Veterans Affairs Minister Alan Griffin opened the Nambang exhibition at the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre with a self-deprecating remark about his understanding of ‘art’ which was not helped by a slight colour-blindness affliction! I was one of many who shared his sentiments. (more…)
Archive for April, 2009
‘Howard Haters’ vent their spleens at Vietnam Nam Bang Exhition
Saturday, April 11th, 2009Kev’s magic pudding stimulus . . .
Friday, April 10th, 2009The secrets of the magic pudding have been discovered by Kevin Rudd. Every time he gives millions of dollars away his popularity rating soars. How can there be a Global Financial Crisis when Kev is sending out cheques faster than his pointy-heads in Treasury can write them? It doesn’t matter who you are or where you live, Australia or overseas, you can get a cheque from Kev. You don’t even have to be alive! (more…)
A salute to a Vietnam Veteran
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009By Charlie Lynn
Forty days before he woke from a landmine that blew his right leg into the Niu Dat minefield, blasted his right arm off, shattered his left arm, ripped his stomach to shreds, and peppered his body with shrapnel, Sapper John ‘Jethro’ Thompson mumbled to me: ‘I’m not getting out of the army mate – they’re gunna have to build a special dozer I can drive’. ‘No worries Jethro’, I said ‘they’ll do that!’ (more…)
A Proposal for a National Civil Service Scheme
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009My life was greatly influenced by my conscription into the army in 1965. At the time I was working in a Country Roads Board camp at Nowa Nowa in East Gippsland, playing football in nearby towns at the weekend, getting into a bit of strife from time to time and enjoying the company of my mates from my hometown of Orbost. (more…)
Proposal for 3rd November to be officially proclaimed as ‘Kokoda Day’
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009Japanese plans for a seaborne invasion of Port Moresby were thwarted by Australian and American naval forces in the battle of the Coral Sea (4 – 8 May 1942) and the battle of Midway (4 – 6 June 1942). This left them with the only option of a land assault over the Owen Stanley Ranges via the Kokoda Trail. (more…)
Politics – it’s easier to whinge . . .
Friday, April 3rd, 2009There is no better education for politics than handing out brochures at a polling booth on Election Day. By this stage of the political cycle political parties have selected their candidates and independents have made a commitment to throw their hat into the ring. (more…)
