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Ask no questions, get told no lies

Post Author:Greg Ray
Post published:August 24, 2020
Post Category:Greg Ray's Writing / Miscellaneous
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So it turns out there is no $2billion bushfire recovery fund. Under questioning in the Senate, the federal public servants whose job it was to provide answers to the parliamentary…

Bring back Parliament, and democracy

Post Author:Greg Ray
Post published:July 20, 2020
Post Category:Greg Ray's Writing
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On the face of it, the proposition that the COVID-19 pandemic makes it too dangerous for the Australian Parliament to sit might seem to have some almost reasonable basis. When…

What’s in a name, and a coat of arms?

Post Author:Greg Ray
Post published:March 5, 2020
Post Category:Greg Ray's Writing / Miscellaneous

WHAT’S in a name? A fair bit, according to my 1904 copy of the Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland, a bulky tome that graces my bookshelf. View the book's index…