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Pearls and Irritations

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The lessons of the Queensland election

In last Saturday’s state election, the Liberal National Party of Queensland has decisively ended the ALP’s nine year run in office. This means...

31.10.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

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The treatment of detainees at the Alexander Maconochie Centre federal prison in Canberra

So far, the only media outlets courageous enough to publish my revelations about the inhumane treatment of David McBride and other inmates at the...

23.10.2024 9

Pearls and Irritations

 Ross Fitzgerald

Jack Iverson was, my father often told me, the finest bowler to whom he ever kept

Playing against England, in the home Ashes series of 1950–51, Iverson led the Australian bowling averages with 21 wickets at 15.24 runs per wicket....

18.10.2024 10

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The forthcoming Queensland state election

In the forthcoming October 26 state elections, my prediction is that Labor in Queensland will get hammered. As it happens, Labor in Queensland is...

13.10.2024 6

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John Olsen’s gift to the nation

My dear friend, the great Australian painter John Olsen was, at 77, the oldest artist to win the Archibald Prize. In 2019, over a long lunch at...

07.10.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

 Ross Fitzgerald

David McBride and the Alexander Maconochie Centre prison in Canberra 

The parlous physical and mental health of David McBride and disturbing revelations about conditions at the Alexander Maconochie Centre prison in...

30.09.2024 10

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When the ‘people’s champion’ got walloped

As we approach St Patrick’s Day, politically aware readers should know that in Brisbane on March 17 1948, Australia’s only Communist Party MP Fred...

16.03.2024 10

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Politicians at every level need to lose their booze

Last week on Brisbane radio I briefly canvassed a proposal that all our state & federal parliamentary buildings should be alcohol-free zones. At...

13.03.2024 7

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