24 February 2022
Australian Notes
Why on earth are we stopping people who want to work from working? I used to work at a community newspaper where I met some pretty interesting characters. One of the particularly eccentric ones, among a group of older workers who came in to fold newspapers on distribution day, used to pack up her things at odd times long before
21 February 2022
115 years of the Bondi Surf Bathers’ Life Saving Club
On this day 115 years ago, the Bondi Surf Bathers’ Life Saving Club was established, arguably making it the first organisation of its kind in the world. The 23 blokes who selflessly came together to set up an association that would rescue distressed swimmers on February 21, 1907 was a defining moment in our national story. We have been a
19 November 2021
Spirit Of Mateship
‘G’day, how ya’ goin’? is how cricketer Dennis Lillee greeted Queen Elizabeth, along with an out-stretched hand, when he met with her at Buckingham Palace in 1981. Australia’s greatest fast bowler had good form in the area of breaking official protocol. Four years earlier, when the Queen was in Melbourne for the centenary cricket test between England and Australia, Lillee asked for her autograph. His request was politely declined, but apparently a
