It’s time for the regular Monday message board, where you are invited to post your thoughts on any topic. I don’t have anything noteworthy to say about the late Pope, but perhaps you do. Civilised discussion and no coarse language, please.

I’ve long promised a post on why regional government, an idea favored by both Whitlam and Howard, is a silly idea. If people want a unitary system of government, with the national government absorbing all the powers currently exercised by the states, they should say so, instead of flirting with this figleaf.
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It’s time for the regular Monday message board, where you are invited to post your thoughts on any topic. Discussion starter: what did you do on the Easter holidays. Civilised discussion and no coarse language, please.

It’s time for the regular Monday message board, where you are invited to post your thoughts on any topic. Discussion starter: What did you do for the Easter holiday? Civilised discussion and no coarse language, please.

It’s time for the regular Monday message board, where you are invited to post your thoughts on any topic. If any NT readers are battened down for Cyclone Ingrid, but still connected to the Internet, now’s your chance for a live report. Civilised discussion and no coarse language, please.

This (somewhat irregular)) regular feature is back. The idea is that, over the weekend, you should post your thoughts in a more leisurely fashion than in ordinary comments or the Monday Message Board.

Please post your thoughts on any topic, at whatever length seems appropriate to you. Civilised discussion and no coarse language, please.

It’s time for the regular Monday message board, where you are invited to post your thoughts on any topic. I haven’t had time to post on the competing royal tours, but I’d be interested in readers’ thoughts. Civilised discussion and no coarse language, please.

It’s time for the regular Monday message board, where you are invited to post your thoughts on any topic. Regular reader Nicholas Gruen has suggested that we discuss the possibilities of a single party holding government nationally and in all states and territories. I’ve taken the liberty of posting some of his message as a discussion starter.

Civilised discussion and no coarse language, please.

It’s time for the regular Monday message board, where you are invited to post your thoughts on any topic. Civilised discussion and no coarse language, please.

It’s time for the regular Monday message board, where you are invited to post your thoughts on any topic. I probably won’t get around to commenting on the morganatic marriage of Charles and Camilla, but others may want to do so.