Aussie life
I’ve never been a fan of Gordon Ramsay. More prudie than foodie, perhaps, I’ve always believed that what comes out…
Aussie life
Now that the referendum is behind us, we must start doing something about Australia’s burgeoning ICE problem. You wouldn’t know…
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Timing matters just as much in tragedy as it does in comedy. And it is important to remember that the…
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The death of actor David McCallum last week prompted me to google the theme music for The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,…
Aussie life
There was a time when Australians prided themselves on their nose for bulls–t and for their willingness to call it…
Aussie life
Presumably, you don’t get to become head of football’s governing body in a football-mad country like Spain without putting in…
Aussie life
Holding dual Australian and UK citizenship is only problematic when both countries reach the final rounds of a major sporting…
Aussie life
‘Senior moment’, being an affectionate descriptor for the kind of harmless temporary memory failure which presages more serious cognitive decline,…
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If British women’s rights activist Kellie-Jay Keen goes ahead with the defamation suit she is reportedly considering taking out against…
Clothing the gap
An oft repeated argument for voting No to an Indigenous Voice is that it would be just the latest in…
Aussie life
Amanda Stoker’s willingness to talk about her bottom has given David Van the distinction of becoming Australia’s first real subject…
Aussie life
With the exception of two or three of our tastier fish species, I doubt if anything in Australia has taken…
Aussie life
Imagine waking from a 50-year coma to find that the TV in your recovery room was permanently tuned to a…
Aussie life
As the head of a dynasty which owes its wealth and influence to military aggression, white supremacy and colonial exploitation,…
Aussie life
The Melbourne Comedy Festival’s continuing refusal to apologise for not closing this year’s festival with a tribute to its co-founder…
Aussie life
‘Where did all the poof readers go?’ is not a question which would make it into many Australian publications. I…
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Australia’s greatest footy rivalries used to be strictly intra-code affairs – obvious examples being league’s State of Origin, union’s Bledisloe,…
Aussie life
Two weeks after our Prime Minister told us he will be attending the coronation of Charles III we still don’t…
Aussie life
The now universally acknowledged failure of vaccines and masks to reduce your chances of spreading, contracting or dying from Covid…
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I was visiting my son in California when I first heard about ChatGPT, the real-time writing app which has gotten…
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The return of the Mardi Gras Parade to Oxford Street after a two-year absence will be welcomed by the majority…
Aussie life
What white Anglo male over the age of 50 can honestly say they’ve never worn a Nazi uniform? When I…
Aussie life
Anyone reading this magazine for the first time, unaware of its dual citizenship, might easily form the impression that it…
