I’m backing our government in the current face-off with Facebook. Zuckerberg thought he could teach Australia a lesson by turning … More
Category: Economy
Tale of Two Joysticks
My airline ‘career’ was in the halcyon flying days of last century, which continued hubristically for another twenty years. Now … More
The Secret Life of Toasters
Most of us take our household appliances for granted, but out here in the bush, with not much company around, … More
Jumbo Jets Out
On 22 July the last Qantas Boeing 747-400 departed Sydney Airport on its final flight to retirement in the Mojave … More
Pop-Up Socialism
Well, who would’ve thought that a Federal government of neo-liberal ‘dries’ would come up with $190 billion of spending to … More
Battered Mammon
A plague of non-domestic violence has broken out in the country’s shopping malls! According to mainstream media, retailers are getting … More
‘Banking Bad’
Guest commentator Matt Caine has prepared this review of a recent book by Adele Ferguson, whose journalistic investigations were instrumental in … More
Not Jobson Grothe
During this interminable Australian Federal election campaign the Coalition has shortened their notorious three-word slogan format previously practised by erstwhile … More
Zeitungsbeschwererkissen
Modern First World living is fraught with really annoying problems. Out Kookynie way we spend plenty of time on the … More
Asylum Seeker Big Business
The sorry saga of Australia’s offshore asylum seeker gulag is not just about bringing suffering and hopelessness to those in … More
