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Shooters Rule, OK.

Only eight days after the (terrorist) mass murders in Christchurch, punters voting for the glorious state parliament of New South … More

Christchurch murders, Murray-Darling river system, NSW 2019 elections, Shooters Fishers & Farmers Party, The Greens

International Women’s Day

Recently in Hawaii your eagle-eyed correspondent discovered on a wall in a humble abode this ironic (iconic?) reference to a … More

Hawaiian dancers, International Women's Day, Last Supper

Redex 1954 Redux

Peter Carey conjures up a racy ethos and mood in early 1950s suburban Melbourne in his recent novel ‘A Long … More

A Long Way Home, Gelignite Jack Murray, John O'Hara, Peter Carey, Phil Murray, Redex Australia Reliability 1954

‘Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind’

A best seller by Israeli historian Yuval Harari, sold 10 million copies, translated into 50 languages, it’s unequivocally a must-read. … More

Sapiens: A Brief History of Mankind, Yuval Harari

Philistines Rule, OK!

So, the ‘iconic’ (obligatory adjective) Sydney Opera House is our biggest billboard, so sayeth PM Scott Morrison aka ScoMo, endorsing … More

Alan Jones, cultural cringe, philistinism, ScoMo, Sydney Opera House, The Everest

The New Black

Despite colonial Van Demonian (oh yeah!) attempts to exterminate its aborigines in the 1820-30s, it seems that the extant Tasmanian … More

Aboriginal Land Council, Heather Sculthorpe, Michael Mansell, Tasmanian aborigines, Tasmanian Black Wars

Vale Miss Breville!

Today is sad, as my humble and loyal hairdresser has passed away. She had trimmed my golden locks every coupla … More

Breville Maxum

Coping with Tim

Tim Cope is an Australian adventurer who made a remarkable solo trip by horseback from Mongolia to Hungary over a … More

And Epic Journey through the Land of the Nomads, Eurasian Steppes, On the Trail of Genghis Khan, Tim Cope

Kool Kiwis

Enzed is a great little country, full of civic-minded folk. By the way, little is good. It’s a pity they … More

Bill English, Jacinda Ardern, NZ elecions, Robert Muldoon, Winston Peters

Survey Waste: $121,950,000

Readers are astonished by KC’s exclusive revelations about the Federal government’s bogus $122m postal survey on ‘marriage equality’. Okay, one … More

Fairfax Ipsos poll, Marriage equality, postal survey

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