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Aussie media commentary in response to hospital prank tragedy
I am currently in Australia. I, like most Australians, have been following the tragic event of the death of the nurse unwittingly caught up in the royal hoax phone call, as it unfolds both here and in...
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Royal prank call tragedy: Guilt and blame – the ultimate shape-shifters
A radio station beleaguered. Two presenters in hiding. A family in mourning, and a hospital under siege by a barrage of media attention. The object of initial interest, the royal fetus, all but...
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“Ranga” added to new edition of Australian Oxford Dictionary
WIKIPEDIA defines ‘Australian slang’ as an “informal language used in Australia”, although simultaneously warning readers not to rely on their list of Australian idiosyncrasies as a definitive “guide...
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Offshore mining: Big business or big risk?
AS an international leader in the natural resources industry, Australian companies have established mining operations across the world. Recent trends toward offshore drilling has led to the Indian...
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Australia a magnet for criminals, drugs and sex says British media
The Daily Mail have put the spotlight on the illicit underbelly of Australian society in an editorial claiming that the nation’s strong economy has resulted in a criminal culture based on drug...
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Debate should focus on work incentives, not welfare increases
DOLE bludgers. A quintessentially Australian term designed as a slur against all of those people living off the teat of government and thereby not subscribing to the national creed of hard work and a...
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Two princesses, one Gold Coast: Mariah Carey and Zara Phillips
Zara Phillips looks on during the Magic Millions barrier draw at Surfers Paradise QUEENSLAND’S Gold Coast has always been the playground of nouveu riche playboys and glamorous woman with...
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Mutterings in the ranks: LNP abandon Newman’s ‘mandate for change’
DISCIPLINE. It is one of the most important qualities in any successful organisation. It is particularly essential that firm discipline is exercised in a military unit as, without strong leadership...
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Nation of stereotypes or country of contradictions: UK look at Australia
MODERN Australia is a complex nation often riddled by staggering contradictions, according to a column published on the BBC News Magazine website earlier today. Sydney correspondent Nick Bryant wrote...
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Stay classless, Australia
SATURDAY was Australia Day. Craving a chicken parma, I even ventured into the Glasgow Walkabout to celebrate. Sadly, the kitchen had just closed. The day before – at the stroke of midnight AEDT, or...
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Misuse of Stilnox: do Aussie swimmers have a case to answer?
THE FIASCO that has engulfed Swimming Australia has sparked a major debate within the Australian public. Many have queried whether the men’s relay team had been seriously inappropriate at the London...
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The NDIS: A diamond in the political dirt
THREE years ago I read an article that resonated with me. Not in the sense I would quote whole paragraphs at unsuspecting bystanders, or go to dinner parties and thump my fist on the table imploring...
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From major to minor: the rise of the new political party
FOR AS long as most people can remember, the Australian political system has been like a particularly awkward blind date. Two people are forced to sit across a table from each other for what seems...
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Let’s just admit it Australia, we’re racist
(AAP Image/Tracey Nearmy) WELCOME to Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and, playing for a prize of one million dollars, we have Eddie Maguire from Collingwood. Eddie, the question is this: what is the...
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Republic vs Monarchy | How to solve an Australian identity crisis?
Read Monarchy vs Republic | The ‘Australianisation’ of the Crown By Simon Rowell, Marielle Smith and Cal Viney Wearing a fashionable combination of blue singlet, board shorts and crocodile skin boots...
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Monarchy vs Republic | The ‘Australianisation’ of the Crown
Read Republic vs Monarchy | How to solve an Australian identity crisis? By Brant Rippon FOR OVER a century, our Australian Constitution has worked unobtrusively in the background ensuring our young...
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The shades of grey | Gillard and the gender card
FOLLOWING a predictably ridiculous week in politics, yesterday Australia bid farewell to its first ever woman prime minister. Julia Gillard graciously bowed out from running the country to which she...
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Off the Gillard Titanic and into the Rudd lifeboat
THE egg timer has been turned on Australia’s election date, now ticking away like a time bomb, ready to change history in just over 70 days on 14 September. Kevin the Sequel, his aides assure me, is a...
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Kevin Rudd “survived Kokoda”, but can he survive an election?
For people that essentially talk for a living, politicians have a nasty habit of muddling up their words. We shook our heads in dismay when American Vice-President Al Gore claimed to have invented the...
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The wisdom of our future PM? Abbott’s top 5 verbal gaffes
Australian leaders don’t seem to be able to avoid putting their foot in it. Whether it is Kevin Rudd talking about how he “survived Kokoda” or Alexander Downer’s infamous reference to domestic...
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