Opinion
Dear Westie – July 2024
Several times a week, someone let’s their dog drop a deuce on the nature strip outside my house. I never see them, nor do I see the doo doo, until I step in it – and I always step in it! My shoes are ruined, I get doo doo on my rug. I’m at the end of my tether! How do I get these people to scoop their poop?
Opinion
Thank you Mr McGann!
Years ago, while still seduced by the empty promises of self-help books, wedged somewhere between trying to identify the 'toxic people' in my life and learning to 'fully maximise my potential', I read about the therapeutic value of writing thank you letters. Being pig-headed and slightly arrogant as I was (probably why I was given that particular book in the first place), I couldn't immediately think of anyone to thank; after all, I was a self-made man who’d done it all on his own, and worked super-hard, right?
Opinion
Public, private and the broadening grey chasm in Australia’s medical system
A sad, frustrating tale of a layman navigating the medical system in search of the truth.
Opinion
Don’t let the billionaires distract you from the inconvenient truth
Solving life’s problems – growing inequality, relentless corporate profiteering, and environmental ruin – is, as always, individual action.
Opinion
HOW TO AVOID PERPETUAL GRIDLOCK IN THE WESTERN SUBURBS
A well-connected network of safe bike lanes brings other benefits too.
Opinion
TIME TO SEPARATE CAPITALISM FROM WHATEVER THIS IS
Yet whenever capitalism is criticised, the right-wing media gets defensive and the propaganda machine goes into overdrive
Opinion
MY LOVE LETTER TO THE WEST
The West's sense of community was palpable, a shared pride not just in who they were but also in where they called home.
Opinion
SEVEN WAYS TO CONNECT WITH NEW LOCAL FRIENDS
Don’t let shyness, bad weather or cost keep you from buddying up with your new friend!
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