After tragedy, grief is quickly hijacked by blame. Votes are counted, ideologies accused, and humanity lost in the noise. But violence is not a referendum, and collective guilt solves nothing. What matters is courage, evidence, and a media culture that informs rather than inflames.
Travelling companions aren’t always pleasant. If you are forced to sit beside someone who is obnoxious or smelly or you aren’t in the mood to…
A bunch of really special people start chopping and slicing at the Margaret River Soup Kitchen every Wednesday morning in preparation for the 5.00 pm…
The Cowaramup Bullshed is the ‘Men Shed’ for the Margaret River region. Apparently others are planned for Margs itself and there is also one at…
Margs people or ‘Margites’ as I affectionately call them will get a kick out of a newby (a Maggot) who was annoyed about what sounded…
The Swan Newspaper is going south…specifically the South West of Western Australia. We will be telling stories about the great southern region, its history and…
I always wanted to open a bakery…if I win lotto I will and call it ‘This Day’…as in ‘give us this day our daily bread’. …
In the context of an attempt to slap our beloved nation in the face with the shame it deserves for its past and present treatment…
When quantum technology merges with the machinery of life, the line between biology and computation begins to blur. With biological cubits now functioning inside living cells, humanity stands on the edge of a revolution that could redefine consciousness, memory, and the nature of existence itself.
The ways in which Aboriginal people have been portrayed by non-Aboriginal people reflect Euro-centric values and have been largely negative. Strong representations of Aboriginal people…
With reference to Plutarch’s Life of Brutus In the quiet after terror, when the ghost of Caesar has vanished from Brutus’s tent, Cassius delivers a…
During a recent White House meeting, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sat across from Donald Trump, fielding questions from the assembled media. But rather than focus…
I recently left a comment on a video by The Bulwark, one of the few American platforms still fighting the good fight with reason and integrity. But as much as I admire their work, I found myself turning off the video.