I once though that the Villawood Solution was an affront to all Australians…..but our current asylum seeker and refugee response leaves me profoundly disturbed….A path, once chosen may prove most regrettable….
Category Archives: Opinion
Tough on Rats
“Parachute Rat” by British artist, Banksy – before its destruction by the Local Authorities (Photo ABC TV)
In recent news releases, some in the science community hailed it as building a better rat, but it’s doubtful that the animals who’ve been specially bred with pathologies seen in Alzheimer’s disease, would agree – if they had a voice…….
In black and white, as if bereav’d of light
Lance Corporal John Gillespie on patrol (1971).
What is it about black and white photographs that envelopes them in the mists of time? Now it seems, colour in television and in photography gives a clearer, if not always appealing, view of our world and our wars.
One is never enough!
Sir Douglas Mawson puts a chill into Australia’s currency
Who could be unmoved by Douglas Mawson’s words, “It was unutterably sad that he should have perished thus”…. (Home of the Blizzard, 1915)
Fish and Friends
Photo by Barry Chapman SMH ©2012 Fairfax Media
A Fish needs Friends
Has science helped to find a habitat, only to lose a species? How much responsibility does Australian science bear for the demise of the Orange Roughy?
Ink thoughts 