22 MAY 2026
Car insurance premiums racing upwards
My comprehensive car insurance premium recently rose by 17 per cent, pushing it to $1025 for a vehicle valued at $13,000. This increase came even after I use...
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22 FEB 2026
Thylacine: Bringing the past to life
It's truly remarkable that scientists are poised to resurrect the extinct thylacine. Scientific efforts to resurrect the extinct thylacine, or Tasmania...
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3 FEB 2026
Colour blind casting
Colour-blind casting in the British film industry compromises the integrity of fact-based drama when it’s applied unfaithfully against the historical record. ...
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28 NOV 2020
Coronavirus wipes out 2020
The year 2020 is both memorable and one to forget. It's memorable for having the first global pandemic since Spanish Flu in 1918-19. It's forgettable for sti...
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26 APR 2018
Communications should be at the heart of decision making
My first exposure to local government was reporting council meetings as a cadet journalist in country Victoria during the 1980s. A lot has changed in newspap...
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15 APR 2017
Stop bashing Canberra and take pride in the capital
Bashing the national capital is a uniquely Australian pastime. Capital cities elsewhere sometimes draw critical attention for being the seat of government an...
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1 MAR 2008
Are newspapers dying?
An interactive American poll has challenged the authority and relevance of newspapers in that country. In some of the key findings: Two thirds of America...
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4 OCT 2007
Abolish the Australian states
The Federal Government’s decision last week to provide $45 million a year to a struggling hospital in Devonport is one of the most extraordinary examples of b...
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