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 …
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A Game Of Thrones (Or Seats) – Why The Liberals Face An Uphill Battle In The November 2026 Victorian State Election
Only the most unabashedly partisan of voters would argue that the current incumbent Labor government of Victoria deserves to win another term. The most recent revelations of corruption running to a 11 figure number (ie tens of billions) lost in inappropriate payments to entities and personages aligned with the more sinister elements of the union …
I Blame Daryl Somers For The Rise Of Pauline Hanson
As a child, my favourite TV show was Cartoon Corner, which was on Channel 9 every weeknight at 4pm. It was a welcome escape from the weary grind of primary school, and was hosted by Daryl Somers with the puppet Ossie Ostrich as his sidekick. That was Daryl Somers’ first TV hosting gig, and the …
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Obviously It Is All About The Oil
At the start of that surreal period of history which was the Covid Pandemic, we did have a run on toilet paper. I, like most other people, went out of my way to acquire as much toilet paper as I could, not knowing how long the crisis and the shortage would last. But I was …
Vox Populi Vox Dei Redux – Takeaways From Last Saturday’s Federal Election
Three years ago, just before the 2022 Federal Election, I made some reflections on the lack of political engagement on the part of the Australian populace, compared to their counterparts in the 1950s: With the 2025 election now all but over, with just a few seats left to count and confirm the winner, it is …
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What A Silly (Democracy) Sausage!
It has been quite a while since I read the classic Mr Men series by Roger Hargraves. I assume it was in primary school, which is now 45 years ago. Hence I am not sure, but I do believe such expressions as ‘you silly banana’ or ‘you silly sausage’ originate in those books. The phrase …
The Apathy Election
It’s now just over two weeks since the Federal Election was called, and last night, nominations closed. I don’t think that it is just me – it seems that virtually everyone does not care two hoots about this election. The level of apathy appears to be much higher than I have ever noticed (or not …
Not Everyone Likes Rock N Roll….
I just finished reading Land Of The Long Weekend, the late Ronald Conway’s 1978 critique of 1970s Australian society, culture and consumerism. It was heavy going. Whilst I am quite well read, Conway was even more read, in the way of an autodidact, and fond of quoting his interpretations of many famed authors and philosophers …
Bernie Finn Returns – Yet Again!
I have written about former local state upper house MP Bernie Finn on various occasions in the past, particularly when I suggested he get given a knighthood (I was being facetious, if you don’t quite know how to read my tone!). I will be honest and concede that his first coming as an MP in …
Puneet Puneet Redux
When walking to the bus stop this morning, I saw the front page of the Herald Sun – a shrink wrapped copy lying on the driveway of a house somewhere around the corner. ‘Bring Him Back!’ was the headline. Having grown up reading The Sun News Pictorial in the morning and The Herald in the …
Lost For Words! 