Ocean of peace in a world of war
As a consequence of my Scottish Jewish heritage, I only read a newspaper if it is free. Since Covid, newspapers…
Therapy Tips for film stars and singers
What is it about movie celebrities (those who are highly skilled in pretending to be other people in pretend situations),…
Chalk and cheese
Treading the thin line between Harris and Trump supporters on the US West Coast
Navigating disastrous DEI
So impressed with the Samoans’ numerous canoes and their great skills in handling them, French Admiral Louis de Bougainville named…
Contagiously enthusiastic! Come to Queensland
Stuart Ballantyne is seeking the few remaining positive people for a coffee
Welcome to Country!
Stuart Ballantyne explains why the Human Rights Commission should be chasing him
Marine industry leading the nuclear transition
‘Hagar, I can’t get to sleep for thinking about her…!’ declared Lucky Eddie to his Commander. ‘I can even concentrate,…
The West is waste-deep in self-made treacle
Unkind critics used to say I had to visit Scotland for re-training after reportedly buying two beers in the same…
Open all hours! Australia’s north is in big trouble
Stuart Ballantyne views Australia’s dismal military protection
Record business collapses… I am not surprised
This is not the first time Australians have abandoned their dreams
Thank the Greens for a national crime surge
‘You must realise,’ my mother said sternly, so close to my face that I thought she was examining my teeth,…
Floating nuclear power plants make a compelling argument
About 20 years ago, a seat-warming Senator came out of hiding and declared his thought bubble that Australia’s coast was…
Puppet masters of the ALP: UN communist thugs and the militant Unions
Ocean Island, Central Pacific, 1964. Standing on a plank stage hanging off the side of a ship with another cadet,…
‘Weather’ you like it or not
The standard preamble to all marine weather bulletins is: ‘Welcome to the marine weather report. Please be aware that wind…
Thank you, Sir Paul McCartney
We were all delighted to see our old friend Bill. After 27 years of globetrotting, this happy soul joined a…
‘Our ABC’ was, and still is, a disgrace
Almost all my friends with daughters, have convinced me that girls need never go to drama college, as acting is…
Why are we ignoring nuclear? The answer is Bowen in the wind
Right before my very eyes, was a most wonderful sight that stopped me in my tracks. Towering above the rabble…
And the 2023 ‘Voice’ award goes to … the Scots
For sure, if there was an award for the nation that contributed the most to Australia, it would definitely go…
Braveheart re-emerges in Fiji
Experienced taxi drivers are a good sounding board regarding the state of a nation. After some years of assorted opinions…
Sinking the nation
The Korean Ferry Sewol, at 20 years old, had already been on the Incheon to Jeju run for just over…
The diminishing bank of mum and dad
Like many parents in the 80s and 90s, I had a T-Shirt that read: ‘I’M YOUR DAD, NOT YOUR ATM!’…
We can’t afford nonsense anymore
It was instilled into me from my labor-voting Dad, a Presbyterian carpenter with a fairly black-and-white view of life, that…
Only dead fish go with the flow
‘Australia is a great place to live!’ I would tell my audiences. ‘But it only has one major problem, it…
Changing tides: a return to Australia’s shipping industry
From 1851, paddle steamers could transport up to 2,000 bales of wool along the Murray River, with engines that were…
Sea level rises?
Who would believe that the whole world has just woken up to the fact that climate changes? It changes constantly…
