Polemics

I was proud and disdainful of the use of swear words by my peers at school and (mostly) at Uni. Those who did displayed a sad lack of language skills and literary imagination was my pompous opinion. I became less precious about it as I got older but the rot really set in when I worked with the AMIEU (you will have to look that up if you don't know … [Read more...] about Beware Bad Language

So we here we have another review into how the ALP goes about its business. And, meaning no disrespect to the authors, one written by the usual suspects. All of whom come to the task with pretty similar mindsets and experiences leading or participating in successful Labor governments. I confess to not having read it. Can't bear to really. But I … [Read more...] about Another Review

I'm pleased to see Frank McGuire elected MLA for Broadmeadows. To tweak an old saying: You can take the boy out of Broadmeadows but you can't take Broadmeadows out of the boy. Frank has always been proud of his home town and always on the look out to support it. The fact that he lives in Brighton is irrelevant to how he will do his new job. His … [Read more...] about Broady Boy