Blunt Instrument
Opinion
Opinion
We need the authorities in these times of crisis, but that doesn't mean we can trust them
We need to trust the authorities with increased power during the pandemic. But they need to earn that trust, every day, by not exceeding their already oppressive powers.
- by John Birmingham
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Classic novels in the time of novel coronavirus
With a little tweaking, literature can really speak to us prisoners of the plague.
- by John Birmingham
Opinion
Queensland
One of the real heroes during the virus crisis delivered your pizza
When everything is falling apart, it is often average people doing normal things who are the true heroes – and the ones we must honour.
- by John Birmingham
Opinion
Opinion
Trapped working from home? Here's my pro survival tips
I am Gen X and I have been training for this my whole life.
- by John Birmingham
Opinion
Opinion
Conan the Deliverer of Wisdom (but not Scrolls of Sorbent)
As the dark coronavirus plague descends and the panicked villagers rush for toilet rolls, hearken to the words of the mighty Conan.
- by John Birmingham
Opinion
Satire
When the coronapocalypse is over, I’m never washing my hands again
I’ve washed them so many thousands of times the last few days that I have scrubbed off every loop and whorl of my fingerprints and clogged up every pore with soap.
- by John Birmingham
Opinion
Satire
What they're not telling you about the Great Baboon Escape
Nobody in the so-called "responsible" media will tell you this, so it falls to me to screech an appropriate warning about the great baboon escape yesterday. The Danger Has Not Passed.
- by John Birmingham
Opinion
Brisbane Metro
Brisbane Metro could be cool – if it gets more than a ghost of a chance
Brisbane's Metro may seem underwhelming but it's an important first step for an increasingly gridlocked city.
- by John Birmingham
Opinion
Opinion
Slowly, surely and quietly, electric vehicles are here – let the battle begin
There are few tech sectors more likely to be turned into battle grounds for our never-ending culture war than the car industry.
- by John Birmingham
Opinion
NBN
The NBN is coming for me and I can not slip through the net
I'm terrified because the few people I know who do admit to having NBN don’t like to talk about it.
- by John Birmingham
Take off those Cheeky Monkey PJs because this sickness is not a dream
This week’s story about the Chinese response to a deadly virus outbreak had none of charm of the pyjama party in the previous week.
- by John Birmingham
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