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As The Cigar waded through the stream of anguish, the unfolding tragedy at Kew TGS – Trinity Grammar School’s “Haircutgate” – the hilarity of it all grew unendurable. In this leafy walled garden of Melburnian
Read moreThrosby has a theory on elections and coin tosses. Experts on chance proffer the counter-intuitive fact that each coin toss has a 50-50 chance of being heads or tails, no matter how many times either
Read moreNever get between an Australian Liberal (conservative) and a piece of public property. Behind every Liberal-run government lurk deep pockets and acquisitive eyes with a ready case to make this or that infrastructure “profitable” and
Read moreThrosby can admit but awe and humility at the leader of the National Party’s overwhelming command of retail politics. Barnyard – or Beetrooter, as we have come to cherish him in so short a time
Read moreArtists, cartoonists in particular, are frequently criticised, or their work simply disliked, for an apparent childlike drawing style. Like many, Michael Leunig’s style resembles the rambling intricate but superficially childish “doodlings” of the verteran Bruce
Read moreA battle about renovating Bondi Beach’s pavilion, one of Australia’s most evocative buildings, has ended. It took citizen action, union work bans, and a line-up of well-known Australians to win. Along the way, Waverley’s mayor
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Not since Clampett’s tribe pitched camp by an up-market cement pond has this great nation of exceptionalism so derisively mocked, to mask a swelling pride. As strongmen go, the vulgarian whose Olds 37 so rarely
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In the chat rooms we mused on happenings in a virtual reality (VR) called “Earth” that turned up the other day. Its creatures – self-described “*users” with the handle “human” – consider themselves alone in
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You might be interested to hear from someone who watched 2001: A Space Odyssey at the big-screen theatre when it was a new release. It was not only a great experience and everything you might
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