Matthew Parris

New Algiers sprawls unmemorably for miles, but old Algiers is not dying, just fraying somewhat at the seams

Labor PM Anthony Albanese’s proposal is to set up a federal advisory body to comprise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people representing Indigenous communities

The sky was dark with thousands of swifts, just arrived over the mountains from Africa

These were pioneers who never struck gold, scratching a living from livestock farming

I eat fish regularly. And I know they die a slow, agonizing death by the fish equivalent of drowning