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Germany in Europe: Win/Win or No Win?

So much learned commentary on Germany’s role in Europe’s financial woes, that the simple mind is definitely boggling. And it … More

European financial woes, Eurozone, German dominance

Angrier over Afghanistan

I am very angry about our ridiculous war in Afghanistan. What is wrong with us (Australians)? We get outraged when our … More

Afghanistan war

Pokies & Porkies

The unedifying spectacle of clubs and pubs going the biff over gaming (aka poker) machines reforms proposed by those brave … More

Andrew Wilkie, gambling addiction, Nick Xenophon, poker machine reforms, pubs and clubs

Getting Fracked

Sometimes you get a really disturbing feeling that our governments have stupidly declared war on the environment and the people … More

Apex Energy, Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association, Beyond Zero Emissions, coal seam gas, Dart Energy, fracking, Gasland, George Wilkenfeld, NSW Coal Seam Gas Enquiry, Sydney water catchment

Shark Season

Well, actually it’s shark season all year round because the ocean is where sharks live. But as most humans don’t venture … More

Bunker Bay, Great Australian Bight, Shark Bay, sharks

Women Shooters of the World Unite!

Progressive forces in shooting & hunting are gathering strength, as women take a more assertive role in this male-dominated field. Linking … More

gun control, International Coalition for Women in Shooting & Hunting, recreational shooting, Samara Phedran

Parsing Pollution

We’ve probably all had that uncanny experience, while roaming and pillaging through this over-stuffed media landscape, of reading an article, essay, opinion piece … More

carbon tax, Jessica Irvine, pollution abatement, pollution permits, SMH

Italian Ignominy: Berlusconi Braggadocio

Italian men may have invented the fashion of wearing coats on their shoulders without putting their arms in the sleeves, … More

Italian debt, Jacques Chirac, Silvio Berlusconi scandal

Banana Bending

As elsewhere Down Under, denizens of Kookynie are inveterate banana munchers, or were, until Cyclone Yasi wiped out crops and sent … More

Banana Index, Banana prices

Governor Glenn Gorges

Not gorgeous! Reporting of our erstwhile Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stephens is often deferential, maybe because he pulls the big … More

executive salary excess, Governor Glenn Stephens, J Ralston Saul 'Voltaire's Bastards', Reserve Bank of Australia

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