The Sydney Morning Herald logo
Advertisement
Paul Malone

Paul Malone

Paul Malone is a former political reporter and columnist for The Sunday Canberra Times.

How many public servants toil away on Sisyphean tasks that never end?

The make-work program: a true tale of bureaucratic misery

Yes, many public service meetings are pointless. But curing this 'disease' has its consequences.

  • Paul Malone

Latest

ABC logo with room

Paul Malone: Media's duty is to serve the public, not the government

Has the ABC damaged its reputation as an independent broadcaster?

  • Paul Malone
Human resource requests sometimes sound like they're straight out of TV show Utopia.

Utopian moments abound in the workforce thanks to human resources departments

Unfortunately the downsizing that threatens many workers doesn't extend to human resources sections.

  • Paul Malone
At least 10,000 people protest in Dili last year against Australia's stance on the oil and gas meridian line in the Timor Sea.

Australia's agreement with Timor Leste does not have a positive history

The dispute undermined Australia's claim to be an upstanding member of the international community.

  • Paul Malone
The statue of Captain James Cook in Sydney's Hyde Park was defaced last weekend.

Hyde Park statue damage shows a reality that Australia must confront

No Australian should be upset by the proposals to change the wording on Cook's statue.

  • Paul Malone
One Nation senator Pauline Hanson takes off the burqa. The stunt would likely not have been allowed under old Senate rules.

Senator Pauline Hanson's version of fowl play was in bad taste

Pauline Hanson's stunt would have been out of order had Senate rules of years gone by been applied.

  • Paul Malone
Advertisement
Melbourne's Yarra Council will stop referring to January 26 as Australia Day.

Yarra City Council's Australia Day policy is not a surprise

There should be no denying the white invasion of Australia or the wars and massacres that took place.

  • Paul Malone
Australian Public Service commisioner John Lloyd.

Australian Public Service Commission's new social media guidelines go too far

There must be some way of enabling private social media intercourse without fear of big brother.

  • Paul Malone
The Chinese missile frigate Yuncheng launches an anti-ship missile during a military exercise in the waters near south China's Paracel Islands last year.

South China Sea regional code of conduct could help resolve disputes

Potentially the biggest prizes in the South China Sea will come from oil and gas discoveries

  • Paul Malone
Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research deputy director Roger Wilkins said inequality was not an ever-rising trend.

Roger Wilkins' claims about inequality at economic conference should be tested

The top 1 per cent of Australians own more wealth then the bottom 70 per cent combined.

  • Paul Malone