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Canberra is becoming a Capital Mess

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

This week the ACT government revealed plans for a large car park close to the city centre, at the edge of Lake Burley Griffin. This is not likely to enhance Canberra’s appeal, either as a tourist destination or a place to live. This is just typical of the mis-guided policies of the Stanhope government. For […]

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In the bosom of the ladies’ gym

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

On this Valentine’s Day of 2008 may I take the opportunity to wish you love. If romanitic love is not on your doorstep, perhaps that more diffuse emotion of social well-being is within your domain. This may consist of no more than an absence of malice. In the aftermath of the historic apology to the […]

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Junkies are the scum of the earth (3)

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

No point in talking about my son any more. Why depress everyone, including myself? Better to boast of solutions to the tedious society vs the individual vs resource distribution conundrum. In relation to drug policy at least. Again I find my suggestions are viable, and being implemented in the enlightened backwoods of Scandinavia. On the […]

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Even the ABC titles are gun shy of Alan Jones

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007

The ABC’s decision not to publish Jonestown seems more and more misguided each day. In November The Age was reporting it had sold 12,700 in its first week, almost as many as The Latham Diaries while The Australian had it still at 15 on the best seller lists at Christmas. Why am I musing about […]

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Was it racism?

Thursday, March 23rd, 2006

Stephen Hagan says that it was racism that saw Aboriginal elder Aunty Delmae “left for dead for five hours” after she collapsed at a Brisbane bus stop. Apparently hundreds of commuters passed her by and finally it was a group of Japanese students who helped her. But is this really an example of racism? Was […]

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