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Barnaby Joyce: From spoiler to saviour?
Note: this article was first published in Pearls and Irritations, John Menadue’s public policy journal, on 12 August 2025.
Aug 22
July 2025
Big thanks for my birthday greetings
Many thanks to those who recently sent me birthday greetings by one means or another.
Jul 16
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May 2025
"A day which will live in infamy"
Perhaps the most important single decision of the Second World War was the one that saw Japan launching a surprise attack on the United States naval…
May 1
April 2025
Daylight robbery#
# A sort of Audenesque response to the darkness brought to me on the weekend when crazy tariffs and an end to daylight saving in the jurisdiction in…
Apr 8
March 2025
A tribute to John C. Kerin
John Kerin died two years ago, on 29 March 2023. He was Australia's best and longest Minister for Primary Industries – agriculture, fisheries. forestry…
Mar 27
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September 2024
Workplace risk: the case of the Hunter Valley coach crash
The bus driver responsible for the horrific crash in the Hunter Valley in 2023 which killed 10 people received a 32-year jail sentence with a non-parole…
Sep 22, 2024
July 2024
George speaks – 2 The farmer as writer.
The story so far: George Gregory (1879-1940) left behind a typed record of much of his personal, family and community history.
Jul 2, 2024
June 2024
‘George speaks’ – 1
In July 2023 I discovered, in a box of papers in my study, a large manila envelope.
Jun 28, 2024
April 2024
Megan and Steve’s kalbarriage
April 2006
Apr 21, 2024
Organising around Parkinson’s: How is Australia doing?
April 11 is World Parkinson’s Day.
Apr 10, 2024
February 2024
repurpose/ˌriːˈpəːpəs/
verb adapt for use in a different purpose.
Feb 20, 2024
November 2023
Australian poetry
One of my brothers is on the U3A committee in his home town in the UK.
Nov 28, 2023
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