The sorry saga of Australia’s offshore asylum seeker gulag is not just about bringing suffering and hopelessness to those in … More
Category: Society
News Literature
The Allen v Farrows Saga mentioned in Woebegone Woody and reader comments also prompted some insightful analysis by Lee Siegel. … More
Very Wicked Camper
Time for some tabloid titillation. In fact, it’s about that virile part of male anatomy. Sometimes pictures really do speak … More
Kitchen Confidential
Regular readers would know that despite its isolation Kookynie is a social bouillon of new ideas and trend-setting. The foodie … More
Great White Hope
North of Newcastle (NSW) stretches a coast of lightly-inhabited, by humans at least, beautiful beaches and lakes, all the way … More
Unplugged Travel
Or, as Lonely Planet announced without apparent irony in a headline article, How to go OFF THE GRID when you … More
Bush Bogans
Going bush is of course all about getting close to nature and respectful admiration of her manifest beauty. Unless you’re … More
Bishop of the Slums
Pope Francis has released a ‘papal exhortation’ of 223 pages of critique on modern life and capitalism. What a contrast … More
Misogyny Malaise
The political demise of Australia’s first female Prime Minister was partly fuelled by virulent sexist attacks in many quarters, and … More
Kevin from TV
Following Gillard’s guillotining we’re wondering what Kevin Rudd’s mass appeal is all about. Psychoanalysis of the Australian body (brain?) politic is called for. … More
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