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A Christmas miracle that every Canberran can witness for free

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Without this, Lake Burley Griffin is a characterless waste of space

Without this, Lake Burley Griffin is a characterless waste of space
06.12.2025 10

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Feel chummy with famous people? There's a word for that, you know

Feel chummy with famous people? There's a word for that, you know
29.11.2025 10

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A giant statue of Whitlam atop Black Mountain? Now there's a big idea

21.11.2025 6

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One of those dreams: night terrors of our terrifying times

14.11.2025 4

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A Schadenfreude Jamboree: Why Andrew's fall feels so good... and so wrong

07.11.2025 8

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What transported me from my smug life in this smug city

25.10.2025 10

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On my recent holiday, I gave in to the yearnings of my inner ape

18.10.2025 9

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Ever stopped to wonder why we're getting more stupid?

10.10.2025 10

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What do Albo and jellyfish have in common?

04.10.2025 10

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Vicarious embarrassment: who cares about a bit of national shame?

26.09.2025 10

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Real men don't read fiction, you say? Pass me the tissues

20.09.2025 6

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What if Robert Menzies could counsel the Liberal Party from the grave?

12.09.2025 9

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When patriotism is an ugly and irrational thing

05.09.2025 9

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Okay, I know I'm going out on a limb here but hear me out

29.08.2025 10

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A little ditty for our city's NIMBYs and their knotted knickers

23.08.2025 9

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Are they having a laugh? All it's missing is a stylised bullet hole

15.08.2025 7

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My tribute to Tom Lehrer featuring every ACT suburb - all together now!

08.08.2025 4

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Speak of the Devil, there he is now - on South Park and in my dreams

31.07.2025 8

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If the shoe fits: why worn-in footwear is like an imprint of our souls

25.07.2025 7

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It can't be all bad when you can see Jesus singing. That's a miracle

18.07.2025 7

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My garden has shrubs with more personality than Mr Albanese

11.07.2025 7

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Why every Canberran should have their head in the clouds

03.07.2025 9

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Why are Australian politicians so pathetically beguiled by US presidents?

27.06.2025 4

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Ever wished you could understand what your pet is trying to tell you?

21.06.2025 7

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Let's face it, life is just a comedy of (forced) errors

12.06.2025 9

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Would I really want to live to 150? Let's talk about that old chestnut

05.06.2025 9

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I sprinted to the dictionary to find the meaning of this word

29.05.2025 9

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Has the misogynistic Liberal tradition given their first female leader a poison chalice?

24.05.2025 10

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Believing in UFOs an alien concept in sensible circles

16.05.2025 10

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After Dutton's failed election, let's edit our national anthem

09.05.2025 6

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In the cosmic scheme of things, Australia's election is trivial at best

02.05.2025 10

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In today's bitter and twisted world, Canberra is a mundane miracle

26.04.2025 8

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Rock out: the election pales in comparison to these burly boulders

18.04.2025 7

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Nordic noir vs Aussie sunniness

11.04.2025 5

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Politicians and other great invertebrates

04.04.2025 3

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Do you look on the bright side of life? Or like me, expect the worst?

28.03.2025 5

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Me and my monotreme dreams - stone the bloody Crows!

22.03.2025 10

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You'll never guess what I found when I took a time machine to 2050

14.03.2025 5

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Swear words: sometimes a blessing but in this case a curse

07.03.2025 7

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What happens when agnostic knuckles knock on Heaven's door?

28.02.2025 10

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Some of my devilishly clever ways to avoid Trump's evils

21.02.2025 3

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How will Canberra look after there are no humans left to tend it?

14.02.2025 8

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Once more with feeling: why bots will never replace real poets

07.02.2025 7

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Australia lovable, sure. But great? That might be taking it too far

31.01.2025 4

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Explosive Pompeii exhibition gets me thinking... what if?

24.01.2025 5

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What if we poor creatures are unable to both vote and think at the same time?

17.01.2025 10

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Fight brain rot with all you've got

10.01.2025 7

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How to remain buoyant when life takes an unexpected arc

These are such post-Christian times that one wonders if many parents who name their baby boys Noah (just announced as the most popular name given...

03.01.2025 6

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Interpreting our dreams might help explain the world's horrors

Once upon a time I dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not...

27.12.2024 4

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