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e-bike nightmare: I almost killed two teenagers

e-bike nightmare: I almost killed two teenagers

I didn’t mean too, but I almost killed two teenagers on separate occasions. The first time was during the afternoon, just after school hours. I was coming to the corner of our street when a teenage girl (young woman?) came straight through a give-way sign on my left without stopping or slowing down. She was going at least 25km/h (in my estimation) and ...
ISIS brides, Gaza visas, and the IRGC

ISIS brides, Gaza visas, and the IRGC

When Australia originally decided to repatriate women and children from Syrian camps linked to the Islamic State (ISIS), the government presented it as an exercise in national responsibility that was carefully managed and security led. However, ISIS was not an ordinary insurgency, it operated a death cult – broadcasting beheadings of Western hostages ...
Sorry Tim. You’re dreaming…

Sorry Tim. You’re dreaming…

The new Shadow Treasurer, Tim Wilson, has been more visible in the few days since his appointment than his predecessor Ted O’Brien managed in nine months. When Malcolm Turnbull warned of ghosts haunting the Liberal Party, I somehow doubt he had the former Shadow Treasurer in mind. Anyway. Tim’s visibility is refreshing. He is challenging Jim Chalmers, ...
Wartime love is not for the faint-hearted in Kyiv

Wartime love is not for the faint-hearted in Kyiv

People say love develops more quickly in war – because in a world where anything can happen, what is there to lose? Single and in Kyiv for a while, I decide to swallow my distaste for dating apps and start swiping. The first thing I notice is how many men are from Turkey and based a thousand miles away. How would this work? I decide to focus on the ...

e-bike nightmare: I almost killed two teenagers

e-bike nightmare: I almost killed two teenagers
I didn’t mean too, but I almost killed two teenagers on separate occasions. The first time was during the afternoon, just after school hours. I was coming to the corner of our street when a teenage girl (young woman?) came straight through a give-way sign on my left without stopping or slowing down. She was going at least 25km/h (in my estimation) and ...

ISIS brides, Gaza visas, and the IRGC

ISIS brides, Gaza visas, and the IRGC
When Australia originally decided to repatriate women and children from Syrian camps linked to the Islamic State (ISIS), the government presented it as an exercise in national responsibility that was carefully managed and security led. However, ISIS was not an ordinary insurgency, it operated a death cult – broadcasting beheadings of Western hostages ...

Sorry Tim. You’re dreaming…

Sorry Tim. You’re dreaming…
The new Shadow Treasurer, Tim Wilson, has been more visible in the few days since his appointment than his predecessor Ted O’Brien managed in nine months. When Malcolm Turnbull warned of ghosts haunting the Liberal Party, I somehow doubt he had the former Shadow Treasurer in mind. Anyway. Tim’s visibility is refreshing. He is challenging Jim Chalmers, ...

Wartime love is not for the faint-hearted in Kyiv

Wartime love is not for the faint-hearted in Kyiv
People say love develops more quickly in war – because in a world where anything can happen, what is there to lose? Single and in Kyiv for a while, I decide to swallow my distaste for dating apps and start swiping. The first thing I notice is how many men are from Turkey and based a thousand miles away. How would this work? I decide to focus on the ...