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Nuclear
Nuclear is an anagram of unclear. And ‘unclear’ is just one word to describe Australia’s position when it comes to harnessing the power of the atom. Better words might be ‘confusing’, ‘contradictory’ and ‘bizarre’. For a start we possess a staggering 40pc of the worlds known reserves of uranium plus a well-established mining and export…
Dusty.
At 6.45 it is still dark. I hear an approaching stampede of many feet and a rapid tick-tick-tick of claws on polished boards. Then comes a desperate scratching slide on a sharp right hand turn into the bedroom. There is a momentary loss of control before the anti-skid braking system takes over. There is the…
School daze
The new regime of home-schooling has suddenly brought home to many parents a problem that educators have for years been complaining about. Australia trails the developed world in literacy and numeracy and of the two, numeracy is the hardest to bluff your way, especially if you are presuming to instruct kids who are always such…
“It’s amazing who you might run into on a Sunday afternoon on a quiet country road.”
In the 1960s policemen everywhere, would bail up speeding drivers to ask, “Who do you think you are? Stirling Moss?” Stirling Moss died recently at the age of 90 after a long illness, unrelated to the present plague. He always described himself as happy to be regarded as, “The greatest Formula One Driver never to…
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