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Read more about the article Keeping Mr Porter’s secrets

Keeping Mr Porter’s secrets

September 23, 2021 Comment by Greg Ray An external observer of Australian politics in 2021 might be excused for imagining that there was some far-reaching network striving to ensure that the activities of - and circumstances surrounding - former attorney-general Christian Porter are hidden forever from the eyes of the electorate. Of course that can't possibly be true. It's just the way that our democracy, our police and our legal and judicial systems work. The defence that the ABC was going to use in Mr Porter's much-trumpeted but rapidly aborted defamation case has been suppressed and…

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Read more about the article Covid-19: bring on effective treatments

Covid-19: bring on effective treatments

AS far as the Covid pandemic is concerned, what I’m wishing for most of all is a major breakthrough in treatment. Something that will nullify the virus and prevent whatever over-reactive immune responses cause the worst effects in those susceptible. Ideally, like the treatment being explored by the Doherty Institute in Australia, it will be adaptable to deal with variants and with similar viruses that might erupt in future. I particularly want this to happen because: A) it will save lives and let society get back to ‘normal’, and B) it will mean (I hope) that…

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Read more about the article Fire brigade tales from old Newcastle

Fire brigade tales from old Newcastle

I once shared this photo on social media, along with the information supplied by its previous owner, former fireman and collector the late Ken Magor. That information said the photo depicted the christening of the first steam fire engine owned by Honeysuckle Volunteer Fire Brigade, in Newcastle, NSW. A good many people insisted that there was no way this photo could be in Newcastle because the helmets the men were wearing were American, of a type not used in Australia. Chastened, I retreated behind my usual lame excuse; that I was depending on information supplied. Mind…

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