Tag: Australia
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Never Unknown Again
You know I’m staring at you Though you won’t look at me Your head is bowed low Over Candy Crush or Apple TV
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The Bitter Sea
Mine is a lost soul that swims in a bitter sea Overlayed and swamped by waves of jealousy Caught and held under by a rising tide of night At the mercy of winds of animosity
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I Grew Up A NewspaperMan
I grew up a newspaperman. My dad was the editor of the Canowindra Star, the local paper in Canowindra New South Wales. He wasn’t the grizzled editor from central casting : think of Perry White in Superman or Benjamin Bradlee in All the Presidents Men. No, he was my Dad (Kevin Whalan) : as he describes…
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The Reverse Golden Rule
Somewhere in Australia, someone is gloating over images of a burning mosque. Before that he or she was fuming over the latest executions from the Middle East. They’re probably thinking this is how much they hate us and this is how we should hate them back. Somewhere in Australia, someone is fuming over images of…
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My Boxing Day Surprise
Without thinking too much about it, I woke up on Boxing Day and decided to see a movie. My choice was (this is a few years ago) , was Return of the King, the final instalment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I just thought I could turn up and get a ticket to the…
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Here Kitty Kitty Kitty (How I Got My Cat Mojo Back)
I’m not a cat person. And here are the sure-fire symptoms. I’m not the one walking down the street like the pied piper having cats follow me. When I walk up to cats and say hello they don’t say hello back. Quite the opposite. So it was with some reluctance that I let myself be…
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Australian Institute of Sledging?
As a cricket lover I’m following the current Test series. My hope is that one more Aussie win will return the Ashes to us. Yet cricket is not a predictable game. And it can be overshadowed by outside issues. Such as sledging. Sledging is sustained verbal banter (truthfully outright verbal abuse) designed to…
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Abbott After 100 Days : Policies versus the Pamphlett
There has been much written about the Abbott Government and its achievements in its first 100 days. They’ve even brought out a pamphlett of their achievements. But if one had studied their election pamphlett, the clues to their performance were already there. And the giveaway is mainly in the presentation and only some of the…
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Anzac Day : Some Reflections
Despite learning about Anzac Day all my life, it wasn’t until recently I found its meaning to me. As a child, I did attend Dawn Service with my Dad. I tried my best to stay awake and not appear bored.I remember reading the plaque which had far too many names for a small country town.…