Anzac soldiers line up for water parade, Gallipoli 1915.AWMOf all the bastards of places this is the greatest bastard in the world. – Ion Idriess, 1932, The Desert Column
It has often been repeated that the lived existence of soldiers at Gallipoli in the 1915 campaign was extremely arduous. The soldiers’ accounts and recent...
Only a small proportion of Australians who use methamphetamines fall into a category of dependent users. Thomas Hawk/Flickr, CC BY-NCThere is no doubt methamphetamine can cause harm, and no doubt most who work in drug policy aim to help drug users. But when politicians hijack drug issues and overplay them for political purposes, that too can cause...
The long view: Australia is bidding to boost energy productivity by 40% by 2030, but other countries are already doing more.Mattingbn/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SAThe three main elements of the government’s vision in its Energy White Paper, released this week, are competition, energy productivity and investment. One significant new proposal is...
Miriam Stannage, The White House [chainsaw], 1999, digital photograph. Copyright and courtesy of the artist.At a press conference in February, Tony Abbott justified his metadata legislation on the grounds that it would help fight crime:
whether it be child abuse, whether it be terrorism, whether it be fraud, drug importation. Whatever it is,...
Photo: Tem Rysh / Unsplash Remember when shopping meant strolling downtown, greeting shopkeepers who knew your name, and carrying home paper bags filled with the day's finds? That world hasn't disa...
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Benalla's business landscape is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by the relentless march of digital connectivity. A robust and reliable data cabling infrastructure is no longer a mere co...
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One of the most challenging aspects of planning a renovation project is estimating the amount of waste you'll generate. Choosing a skip bin that's too small means paying for additional bins or picku...
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