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The Olympics and Seasons of Change

THE OLYMPICS: TIME TO END THE DISCRIMINATION I'm not 'anti' the Winter Olympics. How could I be? I like an event that includes a sport...

That's a bit rough...

Cheating in cricket isn't cool. Cheating isn't cool. 'Sandpaper-gate' reminds all of us that Australian cricketers are role models, and...

Ben Shapiro? Is a thing?

I don't spend a lot of time in the dustier corners of the inter-web, so I've just discovered a bloke by the name of Ben Shapiro. What an...

The Appalling David Leyonhjelm.

When you hear an elected Australian Senator defending his abuse of a fellow Senator by using the argument that 'general abuse' is ok,...

Peppa Patriarchy

One of the cool things about literary readings is that they can be applied to anything. All they do is filter a text's content through a...

Serena Williams and racist cartoons

HOW TO EXPLAIN THE SERENA WILLIAMS CARTOON CONTROVERSY - WHY THE CARTOON IS RACIST. I can understand why some - even many - people might...

Language 101

I hate it when things aren't properly described. I mean, the other day, I heard that a light plane had crashed somewhere. Terrible, of...

Wladislaw 'Wally' Mueller

Wladislaw 'Wally' Mueller (1923 - 2016.) We used to take long walks along the Chapman River. Along narrow tracks of clay-brown dirt, and...

Empire of Minor Things

EMPIRE OF MINOR THINGS The porousness of memory; objects suck it up, leach it out, stilled into the nether-time of otherworldly reaches...

Bohemian Rhapsody

A few friends, knowing that I'm a Queen nut, asked me about the accuracy of the film, Bohemian Rhapsody. So, if you're interested, here...

Scott Walker

Scott Walker (1943 - 2019) By 1995, I was well on the way to being a music obsessive. Me and a few mates from uni would head into 78...

The Sacred Remains

The devastation of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is an undeniable tragedy. Such beauty, such history torn apart by fire; a place of...

Good Friday

When I was a kid, and an altar server, Holy Week was a busy time. Palm Sunday, the Blessing of the Oils, Holy Thursday, and then, Good...

Olive Trees

Olive trees in our garden in fruit on ANZAC Day our children pick them; the aubergine lustre and sweetness rubbed concealing the...

Imperial Letter

IMPERIAL LEATHER SOAP - A letter Dear Mr/Mrs Leather, I like your soap in that, well, it's soap. It gets soapy. Decent lather. (More on...

Sticks, Stones and Glass Houses

I read the Wednesday's Inside Cover with a degree of amusement. (See the picture.) This, I thought to myself, is going to provoke some...

Daniel Johnston - A Tribute.

Vale, Daniel. A phenomenal songwriter, and an inspiring, troubled human being. He fought his demons all his life, and fought the best of...

Greta Thunberg

When I look at Greta Thunberg doing everything in her power to rouse the leaders of the world into urgently acting on Climate Change, I...

The Manger and the Fire

Christmas thoughts on Climate Change Even you're a climate change sceptic (ie. anti-science numpty), you'd think you'd want more out of a...

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