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The PNG Gravy Train — Spectator

by | Nov 19, 2018 | Blog, Papua New Guinea | 0 comments

As PNG is our nearest neighbour (in fact only five kilometres from the most northern part of Australia, Boigu Island) this does raise some very serious and interesting questions and it’s difficult not to conclude that PNG is simply Zimbabwe and South Africa with all...

Random Note — Weasel word of the year

by | Nov 13, 2018 | Blog, Weasel Word | 0 comments

In addition to the Oxford dictionary nominating their word of the year, like post-truth (2016) youth-quake (2017) and, only last week, single-use (2018), might I suggest they develop the idea of nominating a “weasel word” category of the year.   The nomination...

Armistice Day — Pozie by Sara Storer and John Williamson

by | Nov 11, 2018 | Blog

Today is the 11 of the 11th, Armistice Day. This is the song that I think best captures the essence, the mood and the spirit of an often forgotten element of war.— The aftermath of all wars in fact for those on the front line and that lives for decades after the guns...

Random Note — The truth is….

by | Nov 7, 2018 | Blog, Random Notes, Truth

You often hear about people “speaking their truth”. We hear that expression a lot. That everyone “has their own truth” or that there are many truths. The truth is that “speaking  truth” is supposed to be some kind of intellectual or academic...