in fact, is probably a crime, says Bob Ellis. [...]
[...] The latest “poll disaster” for the Government has absolutely no validity and, in fact, is probably a crime, says Bob Ellis. [...]
[...] Is the Australian government’s offer of “hundreds, not thousands” of dollars to grieving Afghani parents an insult that puts our troops’ lives at risk, asks Bob Ellis. [...]
[...] Is the Australian government’s offer of “hundreds, not thousands” of dollars to grieving Afghani parents an insult that puts our troops’ lives at risk, asks Bob Ellis. [...]
[...] today says WA will be a landslide victory for the Liberal Party — but Bob Ellis is not so [...]
[...] Bob Ellis writes an open letter to Independent MPs Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor, imploring them not to side with Murdoch’s shady propagandists. [...]
[...] Bob Ellis writes an open letter to Independent MPs Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor, imploring them not to side with Murdoch’s shady propagandists. [...]
[...] Bob Ellis was at Federal Parliament this week, speaking to politicians, including Craig Thomson, and sensing the mood around Parliament House. [...]
[...] Bob Ellis was at Federal Parliament this week, speaking to politicians, including Craig Thomson, and sensing the mood around Parliament House. [...]
[...] comedy I Give It a Year is love in all its contours and colourings and fumblings, writes Bob Ellis, and should be [...]
[...] comedy I Give It a Year is love in all its contours and colourings and fumblings, writes Bob Ellis, and should be [...]
[...] man in Canberra, Bob Ellis, fills us in on up-to-the minute news from in and around Parliament on this historic [...]
[...] man in Canberra, Bob Ellis, fills us in on up-to-the minute news from in and around Parliament on this historic [...]
[...] man in Canberra, Bob Ellis, fills us in on up-to-the minute news from in and around Parliament on this historic [...]
[...] Tony Abbott should clean about what he knew about the homosexual rapes that occurred at the seminary while he was a trainee priest, and which he appears to be covering up, writes Bob Ellis. [...]
[...] Tony Abbott should come clean about what he knew about the homosexual rapes that occurred at the seminary while he was a trainee priest, and which he appears to be covering up, writes Bob Ellis. [...]
[...] Tuesday, 9th of April 2013, was the day it all began to fall apart for Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party, says Bob Ellis. [...]
[...] Margaret Thatcher is dead, but we should not mourn her, but rather the world she cost us, says Bob Ellis. [...]
[...] Margaret Thatcher is dead, but we should not mourn her, but rather the world she cost us, says Bob Ellis. [...]
[...] The capture and killing of the Tsarnaev brothers will be beat up by America into an anti-Muslim jihad, which Sandy Hook never was, says Bob Ellis. [...]
[...] Clive Palmer’s resurrection of the UAP today has tipped the election into Labor’s favour, says Bob Ellis. [...]
[...] Clive Palmer’s resurrection of the UAP today has tipped the election into Labor’s favour, says Bob Ellis. [...]
[...] The fate of kidnapping rapist Ariel Castro will be watched by millions of men around the world who have done similar things, says Bob Ellis. [...]
[...] The fate of kidnapping rapist Ariel Castro will be watched by millions of men around the world who have done similar things, says Bob Ellis. [...]