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Piggie in the middle

Piggie in the middle

Following the removal of a toy pig from a children’s farm set in the U.K., lest it offend Muslim or Jewish parents, Australian ...

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Convicted paedophile

Police say they were “too busy” to stop a serial paedophile stalking young boys in suburban Sydney last month. The 44-year-old man was released ...

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Vaccination

Vaccination

The little girl's face was contorted in pain as she doubled over, her body wracked by coughs. Then came the vomiting. Her mother, stricken with ...

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There is no stopping in the green zone…

There is no stopping in the green zone…

Sydney appears to be turning into an Orwellian dystopia. In a scene from Nineteen Eighty-Four the Ministry of Truth has installed men with megaphones ...

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Tour guide

Tour guide

American tour guide, far north Queensland, circa 2020: “Well, folks, welcome to the Great Barrier McReef! Over there you can see Woodrow Wilson ...

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Suicide

His name was Ben*. He came from a loving family. Went to the right school. Had his whole life ahead of him. Until he leapt to his ...

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Medical marijuana

Medical marijuana

  Politicians enjoy beating their chests about ‘zero tolerance’. On drugs. Binge drinking. Bullying. Sexual harassment. But what about zero tolerance for suffering? As a society we ...

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Giving birth is dead unsexy

Giving birth is dead unsexy

It’s not like it is on The Bold and the Beautiful. Ridge (gazing into his beloved’s eyes, stroking her hand, gently patting her ...

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First day at school

First, there was the quivering lip. Then the tears. Finally, the full-blown sobs. And that was just me. Yesterday, three-year-old Grace joined her five-year-old brother Taj at ...

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Home shopping revolution

Home shopping revolution

It is indeed encouraging that vacuous consumerism is back. Forget about reining in the wild excesses of capitalism after the GFC. Sit back, relax, and ...

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A poisoned chalice

We may never see a female Prime Minister in this country. Once again a member of the fairer sex has been handed a ...

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Cougars

I’d rather be called a cougar than an old slapper. Or mutton dressed up as lamb. Or past my use-by date. This much-maligned term for sexually ...

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The Fun Police

A new division has been set up within the Federal Police to deal with a scourge on society. The Fun Police will conduct raids ...

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Vaccinations and autism

A former Playboy Bunny’s ill-informed ranting could lead to an outbreak of potentially deadly viruses in Australia. And our wealthiest, most well-educated citizens are ...

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Cancer – dead sexy

Did you know that some cancers are sexy? The concept conjures bizarre images of a tumour, throbbing sensually, dressed in fishnet stockings and nipple ...

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The devil you know

A paedophile lives at 25 Northumberland St. East Ryde*. He doesn’t have a facial tic, or a stutter. He doesn’t look like the kiddy fiddler ...

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The Boys’ Club

Let’s get one thing straight - a new book exposing the Machiavellian maneuvers of television executives bears absolutely no resemblance to the ...

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Prolific Breeder

Nadia Suleman must be a closet Monty Python fan. Searching for the Meaning of Life, the mother of 14 children, including octuplets, turned to ...

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Peter Overton and Mark Ferguson

Is replacing Mark Ferguson with Peter Overton at the Channel 9 news desk simply shuffling deck chairs on the titanic? That’s the opinion of ...

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Paid Maternity Leave rant

It’s looking like another Ruddy backflip. Kevin ’07 spent much of his election campaign whispering sweet nothings into the ears of women voters. And that’s ...

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