Archive for year: 2023

View from the Round House with Martin Drum – NAAC, The Voice, Ill-gotten Gains, Jenin, The Stumping
Welcome back to our politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. In this podcast, the Shipping News’…
The Batavia Replica – A Once in a Lifetime Opportunity
Fremantle has lost two cherished replica ships. Endeavour and Duyfken are now at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney.…
The Eternal Immortalis
Immortalis. What an interesting name for a super yacht. [caption id="attachment_36249" align="aligncenter" width="601"] Credit Boat International [/caption] She’s a privately-owned,…
Getting The Voice – Watch Out For The Pathetic Concoctions
Social media users promoting the No campaign are circulating a bogus list of proposals by Indigenous Australians, claiming it reveals…
What’s in a name, what’s in a police station?
Well, we know what’s IN a police station. Police officers. And sometimes, if not often, folk in the nick. After…
Threads versus Twitter – What’s Happening?
Have your heard of Threads yet? Threads is an upcoming social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms, the…
Sand Tracks at Sandtrax
Sandtrax Beach and car park, immediately South of Port Beach, are closed until mid-September. Huge earth movers have been at…
Voluntary assisted dying – How easy is it to access?
Victoria was the first state to implement voluntary assisted dying in 2019. After four years, its legislation requires a formal…
After The Game v Bulldogs – With Snaps Truly
One thing I learnt during my recent confinement at the Sanatorio per gli Illusi in Florence – the Sanatorium of…
Interview with Greg Campbell – Author of Total Reset
In 1991, curious about the ways of humanity’s oldest continuous culture, Greg Campbell exited corporate life to live in the…