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Wrecking yard, 1962. Photo by Ron Morrison

Agreeing to disagree with insurance companies

My recent dealings with insurance companies lead me to like those companies even less than I did before. Before I thought they sucked. Now I think they suck ten times worse. Take example number one. We have a 2007 sedan in very good, well-maintained condition. It’s an auto, with about 170,000km on the clock. On carsales.com.au similar cars will set you back about $7000 to $9000, with a few outliers above or below. Our car has been insured comprehensively with AAMI for quite a few years. Last year’s “agreed value” (the company “agrees” – we just…

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Peter Dutton and His Master's Voice. By Peter Lewis.

Why I’m voting Yes to the Voice

An angry old white bloke had a go at me the other day. He didn’t like my “Free Assange” T-shirt. His reaction took me a little bit by surprise. I’d forgotten I was wearing that shirt. And I’d also forgotten about that other country, the alternative Australia that exists alongside mine but where things look different. Of course I visit that old colonial outpost every day, but I slip across the border like a ghost in disguise, conduct my business and head home again. “What do you mean, ‘Free Assange?’”, he snorted at me. I had…

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A meditation for Fathers Day

His big safe hands I remember most of all. His fingers seemed huge to me and I felt his frustration when, working on the engine of a car or some other repair job, these unwieldy fat sausages would drop an important nut or washer into some inaccessible spot while attempting to fit it where it belonged. I’d volunteer to do the job with my small, precise child fingers but he would seldom hear of it. My job was just to be present and maybe, like a surgeon’s assistant, sometimes hunt for a half-inch ring spanner or…

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