Deb Newell

Indigenous, exotic or feral?

6 July 2023 5:30 am

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?

29 May 2023 6:00 am

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’

19 May 2023 6:00 am

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’?

14 April 2023 7:00 am

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

7 March 2023 6:00 am

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

31 January 2023 4:00 am

Most will have heard of ‘Performance Enhancing Drugs’ and how any trace of such found in an athlete will cause…

Aussie life

1 October 2022 9:00 am

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?

10 March 2021 11:30 am

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

31 March 2020 1:09 pm

Finally, as the curve begins to flatten, the global panicdemodium (new word) dies down and media get bored with ringing…

Euthanasia notes

7 December 2019 9:00 am

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

12 October 2019 9:00 am

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

28 August 2019 12:16 pm

With the recent news of the vegan ‘food fad’ abuse of a little girl who, at 20 months can’t walk,…

Gender notes

10 August 2019 9:00 am

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?

30 July 2019 3:48 pm

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

27 January 2019 1:06 pm

In Australia, the January 26 acknowledges the disembarkation of the First Fleet’s arrival, in 1788, at Port Jackson under the…

Yummy #MeToo

4 November 2018 10:46 am

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

29 October 2018 4:26 pm

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

11 July 2018 5:21 pm

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

3 July 2018 7:39 pm

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

26 June 2018 12:03 pm

Wit and wisdom go together like … a gin and tonic? Whatever. They add fizz and flavour to the everyday,…

Australia’s madrasases

29 May 2018 5:04 pm

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

15 April 2018 4:08 pm

The weekend’s raids on Syria have been seen by some as a Clintonesque wag the dog exercise. Older factor are…

Dietary notes

17 February 2018 9:00 am

Flopsy, mopsy, cottontail & peter Remember Beatrix Potter’s little rabbits that live in constant fear of Farmer Brown? Well they…

The end of men?

24 January 2018 5:00 pm

This has been around for a while. Nothing to do with Rumpole’s observation of his wife as “She who must…

“The Ladies”

8 December 2017 3:08 pm

It starts with a directed look, then a roll of the eyes, then a glance to the side and finally…