Australian’s have woken up today with the nagging thought in their heads that former Australian Cricket Captain Michael Clarke might be a bit of a tool. ”Yeah, dude could bat, but getting in a fight with Karl from the Today... Read More ›
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In its latest attempt to limit offense to ‘anti-woke folk’ and cover themselves in case of a Dutton miracle win, ABC TV will add a warning prior to its broadcasts where a ‘Welcome to country’ is to be screened. “It’s... Read More ›
Organisers of this year’s Australian Open have warned spectators not to needle anti-vac competitor Novak Djokovic when he is on court. ”Look, people need to respect Novak and his beliefs,” said a Spokesperson for the event. ”He is a champion... Read More ›
Australian Parliament has announced they plan to conduct a nation-wide plebiscite to determine whether tennis player Nick Kyrgios is still considered a tool. It comes in the wake of the long-time bad boy of Australian Tennis having seemingly turned his... Read More ›
After 140 years of obsessively watching every second of the cricket, the Australian population has suddenly worked out that no-one is holding a gun to their head to make them do it and they could actually be doing something much... Read More ›
Due to circumstances way beyond my control, Vanishing Sydney has been forced to go into a long hiatus until after Xmas. In the meantime, enjoy the back catalogue. You can find 2,800 original unique photographs of the Inner West of my beloved Emerald City - Sydney, Australia. The best resolution is seen in the Archive box on your desktop, or just keep scrolling back forever on your device. It contains just about every single landmark of any note in the Inner West and a helluva lot more besides. Hope to be back in 2023. The journey so far has been beyond fun; it started on a whim, but there’s been so much enjoyment and fulfillment in creating an amateur photographic record of the place I’ve called home for the past 35 years. In the meantime, go well, folks.
I recently participated in a panel discussion in David Hulchanski’s graduate-level social housing and homelessness course at the University of Toronto. Points raised in the blog post include the fact that all English-speaking countries of the OECD have relatively low levels of public social spending, relatively low levels of taxation, and serious affordable housing challenges. The link to the full [...]
Victoria’s election delivered humiliation for the Liberals and ended with Labor’s Daniel Andrews comfortably re-elected for the third time.
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Six months on from the election, Labor’s modest agenda and political timidity means we are yet to see the change many hoped for.
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Global Voices Southeast Asia and Oceania editor Mong Palatino reviews the impact of China's economic and diplomatic expansion in the Pacific.