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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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’. …
Will get barked at here probably… someone spoke of EQ in glowing terms…and it does sound perfectly reasonable when you look at the description (http://eiconsortium.org/measures/measures.html)…the…
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.
Albert Robida was a French illustrator, etcher, lithographer, caricaturist, and novelist. He edited and published La Caricature magazine for 12 years. Through the 1880s he…
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.
As twinkling lights adorn homes and festive melodies fill the air, the holiday season is often painted as a time of joy and togetherness. Yet,…
AUKUS promised security but delivers obedience. In a blistering speech, Paul Keating calls out Labor’s surrender to American strategy and Britain’s nostalgia. Leo O’Hagan writes that if it is too late to stop AUKUS, it is not too late to own it — on Australian terms.