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Smoke and mirrors: The big money behind Australia’s vaping ban
With a new financial year underway, the Morrison government will request the Governor-General to prohibit the importation of e-cigarettes containing vaporiser nicotine and nicotine-containing …
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Pandemic history ignored by state premiers
If we’ve learnt anything about the COVID-19 pandemic, it is that history may not repeat but it does have a habit of popping its …
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Sweden takes the big coronavirus risk for none of the economic gain
If we’ve learnt anything about the COVID-19 pandemic, it is that history may not repeat but it does have a habit of popping its …
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Our loony protesters are among the looniest
Around 100 assembled in Melbourne and less in Sydney. Not big numbers but what they lacked in people power they more than made up …
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The America first model on how not to fight COVID-19
There has to be the first canary down the mine shaft. When it comes to providing a how-to on moving from lockdowns to opening …
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A Short History of Australia
Australia was created 13.7 billion years ago on an otherwise uneventful Wednesday afternoon. The Big Bang was crucial to the creation of Australia. It …
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Like getting drunk with the Brady Bunch
No one could have prepared us for this. I’m not talking about the dispiriting global roll out of a life destroying pandemic and its …
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Who’s next in line to lead DPRK?
North Korea’s Supreme Leader, 36-year-old Kim Jong-un, is reported to be clinging to life after undergoing cardiovascular surgery. And people say there’s no good news in …
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Stolen valour, tin medals and tin pot generals
The actor Brian Dennehy died yesterday of heart failure due to sepsis. He was 81. The star of Rambo: First Blood, Gorky Park and …
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Scammers out in force to make a dollar from frightening times
Scammers, charlatans, hucksters, grifters – they all come out of their hidey holes in times of strife. Last week we were treated to a …