Cartoon by Peter Lewis
Main points from the election result
My main reaction to the result of the Australian federal election was intense relief. Not so much because we will have a Labor government, but because we no longer are…
It’s hard to get excited about 2022
December 19, 2021 Opinion by Greg Ray 2021 has been a grinding, dispiriting year for many of us. For a start, we’ve been on the Covid-19 pandemic roller-coaster, with its…
Newcastle’s Obelisk and “the social evil”
Was Newcastle's famous Obelisk once a site for illicit sexual assignations? It may have been, if I have understood the transcript of an 1866 public meeting correctly. The transcript, created…