ScoMo ScumBag

Sorry folks, for the vulgar epithet, but scumbag is as scumbag does. Our erstwhile PM Scotty Morrison literally knows no … More

Qantas Qandary

Breaking News: Qantas to Phase out Passengers in Plan to Improve Service (PIS) In a new strategy that it says … More

Every conversation in Germany and France, during a recent sojourn, included discussion of the Ukraine war, conveying a palpable feeling … More

Kookynie may be a thriving hub of cosmopolitan life, but after two years of pandemic confinement your International Affairs correspondent … More

Further to Once Upon a Time in Russia and its portrayal of three of the original oligarchs, my new recommendation … More

PART ONE KINDRED: A Cradle Mountain Love Story by Kate Legge is the engaging biographical story of Gustav Weindorfer and … More

Hilary Mantel’s epic tome (first in a trilogy) is fictionalised biography of Thomas Cromwell and history of the early Tudor … More

DANGER! Here we get to the pointy end of Aussie breakfasts. In the last decade or more, so-called smashed avocado … More

The Sea, a novel by John Banville, is disappointing and full of wordy affectation. Archaic and obscure words are sprinkled … More

Queensland is not a cultural grey area. Thanks to the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane and the Asia-Pacific Triennial … More