Our major trading partner has special vices. Naturally I’m thrilled that we export masses of coal and iron ore to China,…
Super Eruv & Sculptures
Eruv erectors are on the job again in Bondi, ostentatiously occupying prime real estate in the 16th annual Sculptures by the Sea…
Banging for Barangaroo Bucks
The Fatty O’Barrell government is really scraping the bottom thereof, with its latest genuflection to the Evil (Packer-Gambler) Empire. By…
‘Hear the Train Blow’
In our era of affluenza and intensive navel-gazing, its useful to occasionally put our spoilt lives into historical and real perspective…
King Coal in Queensland
KC’s environment reporter recently travelled through the Galilee Basin, not in the Holy Land but in sunny central Queensland, which…
Australia’s Afghan War Fails
KC has been an ardent critic of Australia’s Afghan intervention since its misguided inception in the time-honoured tradition of following…
Original Land Management
The received wisdom about our earliest colonial painters was that they portrayed this strange Gondwana landscape through the prism of their European-trained…
The Great Australian Ugliness
Robin Boyd was affronted by architectural ugliness involving ‘featurism’, which in retrospect looks positively heritage. In the intervening half century the ugliness…
Bundy Bogans
Venturing afar in godzone to Central Queensland revealed some surprises, pleasant and otherwise. Home of the iconic alcohol made from local sugar, Bundaberg has a…
The Courier Resists
Mainstream media have missed the real story behind Gina’s buy-in of Fairfax Media. With similar moves on Kookynie Courier’s share register she is…
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