Category: News

  • Some changes

    Well, it’s been awhile since I’ve updated this blog… I do have a good reason, though. Been busy finishing Shards of Babylon (almost there now… though I said that last year!). And I’ve also been busy starting a new writers group in Bondi Junction; a lot of work getting things started, but should be fun…

  • Banning people with HIV from entering Australia

    HIV border control suggested to stop outbreak Am I the only one who finds John Howard’s comments here difficult to understand? Or am I getting senile or something, because the reaction to these new guidelines has been very muted. The new system proposed by Tony Abbott would require visa applicants over the age of 15…

  • David Hicks and why people can't debate

    Miranda Devine: Australian prisoners also wait years for day in court I was reading Miranda Devine’s column in The Sun-Herald recently (see link above) and something struck me about it. I read Devine’s column when I can and though I rarely agree with what she says, I still find it interesting; she makes her points…

  • David Hicks and why people can’t debate

    Miranda Devine: Australian prisoners also wait years for day in court I was reading Miranda Devine’s column in The Sun-Herald recently (see link above) and something struck me about it. I read Devine’s column when I can and though I rarely agree with what she says, I still find it interesting; she makes her points…

  • Earth Hour a succees… kind of

    Saturday saw the first Earth Hour here in Sydney, a campaign encouraging Sydneysiders to turn off their lights from 7.30 to 8.30 pm to raise awareness for Global Warming. According to The Sun-Herald more than 65,000 homes and 2000 businesses and government departments turned off their lights. And it was quite a sight, I have…

  • Happy Birthday: Sydney Harbour Bridge turns 75!

    Photo from Yahoo! NewsA belated Happy Birthday to the Sydney Harbour Bridge, which turned 75 last Sunday! Incredible to think it’s been around that long. It opened on March 19th, 1932 after six years of construction. 16 workers died during the construction, but it’s amazing that more didn’t die when you think about how difficult…

  • Chaos at Target

    Surviving the Stella warsI’m sure lots of people have a similar experience, but something I remember very clearly from when I was younger was going to K-Mart for the midnight release of the Star Wars Episode 1 merchandise. Hard to believe that was eight years ago now, but it’s something I won’t forgot. I remember…

  • Here we go again

    As if The DaVinci Code and the industry it has spawned weren’t enough, now there is this Lost Tomb of Jesus documentary. I’m the first to say I’m not religious but I must admit, I don’t understand why people are taking such an interest in attacking Christianity at the moment. Is it because people think…

  • When did rehab become the "in thing"?

    There’s been something about Britney Spears in the news every day this past week; feels like it too. I don’t want to ask if anyone even cares anymore, but aren’t the media going too far with this? It can’t help someone who is self-destructing to see every second of it being analysed on TV. And…

  • When did rehab become the “in thing”?

    There’s been something about Britney Spears in the news every day this past week; feels like it too. I don’t want to ask if anyone even cares anymore, but aren’t the media going too far with this? It can’t help someone who is self-destructing to see every second of it being analysed on TV. And…