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WC 2011
Image via Wikipedia The cricket world cup begins today in India and the sub-continent. Winners of the last three competitions and with a remarkable WC winningstreak of 27 (or is it 28?) Australia go...
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Our perverse times
Well justified outrage this week after a 4 Corners report into the treatment of Australian cattle exported to Indonesia. Putting aside the irony that these cattle are heading for the cooking pot...
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What a place we live
It was not long into the return trip home today I felt like stopping to admire the view. I was travelling along the crest of a hill on a dirt track. To my left the ground fell away. The sky was blue...
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The comedy no-one laughs at
I caught up last night with one of my favourite shows currently on the box. The Thick of It is the TV spin-off (or possibly the inspiration for?) the movie that came out last year In The Loop. It’s...
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Sporting Nation
Watched a terrific program last night on TV hosted by John Clarke, New Zealand’s greatest export. Sporting Nation is all about Australia’s love of sport, both a look at the historical narrative and an...
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Advance Australia
There was a report in the newspaper the other day about some graffiti found in an outer suburb: “Fuck Australia Fair”, it read. I doubt the person responsible for this did so with irony in mind. Most...
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Another fuck-up
This is a terrible government. I said that before. It’s worse even than I feared. You hope to be pleasantly surprised, but instead find that the incompetence, intransigence and misjudgment runs deep....
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Clark Kent to Superman
Coming into this Ashes series I was more optimistic than a lot of people. I generally am. There seemed genuine cause for that, though not everyone agreed. There had been very promising signs in England...
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The perils of frontier society
It’s a boring job sitting behind a reception desk waiting for people to come in to serve. I wile away the hours on the small tasks I’ve set myself, and surfing the net. As you see, I’ll take time to...
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We’ll ride with you
Like most of Australia yesterday I was gripped by the unfolding events in the hostage siege at Lindt, in Martin Place, Sydney, an area I know well. When I first heard I thought it was a common old...
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