‘Permanent Record’ is Edward Snowden’s recent autobiography, and a fascinating insight into US government internet surveillance. The preface opening sets … More
Category: Society
‘Banking Bad’
Guest commentator Matt Caine has prepared this review of a recent book by Adele Ferguson, whose journalistic investigations were instrumental in … More
Ten Years of News & Views!
Well, probably more views, but time has flown in a decade of strutting and fretting on the meejah stage, to … More
Damnation Dissent
What a helluva (hmm!) fuss Rugby player Israel (perfect first name) Folau stirred up with his damnation by Instagram of … More
Shooters Rule, OK.
Only eight days after the (terrorist) mass murders in Christchurch, punters voting for the glorious state parliament of New South … More
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
Redex 1954 Redux
Peter Carey conjures up a racy ethos and mood in early 1950s suburban Melbourne in his recent novel ‘A Long … More
‘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
Philistines Rule, OK!
So, the ‘iconic’ (obligatory adjective) Sydney Opera House is our biggest billboard, so sayeth PM Scott Morrison aka ScoMo, endorsing … More
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
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