Phillip Adams' column in The Australian had been required reading in my childhood home in Sydney. My parents would read it aloud or pass it hand to hand. In many ways, they were like Phillip ...

It must have been tricky to pen an inspiring anthem when the only words that rhyme with Australia are regalia, genitalia and failure. But who the hell is this Gert who lives by sea?

Phillip Adams pictured in 2018 on his property Elmswood ... who’ve appointed me to chair such august bodies as the National Australia Day Council, FFS. Oh, did I mention I’m the father of ...