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This is what I thinkIn ArticlesNovember 2, 2020I hope it helps to know what I thought were the guiding principles of a good life. […]
Philomena (2013)In MiscDecember 20, 2000Review of Philomena (directed by Stephen Frears) a film based on the book by Martin Sixsmith about the true life story of Philomena Lee, who as a pregnant teenager, was forced into Roscrea Sacred Heart convent for four years. […]
Bush Medicine: a quick look at some medicinal and useful native plantsIn ArticlesJuly 10, 2018About nine of us, including kids, got to touch, smell, crackle and rub our way through an interactive two hours of fascinating local treasures hidden in plain view. […]
Tabloid journalism impacts health and health policyIn ArticlesAugust 17, 2016People are afraid of the Medically Supervised Injecting Centre because they don’t understand what it does. When pregnant women are brought into the conversation, this fear predictably turns into hysteria. […]
Goes down easy and explodes at a pre-set levelIn ArticlesJune 7, 2017It isn’t from the depths of his immersion in computer and VR technology that his revelations unfurl. It is, rather, from a detached overview, looking down, high on the heady fumes wafting up from the cooking circuitry below him, that he is able to make his prognostications. […]- Metaphors in Pictures (eBook)In BooksDecember 4, 1998
Letter to my AccountantIn MiscMarch 21, 2009Thank you for your very kind letter. My initial tax […]
The Benley AcquisitionIn Short FictionAugust 30, 2014Money is tight in regional New South Wales. How do two competitive shires deal with paltry funding and generations of rivalry respond to the challenge? A comic and quintessentially Australian short story. […]
Mining Industry PropagandaIn ArticlesSeptember 21, 2009The recent Australian mining industry campaign (not […]
A Moment of NihilismIn ArticlesMarch 21, 1998A self-proclaimed esoteric god that I used to […]
StormIn Short FictionMarch 22, 2013Lying on a white bed in a wooden room listening to the […]
World Music: Areas of NegotiationIn ArticlesApril 21, 1998The simplicity of the term ‘world music’ betrays the […]
Bundanoon Says NO to Bottled WaterIn ArticlesMarch 22, 2009July 9th, 2009 “Australians spend half a billion […]
Inside the Kings Cross Medically Supervised Injecting CentreIn ArticlesOctober 29, 2014When Courtney Love kicked off her tour of Australia last month, I took a tour of the Medically Supervised Injecting Centre. […]
Military Blunders in the War Against TerrorIn ArticlesOctober 10, 2016Archival: LANDMINES I recently saw a Super 8 video […]
Love on South TerraceIn Short FictionMarch 23, 1998In the park on the terrace, at the southern border of […]
Food, Big Pharma & Multiple SclerosisIn ArticlesJune 27, 2013Clad in a tablecloth and fitted with a face cage and […]
The 45-Minute ChairIn Short FictionMarch 16, 1998The chair’s bamboo legs slide across the thin carpet. […]
The Choke by Sofie Laguna: ReviewIn ReviewsNovember 4, 2020The Choke by Sofie Laguna is a superb piece of writing. Structurally well-crafted with prose that's full of the vigour of youth, the nasty resourcefulness of degrading poverty. […]
Love Letter to BundanoonIn Articles, MiscMarch 21, 2009To be honest, I wasn’t sure I’d like it. It was […]
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