PM Scotty recently announced via press conference with new buddies Joe and Boris, that Australia is ditching a submarine-building agreement…
Re-Joyced & Rooted
While busy with pandemic matters, the Australian Federal body politic also caught another severe infection of the Herpes B for…
Olympian O’Hara
The fading glow of the Tokyo Olympic Games may be momentarily extended by another instalment in the O’Hara story, following…
‘Once Upon a Time in Russia’
Ben Mezrich’s racy story is sub-titled ‘The Rise of the Oligarchs and the Greatest Wealth in History’*. In very short…
Jab in the Anzus
After stuffing up vaccine supplies, PM (Pleased Minister) Scotty and his merry band have taken to imploring the US government,…
Posthumous Polites
Roaming the CBD streets of Adelaide you soon notice a one-word sign on the facades of dozens of city buildings:…
Makaha Mecca
At Makaha Beach on the west coast of Oahu (Hawaii) on December 4th 1969, board rider Greg Noll (Da Bull)…
Pollies & Property!
Prices of Australian real estate are going crazy again. Shane Wright (SMH 26 June) demonstrates the massive conflict of interest…
Fairies Exist!
Well, book fairies do, at least. Recently I was sitting inside at a table looking out the front window of…
‘The Lieutenant’
I’m a latecomer to Kate Grenville’s writing. So, this is my first book of hers, and what an engaging story,…
