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Homelessness revisited
Unlike some people, I don't just think about homelessness via a news story here and there regarding the statistics, the blight on a...
Aug 3, 202010 min read


Laming's lemmings
I recently saw a story in our local paper, The Redland City Bulletin, owned by Fairfax Media, regarding Andrew Laming. It mentioned...
Jul 26, 20207 min read


Do you want fries with that?
There is always going to be a least one public or political figure that will set themselves up, unintentionally in most cases, to be...
Jul 21, 20206 min read


The Waterfront Dispute
In 1997 the Patrick Corporation embarked on a restructuring program that was to have serious repercussions for the many waterside workers...
Jul 20, 20206 min read


Morrison's doona dive
In early May 2020, in an effort to marshal the troops towards kickstarting the COVID-savaged economy, Scott Morrison uttered the words...
Jul 19, 20204 min read


I Stand With Dan
I didn't know much about Dan Andrews a year or two ago. I knew he was the Labor leader in Victoria and that he had been the Premier of...
Jul 19, 20202 min read


Situation Covid
I remember talking to my son a few years ago about the catastrophes of plague, particularly the bubonic plague, or "Black Death", that...
Jul 18, 20204 min read


Growing up political
I was quite young, indeed, too young to understand the historical concept of Gough Whitlam when he came to office as Prime Minister in...
Jul 17, 20202 min read


The Politics of Journalism
I wrote this piece two years ago and it is more than pertinent now: "I generally don't write a lot about our politics. I'm not a...
Jul 17, 20202 min read
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