What an honour and a privilege it is for theunaustralian.net to have me write for them today a column on who I think should be on Australia’s Mt Rushmore. The first face to be chiselled into the rock is of... Read More ›
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Fans of back to back football champions the Brisbane Lions have swarmed to their home ground hoping to get a look at what a group of spectacularly pissed grand final winners look like in person. “I’ve waited 50 years for... Read More ›
Cabo Verde is not a rich country. To have an idea, the minimum wage is €130 a month and a meal in a restaurant costs around €10. The IMF classifies Cabo Verde as a developing country. Development has long ceased to be defined in exclusively economic terms. In 1990, a “human development index” was introduced, […]
Peter Dutton’s shadow minister for home and foreign affairs, Barnaby Joyce, has pledged to only drink himself into a stupor at pubs that honour Australia Day. The decision came after his leader, Donald Dutton, started his latest culture war attacking... Read More ›
We just got home from a wonderful trip to Prague, Budapest, and Krakow. All three cities have a rich history of Jewish communities, and one can visit synagogues, musea, and Jewish cemeteries. We visited a number of them, including the very impressive Dohány Street Synagogue in Budapest, which was once the largest synagogue in the […]
The Opposition’s shadow minister for home and foreign affairs, Barnaby Joyce, has asked his leader, Peter Dutton, to pick him up a bottle of Tia Maria from customs when he returns from his latest overseas jaunt. ”Pete loves a little... Read More ›
New Zealanders pride themselves on the care they take to conserve their unique flora and fauna. "Kiwi," their universal nickname, comes from the iconic bird, a national symbol.
Australia’s cats have been warned to treat the strange bag that is sitting in the middle of the lounge room with caution and suspicion. “Its intentions and purpose are unknown at this present time and it wasn’t there this morning... Read More ›
The ancient amphitheatre was our destination; we had been walking toward it excitedly, with greater and greater speed.
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Is it the Tale or Tail End? Coming to the end of my European journey I have waved goodbye to R&H and will follow them back to the outback in a few days. I am not sure what to make of my time away from Broken Hill and how …