It is the misfortune of contemporary leaders, across the whole spectrum of Australian life, that the community's demand for strong leadership is grow…

- Hugh Mackay

So, if falling crime rates coincide with the rise of violent video games and increasing violence on TV and at the cinema, should we conclude that med…

- Hugh Mackay

On average, Australians watch more than three hours of television a day, compared with 12 minutes a day spent by the average couple talking to each o…

- Hugh Mackay

The yearning for strong leadership is more about strength of purpose - clarity of vision - than about merely 'getting tough'.

- Hugh Mackay

One of the most important responsibilities of leaders in any setting - including business organisations - is to tell us our own story; to explain us …

- Hugh Mackay

One reason we resist making deliberate choices is that choice equals change and most of us, feeling the world is unpredictable enough, try to minimis…

- Hugh Mackay

Actually, I can't imagine anything more tedious than a perfect person, especially if it was someone who also demanded perfection from me.

- Hugh Mackay

It's Australian to do such things because, however uncivilised they may seem, it's human to do them.

- Hugh Mackay

A strangely reflective, even melancholy day. Is that because, unlike our cousins in the northern hemisphere, Easter is not associated with the energy…

- Hugh Mackay