Contractual Disputes: Replacing Monster Chefs on MasterChef
The show is pompous, condescending and shallow. It was designed to mock the lowly non-cook, the ignorant, and, from high culinary summitry, grace the winner […]
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A conga line of bludgers: Prince Charles (part 1)
By Dr George Venturini A conga line of bludgers: Prince Charles Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales will turn seventy next November. Known alternatively […]
Top End Travels: The Tiwi Islands, the Catholic Church and King Joe of Melville Island
Darwin, Northern Territory Lush mangroves, the spray of emerald water from the Timor Sea, the sense of the untainted: the journey to the Tiwi Islands, […]
Mack Horton’s Anti-Drug Stance
The first rush of enthusiasm on looking at this is clear: a high-achieving swimmer on the circuit – the Australian Mack Horton – decides to […]
A conga line of bludgers (part 2)
By Dr George Venturini The Queen was embroiled in a tax row after it emerged her private estate is among the ranks of the mega-rich […]
The 46th parliament: A “lot of smoke but little roast” (Part 2 of 2)
By Outsider Link to Part 1 The Statement from the Heart calls for a ‘First Nations Voice’ in the Australian Constitution and a ‘Makarrata Commission’ […]
Lunar Narratives: Landing on the Moon, Politics and the Cold War
Anniversaries are occasions to distort records. The intoxicated recounting of the past faces a record in need of correction. Couples long married hide their differences […]
The 46th parliament: A “lot of smoke but little roast” (Part 1 of 2)
By Outsider Permit me to share with my friends at The AIMN some thoughts I had on recent events, from public sources such as the […]
A conga line of bludgers (part 1)
By Dr George Venturini A conga line of bludgers Living off so much wealth, power and privilege is a long list of freeloaders, which begins […]
Manus, Nauru and an Australian Detention Legacy
It could be called a gulag mentality, though it finds form in different ways. In the defunct Soviet Union, it was definitive of life: millions […]
Chronic stupidity – a guide
Ignorance can be educated and crazy can be medicated but there’s no cure for stupid (Anonymous) Since 7 September 2013 when 53.49% of the Two […]
A cast of characters: The Monarchy (part 17)
By Dr George Venturini Not only does the Queen receive tips from British financiers, but she also has access to all the state secrets, through […]
Spying on Julian Assange: UC Global, CNN and Russian Couriers
History’s scope for the absurd and tragic is infinite. Like Sisyphus engaged in permanent labours pushing a boulder up a slope, the effort of making […]
An Uluru statement … from our heart
By Tjimpuna of the Anangu Mayatja Council of Elders To the shock of Anangu* at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park on Tuesday, an 8 year-old child was […]
A cast of characters: The Monarchy (part 16)
By Dr George Venturini This was the time, from 1933 until late in 1939, when Britain sat staring like a mesmerised rabbit at Germany’s order, […]