Can Australia get lucky?
A few short years ago, Australia was known as The Lucky Country; now in the eyes of the developed world,…
Prescription for pain, angst, and ‘silly old buggers’
Bob Hawke once infamously referred to a senior citizen as a ‘silly old bugger’ before he inevitably became one, but…
Cheers for a true blue Aussie hero
Chances are Australia could be facing another disastrous bushfire season like the one we experienced five years ago, which from…
Dwindling delights and mobile frights
A former Liberal Prime Minister, Malcolm Fraser, told us life wasn’t meant to be easy, but his borrowed quote left…
Curses! China Syndrome again
Israel’s recent very successful targeted attacks on Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon with exploding pagers and walkie-talkies have been praised or…
Fines, crimes, and a big white kangaroo
With a Queensland state election looming and a federal poll in the wind, I’ve already made my mind up –…
The Life of Zye – who will cry?
Here’s a macabre little story that illustrates where humanity is headed – let’s call it The Life of Zye even…
Nuclear, and Labor’s lying lips
The old cliche about how you can tell a politician is lying – their lips are moving – has never…
Beyond Mad Max with dystopian AI
The dystopian future predicted in the Mad Max movie franchise may be closer than ever and it won’t take world…
Don’t deport little Aussie Luca
Life really can be bitter-sweet – it can throw up hurdles and roadblocks when they are least expected but sometimes, when all…
Labor, how do I loathe thee?
I’m probably not alone in finding it surprising that Federal Labor still had around 30 to 32 per cent primary…
Laughs, lies, and lights out
Oh, the irony! Here I was reading our local Noosa newspaper last Saturday morning and laughing when the power started…
When Medicare refunds end up ‘somewhere’
I wonder how many Australians, like me, have found communicating with our national health care bureaucracy, Medicare, about as easy…
Even God (the Editor) has made mistakes
Recently, I recounted how, as a young journalist in the Swinging Sixties, I had been ordered to drive through a…
How low can Covid catastrophists go?
Who’d have guessed that there would be two startling revelations about the great Covid over-reach in the space of about…
Loopy Labor’s disconnect from reality
The Labor government’s Closing Loopholes Bill is the latest blow to reality and the business economy, but its ‘Right to…
Carbon ‘facts’ according to Green Dream Believers
I’ve seen the light – the truth about ‘carbon pollution’ in simple terms as explained by some Green Dream Believers…
Cyclones, dunnies, and a belated confession
As far north Queensland mops up after the flooding and mayhem largely resulting from unpreparedness in the wake of Cyclone…
Medicare messing with Movember
It’s that time of year when some men are shaving off the moustaches and possibly beards they’ve grown during Movember…
Superglue not needed
‘It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t…
Catch 22 powers on
Recently I wrote an article titled Hello Darkness My Old Friend, which started out describing a romantic candle-lit dinner with…
Why we said ‘no bloody way’
After 18 long months of dominating the airwaves, TV screens, and opinion columns, Australians have finally been able to have…
Hello darkness my old friend
The other night my wife and I sat down to a nice candle-lit dinner and a glass of wine, but…
The right to bite (ouch!)
Political correctness rules our lives these days and while I’m all for equal opportunity, what about the right to bite…
No more cheques in the mail
Ever had the experience of a service provider sending you an email with the message: ‘Our records show your invoice…
