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ShareDavid Donovan talks about Twitter, the maligned reputation of Brisbane and viral hashtags such as #rejectedbnetourismslogans. (This story was republished in The Punch on 2 April 2011) If there is one thing I like about Twitter, it’s...
ShareThe Australian housing market is a Government run Ponzi scheme set up to advantage governments, banks, developers and the real estate industry at the expense of ordinary Australians. David Donovan comments. If you have a mortgage on...
ShareQueenslander Tim Badrick takes a sentimental stroll through Queensland politics since the Bjelke-Petersen era. He says it hasn’t improved much. Former Queensland Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen As a Queenslander, I can assure you that...
ShareAre we losing our Australian language – our unique phrases and manner of speech – to the relentless advance of American popular culture? Popular author Hugh Lunn says ‘too right’. David Donovan reports. Hugh Lunn chats...
ShareCampbell Newman is almost certain to win the seat of Ashgrove and the next Queensland state election for the LNP, says Tim Badrick. Brisbane Liberal National Party alligned Lord Mayor Campbell Newman threw the ultimate spanner in the...
ShareThe new preamble to the Queensland’s Constitution reflects Queenslanders’ republican aspirations, writes Glenn Davies. Queensland Premier Anna Bligh introducing the new Queensland preamble ON 23 FEBRUARY 2010, the Queensland...
ShareToday is the 120th anniversary of F.C.B. Vosper’s ‘Bread or Blood?’ editorial in the Charters Towers Australian Republican, where he called for the establishment of an Australian republic at any cost. Written in support of the striking...
ShareThere has been positive and negative aspects to the Queensland flood clean-up efforts, says Tim Badrick. One solution, he suggests, is the de-amalgamation of the Queensland “super-councils”. Queensland Premier Anna Bligh...
