Category Archives: Australia

The Chasers War On Everything

Australia’s cutting edge comedic talent usually pops up first on the public Australian Broadcasting Company. The commercial network wouldn’t touch these comics because of fear of backlash. The comics are then brought over to the commercial channels when they get … Continue reading

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Australia’s Dirtiest Jobs Going To Immigrants

Like America before it, Australia is increasingly turning over its dirtiest jobs to immigrants. You won’t often find an Australian working in an abbatoir anymore, while 20 years ago, all of these jobs were handled by Australians. Now they are … Continue reading

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Rethinking The White Australia Policy

From Wikipedia: Andrew William Fraser (aka Drew Fraser) (born 1944) is a Canadian-born academic and was latterly an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Law at Macquarie University in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.[1] Fraser holds a BA (Hons) … Continue reading

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Bustin’ Down The Door

As a kid, I’d often make fun of other people and the less intelligent among them would respond by punching me. I always thought that was unfair. I only fought with words. So I’ve watched a couple of surfing documentaries … Continue reading

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The Howard Years

Just finished watching this four hour ABC Australia documentary on former Australian prime minister John Howard (who once called cricketer Sir Donald Bradman the greatest living Australian). It was a great way to catch up on my Aussie history. The … Continue reading

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