Ending Global Cannabis Prohibition Is Inevitable, According to Sydney Uni Symposium

Ending Global Cannabis Prohibition Is Inevitable, According to Sydney Uni Symposium

Australian Greens Senator David Shoebridge suggested an “ethical discussion” that should be had in this country involves the ongoing criminalisation of the personal possession of drugs, and in particular, the cannabis plant, at a symposium held at Sydney University last Friday. The politician added that “the sheer amount of damage that happens amongst ...
Vale Allan Moffat, the gentleman racer

Vale Allan Moffat, the gentleman racer

I was seven years old when Allan Moffat and Colin Bond crossed the line 1-2 in their Ford XC Falcon Hardtops at Bathurst in 1977. I still remember seeing these incredible cars crossing the finish line in a manner that defied the plan of Ken Miles and the Shelby Cobras at Le Mans in 1966. A lifelong Ford tragic, that was the day I fell hopelessly in ...
The CPS is desperate for a backdoor blasphemy law

The CPS is desperate for a backdoor blasphemy law

I had hoped I would never have to write about Hamit Coskun again. After the Quran-burner won his appeal in October, it seemed that this particular battle in the free speech wars was over. Unfortunately the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) have other ideas. On Friday evening the state prosecutor announced that it was going to appeal Coskun’s successful ...
Nigeria: 303 children and 12 teachers kidnapped

Nigeria: 303 children and 12 teachers kidnapped

It is now believed 303 children and 12 teachers have been taken hostage by gunmen in Nigeria after a more detailed count was released by the Christian Association of Nigeria. They were abducted from St Mary’s School in north-central Nigeria. This follows an earlier abduction of 25 Christian schoolchildren. While no group has claimed responsibility, ...
Why was Turkey so keen to host COP?

Why was Turkey so keen to host COP?

It is not often we have cause to praise Turkey, but last week they saved the taxpayer $1.5 billion. Well, sort of… As with all wastage of public money, it depends on how you look at it. Hosting the next COP conference was set to be an expensive absurdity for Australia and a vanity project for the Climate Change and Energy Minister. There are few things ...
Was Nathan Gill recruited by the Kremlin?

Was Nathan Gill recruited by the Kremlin?

Was 52-year old Anglesey man Nathan Gill, a member of the European parliament, taking money from the Kremlin, or just from a corrupt Ukrainian oligarch? We may never know. But on Friday Gill was sent down for ten-and-a-half years at the Old Bailey, after he was found guilty of accepting bribes from Ukrainian operatives in exchange for delivering ...
‘Monster parents’ are terrorising Japan

‘Monster parents’ are terrorising Japan

If you want to make a Japanese high school teacher break out in a cold sweat and suffer heart palpitations, just whisper the word ‘monpa’ in their ear. For ‘monpa’ or ‘monster parents’, the bane of a Japanese educator’s life, are serial complainers notorious for their persistence, aggression, unreasonableness and irrationality. They have become such a ...

Ending Global Cannabis Prohibition Is Inevitable, According to Sydney Uni Symposium

Ending Global Cannabis Prohibition Is Inevitable, According to Sydney Uni Symposium
Australian Greens Senator David Shoebridge suggested an “ethical discussion” that should be had in this country involves the ongoing criminalisation of the personal possession of drugs, and in particular, the cannabis plant, at a symposium held at Sydney University last Friday. The politician added that “the sheer amount of damage that happens amongst ...

Vale Allan Moffat, the gentleman racer

Vale Allan Moffat, the gentleman racer
I was seven years old when Allan Moffat and Colin Bond crossed the line 1-2 in their Ford XC Falcon Hardtops at Bathurst in 1977. I still remember seeing these incredible cars crossing the finish line in a manner that defied the plan of Ken Miles and the Shelby Cobras at Le Mans in 1966. A lifelong Ford tragic, that was the day I fell hopelessly in ...

The CPS is desperate for a backdoor blasphemy law

The CPS is desperate for a backdoor blasphemy law
I had hoped I would never have to write about Hamit Coskun again. After the Quran-burner won his appeal in October, it seemed that this particular battle in the free speech wars was over. Unfortunately the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) have other ideas. On Friday evening the state prosecutor announced that it was going to appeal Coskun’s successful ...

Nigeria: 303 children and 12 teachers kidnapped

Nigeria: 303 children and 12 teachers kidnapped
It is now believed 303 children and 12 teachers have been taken hostage by gunmen in Nigeria after a more detailed count was released by the Christian Association of Nigeria. They were abducted from St Mary’s School in north-central Nigeria. This follows an earlier abduction of 25 Christian schoolchildren. While no group has claimed responsibility, ...

Why was Turkey so keen to host COP?

Why was Turkey so keen to host COP?
It is not often we have cause to praise Turkey, but last week they saved the taxpayer $1.5 billion. Well, sort of… As with all wastage of public money, it depends on how you look at it. Hosting the next COP conference was set to be an expensive absurdity for Australia and a vanity project for the Climate Change and Energy Minister. There are few things ...

Was Nathan Gill recruited by the Kremlin?

Was Nathan Gill recruited by the Kremlin?
Was 52-year old Anglesey man Nathan Gill, a member of the European parliament, taking money from the Kremlin, or just from a corrupt Ukrainian oligarch? We may never know. But on Friday Gill was sent down for ten-and-a-half years at the Old Bailey, after he was found guilty of accepting bribes from Ukrainian operatives in exchange for delivering ...

‘Monster parents’ are terrorising Japan

‘Monster parents’ are terrorising Japan
If you want to make a Japanese high school teacher break out in a cold sweat and suffer heart palpitations, just whisper the word ‘monpa’ in their ear. For ‘monpa’ or ‘monster parents’, the bane of a Japanese educator’s life, are serial complainers notorious for their persistence, aggression, unreasonableness and irrationality. They have become such a ...