Life, Law & Culture

Film Screening on Fremantle’s Rajneesh Sannyasins This Sunday
A significant part of Freo history is back on the silver screen in Fremantle. Orange People everywhere. Osho centre stage.…
Fremantle c1900, Ruby Mitchell & Women’s Hockey
Perhaps, as suggested by JWC Cumes in a most readable review of leisure times in early Australia, Their Chastity was…
IPCC finds the world has its best chance yet to slash emissions – if it seizes the opportunity
The world has its best chance yet to reduce greenhouse gas emissions quickly, but hard and fast cuts are needed…
Ramadan Explained
Intermittent fasting is now becoming popular, with many promised health benefits. But Muslims have been practising fasting in the lunar…
The case for change to our political donations rules
State politics has yet again been tainted by crooked donations. The Independent Commission Against Corruption [in New South Wales] made…
‘Unashamedly an election bribe’ – Read all about it!
When Josh Frydenberg says his key cost-of-living budget measures are “temporary” and “targeted”, he’s precisely right, though the reasons are…
Coastal Risk, Climate Change, Sea Levels & Fremantle
CoreLogic, the leading property data company, has just reported that $25 billion in Australian residential property is exposed to high…
Arrivederci e buona fortuna, Ersilia
At the Capital radio station for seniors, where I volunteer for a couple of hours each week, I am sometimes…
Another lazy day at the river!
So, what to do when the weather’s perfect? Perhaps wander down to the banks of the Derbarl Yerrigan/Swan River and…