In a famous statement during the 1983 election campaign, the then Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Fraser, claimed that “people would be better off keeping their money under the bed”.
I was saddened to see the foolish and possibly criminal behaviour of several Sydney Swans AFL players after an allegedly grog- and cocaine-fuelled evening out following a game in Melbourne.
There's an old but great Joni Mitchell song from 1966 called "Both Sides Now," about looking at the same thing from two entirely different angles and still not being sure you understand it.
Congratulations to our all-conquering Commonwealth Games team on blitzing the opposition in the Glasgow Games, and well done to Glasgow for hosting a superb event.
I first appeared as a solicitor in February 1976 in Muswellbrook, NSW. After 50 years, I still go to the Queanbeyan Court and appear there on occasions.
Apparently Freddie Mercury of Queen wrote "We Are the Champions" about football, and in Canberra in winter there's a feast of football around town, from the Raiders and Brumbies right down to juniors.
By Dejan Hinic and Gabriël Moens
Not often is a book published when it is most needed. Such a book is Nuclear War: A Scenario authored by Annie Jacobsen and published in 2024....
This ACT Labor government has, from the outside at least, been quite a tightly run ship, despite Opposition calls for greater accountability from Ministers.
I was saddened to see, but not surprised, that new UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham (remember, I said he’d be worse than Sir Keir) has confirmed he will go ahead with the lunatic Chagos Islands deal.
