David Dixon Why can’t our old leaders just button-up? Was a time when former and failed politicians would balm their bruised and battered egos with
David Dixon We all know someone with too many cats, dogs, parrots, or other pets. Not an extra moggy or mutt in the backyard, but
David Dixon There’s a sinister scene in Peter Weir’s prophetic parable about the insidious dangers of reality TV, The Truman Show, where Truman attempts to
Australian universities’ financial dependence on foreign students has been highlighted by the ban on Chinese national students over the coronavirus outbreak. In fact the tertiary
It’s the air disaster that just didn’t seem to make sense; a modern commercial jet fully-laden with passengers suddenly disappearing in March 2014 and seemingly-crashing
“Is there anybody out there?” has been one of the eternal and baffling questions of humans since we first gazed into the night-sky. Well a
It was the high profile and explosive charges against members of a family-run circus in the Blue Mountains with horrifying allegations of child abuse. But
Australia’s crazy summer has continued with huge storms lashing Sydney with a tragic fatality as a man hit by a flying gas bottle dies in
Arch-rival Ford is set to be the unlikely saviour for hundreds of Holden staff who will lose their job with the imminent closure of the
Another hundred passengers and crew on the Diamond Princess cruise ship confined in Japan have been confirmed with coronavirus as the first Australians airlifted from
The sudden decision of General Motors to retire the Holden marque after 164 years leaves the great rivalry of Australian motor sport in limbo. Since
Confusion surrounds the alleged sacking of a volunteer firefighter who became a social media hit after a foul-mouthed spray against Prime Minister Scott Morrison while
To some they are an environmental saviour that will help combat global warming; but to the neighbours of the Bald Hills wind-farm in Gippsland, Victoria,
Just when you thought the nightmarish effects of excessive screen time for our children couldn’t get any worse; a school principal now claims that many
The brains trust that awarded Australia’s $50 billion new submarine contract to the French must be having second thoughts about how we came to rely
It’s not just the photogenic young couples that feature in most bank loan ads that are taking advantage of a scheme to increase first-home ownership.