To cold here in Brisbane – 24 degrees during the day but approaching single figures at night. As happens every June I get the bug for warmer climes and load up the 4×4 (SUV) and head north. This year I am going right to the top of Cape York Peninsular. I’ve already been up once [...]

AUSTRALIAN hostage Douglas Wood is well and undergoing medical checks following his rescue more than six weeks after being kidnapped in Iraq. It appears he was rescued during a military mission by and Iraqi forces.

Wayne Errington and Peter van Onselen, two Australian academics have a go at Bob Geldorf and his plan to raise more money for Mugabes Dachas in Europe. As much as we all enjoy lectures on African poverty from musically gifted white multi-millionaires, we should at least consider, just for a moment, the possibility that rock [...]

Michael Jackson has been found innocent but I still wouldn’t recommend any parent let their kids anywhere near him.

The Australian newspaper finally catches up with kevgillett.net. Last June I posted on Gallarway Yunupingu, the Black Prince of Arnhem Land and raised several questions based on what I witnessed at Nuhunbuy in Arnhem Land. When there, I notice a chopper flying around; “Who owns it? I ask. “Well not Galarrwuy. He owns the company [...]

My eldest daughter, Katherine, is getting married today and as you can well imagine I’m discouraged from following my normal pursuits. Busy and happy times. Should be back to normal posting tomorrow.

With the tag “Sabre Rattling” in the corner of the screen the ABC TV carried a story tonight about the joint Australian/US exercise currently underway at Shoalwater Bay near Rockhampton, Queensland. Ever keen to put down on the ADF, the ABC managed to find some weirdos who were just looking for the chance to stand [...]

From Lateline MADAME FU: I was asked by the Australian Government about whether he will be – whether he will face persecution if he returns to China, as he said, and I said he won’t. TONY JONES: How can you guarantee something like that? MADAME FU: I think there is no reason. I don’t see [...]

The unions are up in arms because Deputy Prime Minister Anderson says he expects police checks on 130,000 maritime workers will reveal that a significant number have criminal convictions and the Government will have to be “firm” in issuing security cards. The head of the Australian Maritime Union, Paddy Crumlin, is not impressed. He has [...]

Every now and then I think it relevant to remind ourselves just how bad communism was and how many of their people suffered under it’s yoke. Damien Perry has a post about a new book on Mao Tse Dung that suits the purpose. An extract. Famine apart, the authors calculate that deaths in prisons and [...]