Richard Flanagan is an admirable fellow because of his generosity and outspoken progressive political views. His latest and prize-winning novel…
Bad Oysters
Nah, I don’t eat ‘em, never have, and don’t get the gourmandise associated with these slimy concoctions of marine life.…
Things He Didn’t Know
Robert Hughes, renowned expat Australian art critic, writer & broadcaster, published this autobiographical memoir in 2006, no doubt unaware that…
Petering Out!
Reader interest in the dearth and death of Sir Peters calls for analysis of the obvious corollary of a dwindling…
Zeitungsbeschwererkissen
Modern First World living is fraught with really annoying problems. Out Kookynie way we spend plenty of time on the…
Arise Sir Peter!
Bunyip aristocracy. Putting all satirists out of business. Boosting republican sentiment. Every ironic or sarcastic criticism of PM Abbott’s re-introduction…
Human Clothes Horse
Modern media and fashion have developed a sycophantic co-dependency, which can usually be passed over, but sometimes it can also…
‘Good Neighbour’ Fencing
KC editorial policy is firmly opposed to advertorial sleight-of-hand, but sometimes a product comes along that has such massive consumer…
The New South Wales c.1840
Louisa Meredith (born in Birmingham) married her cousin Charles in 1839 in England, and sailed that year to the far-flung…
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…
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