Merry Christmas
Last year Carol and I spent Christmas in the United States where we were showered with season’s greetings – the Americans are a friendly people […]
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Book Review: A Murder Unmentioned, by Sulari Gentill
Here I am again breaking into a series. A Murder Unmentioned (2014) is the sixth in a series set mostly in New South Wales in […]
Big business versus the rest of us
Are our apprentices being trained in all the right jobs? In this short piece Carolyn van Langenberg writes that many training opportunities in the ‘old’ […]
The Human Race
Welcome to the Human Race! Sean Hurley is your caller. A good afternoon to you all and welcome back to The Bendigo Jockey Club, the […]
Mass media versus social media
In this guest post George Von Waidkuns reflects about the role of the mass media in the creation of public opinion, and the interaction with […]
The Problem of Unemployment in Australia
Julie Farthing has worked in the employment industry for four decades. She more than anyone has the experience to safely predict that the government’s policies […]
A lesson in how to spot a Conservative
Popular and well-known blogger Hillbilly Skeleton provides an entertaining synopsis on the recognisable traits of a Conservative. Have you ever wondered what makes the conservative […]
A letter to the editor: “Morrie Hits Back”
All those comments pertaining to my last letter to The AIM Network were just what I would have expected from the left wing latte sipping […]
Hi ho, Hi ho . . . where am I spose to go?
This government is fully aware that their policy regarding unemployed people under 30 will cause enormous hardship. This is shown by the fact that they […]
Thoughts on Life
Wisdom Senses How long is a day in the darkness? When compared with a lifetime of light Why want for the love of another If […]
Is Murdoch Australia’s Biggest Sleaze Mogul?
I am but 50 pages into the Paul Barry biography Breaking News and the overriding impression one gets from these first few pages is that […]
Yes, we are independent and this is why
I’ve lost count of the number of times LNP supporters have visited this site with less than complimentary remarks about our, in their terms, ‘alleged’ […]
Do some research and you’ll find it’s OK not to be black enough
Aborigines face the unending task of resisting attempts, on the one hand to cut them off from their heritage, and on the other to bury […]
The people versus Murdoch
Plato (428-348 BC) was opposed to the use of the written word; convinced that it destroyed memory. People, he argued, wouldn’t bother to memorise facts […]