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Simon Collins Can you remember when ‘We live in interesting times’ was an acceptable response to the disruptions caused by…
Christmas Covid Outlaw
I was sitting with one other person in a sterilised public hospital reception area waiting to be tested for COVID…
Woke for kids
Now that hate-speech has been recognised as an act of physical violence, using non-problematic language has never been more important.…
Language notes
Word-of-the-year of the Year It’s that time of year once again – the season when dictionaries announce their choice for…
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Simon Collins Contrary to popular belief, the largest and deadliest constrictors do not kill with speed and ferocity. Rather, having…
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Simon Collins Things must be getting back to normal again in Australia if we’re arguing about the wording of the…
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Simon Collins A British newspaper once ran a TV ad extolling the virtues of journalistic objectivity. ‘Point of view’, which…
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Tony Letford In a recent article in the Weekend Australian, Alison Broinowski refers to ‘America’s unjustified atom bombing of Japan’…
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Simon Collins As soon as distance ceases once again to be a tyranny for Australians I will visit my elderly…
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Michael Scammell Coming out of Melbourne lockdown is like coming down from drugs. Or more precisely coming down from the…
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Simon Collins I have been wondering what whale tastes like. There must be quite a few Australians who know. After…
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Brendan Ward A re-run of Cathy Freeman’s heart-stopping 400 metre race at the Sydney Olympics in September 2000 recently animated…
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It is the season of hyperbole. Conservative columnists are finding parallels for Dan Andrews’ pandemic policy in Mao’s Great Leap…
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Simon Collins ‘That’s 6 in a row. #Melbourne is, once again, the world’s most liveable city!’ So tweeted a proud…
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Giles Auty While clearing our cellar recently my wife and I came upon a compact printing press which her late…
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Peter Scammell There is no doubt that the corona virus pandemic is changing the way we live and think about…
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Tina Faulk There are very few ‘happy ending’ stories in the cruel history of slavery. This may just be one…
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I’ve always been a bit of a ‘prepper’. Pre-2020 that’s something I would’ve never admitted. It’s embarrassing to say I…
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Two friends of mine are being harassed by the government. Both men have criticised the more lurid aspects of LGBTQ+…
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Statue deconstruction is becoming the Anglosphere’s most popular artistic genre. So why are our local avant-garde artists lagging behind? Sculpture…
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Noosa Main Beach is a prime promenade for the fashion-conscious, except at 7am when it belongs to the athleisure and…
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Jordan Shanks is not your average lefty. This unusual Australian YouTuber, who goes by the name of FriendlyJordies, disdains such…
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Like so many of us in these troubled times, I am worried about the family statues. The topple-mob cannot be…
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It has been brought to my attention that the rename Victoria suggestion I made in these pages two weeks ago…
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Everyone wants to get high and have sex while saving money. So says P. J. O’Rourke, the political satirist who…
