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When I started high school, part of the uniform and book list related to Phys Ed class – we were required to buy flat white soled shoes, specifically Dunlop Volleys. I guess it was because the gymnasium was pretty new and they did not want to damage the polished wooden floor. Dunlop Volleys are a …
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When I was a young and foolish teenager (as opposed to being a late middle aged fool as I am right now), I felt an enthusiasm for the rather quixotic Joh For PM campaign (an early political intervention by Clive Palmer), and indeed a deep fondness for Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, the union bashing, lefty head-kicking, …
About 15 years ago, when the Metro was still a nightclub which had been converted from a cinema, I was sitting late one afternoon after work in a bar located in Little Bourke Street directly behind it, sinking a few cold ones with some friends from the office. [When you spend as long working for …
It is interesting to see what kind of comments appear on social media in relation to the Ben Roberts-Smith arrest. For those who came in late (as they say in the Phantom comics): My position has always been that we need to follow due process of the law and that no one is immune from …
The news today that Ben Roberts-Smith VC has been arrested on charges of murder relating to war crimes allegedly committed in Afghanistan whilst serving with the Australian Army has triggered a wave of outrage from some supposed patriots. My own views on this, particularly given that the matter is now sub judice, are more nuanced. …
The more I look at the news around Treasury Wine Estates, the more I am grateful that I sold 90% of my shares last year, leaving only sufficient to get me an invitation to the Annual General Meeting. The announcement in mid-February that TWE was not going to pay a dividend this half year was …
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I was premature in my predictions about Moira Deeming and Western Metropolitan. There was another twist I did not see coming. It has been known for several years that Dinesh Gourisetty, the endorsed candidate for 18 hours for that seat, had been fined heavily over health code violations at a restaurant he owned. This issue …
Last Friday I hosted one of my former colleagues for luncheon at the Savage Club. Whilst waiting for my guest to arrive, I grabbed a cup of coffee and settled down in the Social Room (the large downstairs bar) with a copy of the Australian Financial Review to update myself on business news. As soon …
There’s a somewhat irreverent website I like to visit for some dark amusement. It’s called Deathlist. It’s a British website run by people of approximately my age, and probably started off as a game played in a university cafe in the late 1980s, where a circle of friends would come up with a list of …
I still buy and read books, although I much prefer to idle a few hours away on the iPad with the Kindle app, reading what is on offer via Kindle Unlimited (my preference is for Sharpe and Hornblower imitations about the Napoleonic War). Browsing physical books in an actual bookshop is still a simple and …
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