It shouldn’t be controversial saying happy new year on January 1, and for most of us it is a happy new year, a time to…
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Anzac Day today of course, and there’s much to be said for the value of remembrance, and the meanings we draw from the day. I…
Leave a CommentIn a society and a system where everything gets bigger — where prices go up, wages go up, consumption goes up, the economy goes up,…
Leave a CommentLast night I signed up for NRL Live — and it feels like they’ve finally entered the 21st century. I wrote about this a couple…
Leave a CommentFor the first time ever that I can think of, the new season started on a Thursday night, and I decided to tune in. Souths…
Leave a CommentSo another Monday night and another Q & A torrent of chatter on Twitter. I have watched it from time to time but usually I…
Leave a CommentI honestly don’t understand “swing voters”. You don’t have enough political principles to know where to stand? You think things change that much? You feel…
Leave a CommentNow that the election campaign is going, there are already errant messages floating around to the effect of “better get rid of them”, and of…
Leave a CommentIN SEVEN MONTHS. Can you believe it? September 14. Well, we all knew it was coming, and I suspect I actually know what Labor’s tactics…
Leave a CommentThere’s a lot of talk about whether you should be proud of Australia on Australia Day, whether you’re bad if you don’t, whether your patriotism…
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