Roger Coombs
Roger Coombs worked for The Daily Telegraph for 25 years. In that time, he was a reporter, bureau chief, section editor, manager, leader writer, feature writer and columnist. His principal claim to any semblance of journalistic credibility, he says is “writing 14 consecutive editorial columns about the death of Princess Dianna’‘. Pity he can’t spell Diana.
Articles by Roger Coombs
Ideology aside, let’s hear it for the sisterhood
That apt French phrase about the more things change, the more they stay the same could have been minted to…... Read more
What polls and asylum seekers say about our values
Let’s accept the Federal Opposition’s interpretation of this week’s polling figures at face value; as a consequence of his “softness”…... Read more
Afghanistan needs us to decide if we’re fighting on
An evocative photograph taken last week underscored that old utterance about a picture being worth a thousand words, and prompted…... Read more
The public hospital system is fuelled by love, not money
MY wife’s mother died a few days ago. A stroke it was, suffered on Father’s Day. ... Read more
Why Della’s lover should have revealed herself
THERE should be no debate over media fundamentals when it comes to the John Della Bosca story, which was broken…... Read more
Should we pay capital gains tax on the family home?
WHILE the Federal Government was quick to rule out speculation earlier this week that it was considering a capital gains…... Read more
Indecent dressing doesn’t deserve a flogging
In the warring African nation of Sudan, where Australia has a deployment of 10 Federal Police officers and 15 Defence…... Read more
Robert McNamara and the arguable value of government
HERE’S a big question to ponder: in general, has government worked to advance our welfare, or to retard our efforts…... Read more
What are values and where do you get them
A news report on the wireless last week about a decision taken by the local council at Liverpool, a satellite…... Read more
You are what you believe
THE ambition for this column, when it was first published in The Daily Telegraph about three years ago, was that…... Read more
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