Indigenous, exotic or feral?
Every time I read about the Minister for Indigenous Affairs I imagine an office that is a cross between a…
Who do you think you are?
The popular and long-running BBC/SBS program Who do you think you are? reaches back into written histories, stored documents, and family…
Telling the truth: all aboard ‘Raft Australia’
The last major Ice Age – The Quaternary Ice Age – started over 2.5 million years ago (mya) and is…
Should we re-brand conservatism to ‘Freedom of Enterprise’?
It is both the name and the delivery of ‘Conservative Politics’ that is losing the votes and voters. As I…
What is yours, is theirs
How dare you work hard, often across multiple jobs!!! You studied, innovated, invested, risked time and money, saved (rather than…
Gender dysphoria and aggression for dinner
Most will have heard of ‘Performance Enhancing Drugs’ and how any trace of such found in an athlete will cause…
Aussie life
Prior to the threatened rewriting of the Australian constitution can we stop re-writing the English dictionary and the meanings of…
Did the Palace really want a freckly ranga?
Playing the race card with young Archie was one of the inevitabilities of the Meghan and Harry Spectacular. The question…
Forget coronavirus. Think of the bright future we can build learning from the lessons
Finally, as the curve begins to flatten, the global panicdemodium (new word) dies down and media get bored with ringing…
Euthanasia notes
Dignity in death ‘Serendipity’ brings to mind instances of happy and mutually-beneficial coincidence. Sadly, a few experiences I’ve had over…
Letter to Greta
Dear Greta, You should feel very proud of yourself. Your crusade against Climate Warming has taken you into the homes…
Why vegetarianism leaves you limp
With the recent news of the vegan ‘food fad’ abuse of a little girl who, at 20 months can’t walk,…
Gender notes
The trouble with a double-X rating Having worked across several professions, started and run four successful businesses and having a…
Whatever happens to those poor, unwanted gonads down Danandrewstan way?
It was a small piece in the paper last weekend. You may have missed it as that is what happens…
How that roast leg of lamb celebrates the unsung heroes of the First Fleet
In Australia, the January 26 acknowledges the disembarkation of the First Fleet’s arrival, in 1788, at Port Jackson under the…
Yummy #MeToo
I fess up. I too have been called Yummy. Not, sadly, as a stand-alone noun but as an adjective in…
Forget global warming, here’s some really spooky science
Newton’s Third Law states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. This (along with his First…
Fine dining with Lettuce and Lavender
Lettuce and Lavender wanted their friends to see their new home nestled amongst the tall gums at the base of…
Never mind the cow farts, watch that muesli
It was only going to be a matter of time before the early, nationwide record-breaking chill of June had the…
Time to rediscover the enlightenment with the lighten-upment
Wit and wisdom go together like … a gin and tonic? Whatever. They add fizz and flavour to the everyday,…
Australia’s madrasases
It was nearly two decades ago that I offered to talk at the Anglican school my daughters attended on the…
Syria strikes and a Stormy in a DD cup
The weekend’s raids on Syria have been seen by some as a Clintonesque wag the dog exercise. Older factor are…
Dietary notes
Flopsy, mopsy, cottontail & peter Remember Beatrix Potter’s little rabbits that live in constant fear of Farmer Brown? Well they…
The end of men?
This has been around for a while. Nothing to do with Rumpole’s observation of his wife as “She who must…
“The Ladies”
It starts with a directed look, then a roll of the eyes, then a glance to the side and finally…
