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When you steal The Game of Thrones you win or you die
So, here we are again. I rarely return to a topic so quickly, but last week’s
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Free floppies a policy flop
The Opposition Leader promised this week that every Australian household would receive a free floppy disk drive and monochrome monitor under an Abbott-led government.Launching the ...
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Cakes comps? Think out of the box
Hang your head in shame, Queensland. When archaeologists from the future (probably equipped with laser spades), dig up the reasons for the fall of our civilisation, it won’t be climate ...
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Cakes comps? Think outside the box
Hang your head in shame, Queensland. When archaeologists from the future (probably equipped with laser spades), dig up the reasons for the fall of our civilisation, it won’t be climate ...
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Come on CWA, think outside the box
Hang your head in shame, Queensland. When archaeologists from the future (probably equipped with laser spades), dig up the reasons for the fall of our civilisation, it won’t be climate ...
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Hivemind, horror and hashtags in wake of Boston bombing
Two days on and what we really know of Boston can still be contained by a few brief words. Two bombs exploded. Some people died. Many more were injured.You push out beyond that, as both ...
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Howard for GG ... and bring back Dad and Dave
Oh come now, John Howard would make an excellent Governor-General. Not as excellent as Prince Harry, who could be counted on to fast rope into Yarralumla, naked save for a couple of Vegas barmaids ...
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Remembering the best of us
The northerlies blew for two days, whipping the sand up off the beach in stinging sheets and whorls and whips that lashed at every inch of exposed skin. And then, the night before Anzac Day, they ...
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Lords of the land let loose
The landlord came at them with a baseball bat. They hid behind a locked door as he screamed at them to get out. He’d previously smashed up some of their possessions to encourage them to ...
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Judgment day for everything icky
Encouraged by the reaction to their demand for a referendum on marriage equality, an unlikely coalition of Christian and Muslim groups has vowed to demand referenda on everything that interests ...
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White paper whites out some inconvenient truths
It’s tempting to wonder why Julia Gillard bothered expending time and political capital on last week’s Defence White Paper. It’s a policy area she neither cares nor knows much ...
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The terrifying true story of 'man flu'
Women of calibre my hairy male arse. They’re all sniffling malingers. And scientists have proven it with science. Man flu science. And they were male scientists, too, of course. The lady ...
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Freetard free-for-all just cause Foxtel won't compete
So, Foxtel has put a bullet into the deal that let Australian viewers buy Game of Thrones, and other premium HBO series, episode by episode as they aired. Season three is okay, but next ...
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Shame bath people, shame
“Women use the bathtub to escape,” said Cate. “Like men use the toilet.”I did not take offence. I have the collected cartoons of The New Yorker in the ...
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Racism is no black and white issue
Would you live next to some reffo? Or a black bastard? Or one those Asians John Howard used to worry about? Alternatively, if you were a reffo or black bastard or one those Asians John Howard used ...
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Speedos in the Lodge, then what?
It's only right and proper that Tony Abbott has been pants down all week, getting measured up for a drawer full of brand spanky new prime ministerial Speedos. For come September he will surely ...
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Time to fire up the BBQ
It’s a mystery. We should be a nation obsessed with the barbecue arts, but we are not. Oh, I’ll concede, we do grill. We’re not completely unfamiliar with the idea ...
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Democracy up for sale if we don't pay
Are you complete idiots? Do you know how much it costs to run an election campaign these days? And they have to be run, you know. There's no avoiding them unless you want to turn over the keys of ...
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Greedy hippies have stolen all the electrons
Remember how all those politicians, both Labor and Liberal, promised – cross their hearts and hope to die – that electricity privatisation would lead to massive efficiencies and much ...
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Can the space–time continuum handle a female Dr Who?
On reading speculation that the Doctor might ...
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Can the space–time continuum handle a female Doctor Who?
On reading speculation that the Doctor might ...
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ALP's inevitable doom all of its own making
Man, how weird is politics? Tony Abbott is already touring his victory speech. Clive Palmer is being awesome in a way that only a guy who owns golf courses full of giant animatronic dinosaurs can ...
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Retrenched workers deserve compassion, not a kick in the guts
Ever had the axe come down on you? Lost a job through no fault of your own? For no reason you could control? It’s only happened to me once, and it was a cushy part time job reading ...
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Birmingham facing shaven-legged archer attack
That arrow was meant for me. Don’t imagine for a second that the two-wheeled archer who struck earlier this week is some barking-mad loner riding the lonely bike paths of the city looking ...
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A shameful week to be a man
Mostly I dig being a man. It’s awesome. And being a middle class white man? Holy crap. I don’t need to buy a lottery ticket because I won all the things just by turning up. But ...
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