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When did we get so lazy?
When did Australians get so lazy? I don’t mean doing less demanding jobs, taking more sickies, walking less, being TV couch potatoes or even getting other people to do our thinking for us. I mean, when did we change from being independent, problem solving, effort admiring, go-out-of-our-way-to-help-people people? We still bask in the rosy glow of bush heroes portrayed in movies starring Chips Rafferty and Jack Thompson, Hugh “Australia” Jackman and even Paul “Crocodile Dundee” Hogan; men … Read entire article »
A circus, the Tank Man and a dead pop star
Irony is one of the guilty pleasures of many journalists and never more so than when it reflects badly upon opponents of a free media, especially those who try to limit our ability to expose the kind of doublespeak upon which irony itself feeds. While few governments around the world can escape accusations of hypocrisy – which is irony with boots on – journalists in Western democracies take special delight in exposing it in countries where … Read entire article »
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- An ACCC inquiry has been quietly unpicking Australia's supermarkets. Now, one of the big two is fronting up
- Three million Australians are at risk of homelessness and services say they're turning new clients away
- Queer festivals plead for help as major sponsors pull out
- Australia crashes out of Billie Jean King contention with Slovakia defeat
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