Grumpy Old Chook

We have heard a lot of fuss and clamour from the big supermarkets recently about how they are bringing prices down, and we have seen a couple of obvious and outstanding examples to prove the point. What is obvious, though, is that such a policy is unsustainable in the long term. Rather than honestly read more

On Tuesday a Libyan student, 28-year-old Almahde Ahmad Atagore was jailed for a string of sexual assaults on Aussie women and girls, the youngest aged just 13, as they walked past him at Flinders St Station in Melbourne. His excuse was that he was suffering culture shock, and was upset and sexually read more

We all know that television reporters have a reputation of never allowing the truth to get in the way of a good story. Probably the worst example of this that I have ever encountered has been Channel 7′s Today Tonight story on former Yellow Wiggle, Greg Page. The promos over the preceding days read more

Yes, I know that I am two weeks late in commenting on the Federal Budget. That is due to the fact that I have just had four weeks in Queensland dealing with a death in the family, and since I arrived home last weekend have been flat out catching up with all the stuff that got put on hold when I had read more

Can someone please explain to me again how digital TV is so great? Many, many moons ago, I worked in the publicity department of NBN Channel 3 in Newcastle, NSW. It was just before colour TV came in – a very exciting time in the industry, as we prepared for a change that would take the televis read more

It is disappointing that our Prime Minister has chosen to take advantage of the Queensland floods as an opportunity to impose yet another tax upon the Australian people. And that’s what the Flood Levy is, pure and simple: a new tax. For a start, if I am going to give money to help out in natur read more