At the golf course, I all too frequently meet the monoculture rendition of what it means to be Australian. The One Nation version of it, now gaining in renewed popularity, according to some in the…
Fuel costs are shooting up downunder because of the United States sending battleships into the Middle East. Petrol prices rising thanks to Trump. American and Israeli interest in attacking Iran is at the root of…
Now, I have met plenty of numbskulls downunder and yes, intelligence is never guaranteed, when it comes to human beings. Still it begs the question, why do Australians throw away billions gambling? Aussies are the…
Australia is split into thirds when it comes to housing. A third of adult Aussies own their homes out right, another third are in the processing of paying off their home loans to banks, and…
Today, many jobs require some sort of police check to ensure that the prospective applicant is not a criminal. In the past, this kind of thing was reserved for a specific type of employment and…
News Corp, the owner of most of our capital city newspapers, could start by paying corporate tax for the first time in a decade if they really wanted to back Australia. Appealing only to the…
The Murdoch press downunder, hot on the heels of a stunning conservative defeat of their favoured LNP Coalition, are crowing about the poor performance of the Greens. The News Corp platform’s Sky News Australia and…
Australians lose more money gambling per capita than any other nation on earth. “Gambling is a major public policy issue in Australia, affecting the health and wellbeing of individuals and families in a range of…