Political commentator Paul Kelly was scathing in his attack on Telstra’s new management this morning.
Kelly said on ABC Television the Telstra assault on government regulation is alienating all parties, driving down the share price, and has no hope of success.
I have to agree with him. I’ll go further and say it’s damaging the public goodwill [...]
I went to the football in Myrtleford today and saw the Saints pummel North Albury. Living in Porepunkah it’s considered a little odd that I follow Myrtleford, rather than Bright. I have an interest in Bright football, but not to the same extent.
I attribute this to my three years as editor of the Myrtleford Times. [...]
Our ADSL connection was finally made today. After studying prices and reviews on Whirlpool I decided to go with Curl Communications.
Some of their reviews weren’t very flattering, but they were from people who do gaming and file sharing, neither of which applies to me.
The deal with Curl is $40 per month for 25GB download [...]
Circumstances can change quickly without rational explanation. Call it fate, fortune or God’s will, but it’s a fact.
I could have been working in Renmark now as the local newspaper editor after pulling up roots in Porepunkah and shifting my family nearly half way across Australia.
I’m pleased, of course, events didn’t transpire that way. The lack [...]
The population of Victoria is five million people, but I was the only one of them today on the summit of our second-highest peak, Mt Feathertop.
The mountain was awe inspiring, humbling, powerful and beautiful in a mesmerising package of contradictions.
Normally I have Friday spare to pursue private business, but I swapped it for today to [...]
I saw a disturbing report on SBS news last night about the Aral Sea disaster in Kazakhstan. The world’s fourth-largest inland sea has been decimated by commercial exploitation and mismanagement. Here are some of the facts:
Forty years ago the Aral Sea surface was 66,100 square kilometers with an average depth of 16.1 metres and a [...]
Well it’s almost sunk in that I’m a Dad again. The twins were dragged reluctantly into the world at 10.26am and 10.27am on Tuesday, December 16, 2003 almost two weeks before Juliet would have been full term in her labor.
The vital details:
James Peter, weight 6lb 12oz
Margaret Johanna, weight 6lb
Mum and babies are doing well. Hopefully [...]
I wrote this article in February 2002 in response to a campaign by Senator Julian McGauran and Tim Fischer to obtain a pardon for English officer “Breaker” Morant, who ordered the killing of prisoners in the Anglo/South African War.
I was annoyed that McGauran took up this issue without any community consultation. It was the only [...]
I'm a 41-year-old father of four working as a newspaper editor at Mount Gambier in South Australia.
