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Would You Like Satire With That?

In case you didn’t realise it, this is an election year. You never would have guessed with both major parties already out there wearing hard-hats, turning sods and kissing babies. In fact it’s almost as if the election has already been called. The battle lines are being drawn on the environment, immigration and the [...]

My wild erratic fancy

For a very brief moment about 7 years ago I considered getting a Southern Cross tattoo. I was living abroad at the time and caught up in a bout of home sickness and rugby world cup fueled national pride. But looking back I’m glad I didn’t as such a permanently patriotic form of branding has [...]

Look At All That Choice

‘There you are,’ I screamed dementedly at him, virtually rubbing his face in the heap of white plastic, ‘now you’ve got choice. Look at all that choice. They may all be shit, but look at the choice!’ - Stephen Fry, The BBC and the Future of Broadcasting
2009 is the beginning of the golden age of Australia [...]

The Enemy of My Enemy

Man what a crazy few weeks it’s been. I’ve been trying to get into the frame of mind to write some sort of Climate Change related blog but before I put metaphorical pen to paper some new development happens that derails my original rant. From leaked e-mails to coalition leadership challenges to the ETS failure [...]