Think the internet changed Australia? How about sewerage
During an era of wealth generation delivered by gold, wool, wheat and export of refrigerated meat, a huge change lengthened Australians’ lifespans.
During an era of wealth generation delivered by gold, wool, wheat and export of refrigerated meat, a huge change lengthened Australians’ lifespans.
Like bowerbirds decorating their sex dens, like squirrels gathering nuts for winter, humans are natural-born collectors. For some of us, the impulse becomes an addiction. I am one of them.
I expected something as invigorating as an unbuttered piece of white bread with a warm water chaser. But driving it was like discovering that your economy class seat has been upgraded to Private Jet.
The LBX is supposed to be small but it’s also supposed to be luxurious. They got it half-right, I suppose.
The US Vice-President is a lightning rod for female rage and by voting for her women in America can finally vent.
The distressing powerlessness of Bianca Censori.
Unlike Canada, we still don’t have a state or territory named for our first nations people.
Mazda has outdone Toyota and even Hyundai in taking the upper ends of its range to a more premium, luxurious place without the need for an offshoot-brand marketing effort.
It must have been tricky to pen an inspiring anthem when the only words that rhyme with Australia are regalia, genitalia and failure. But who the hell is this Gert who lives by sea?
This little supermarket doesn’t have a fancy cheese section or a bottle shop attached, but it has everything I need – a worker whose infectious joy exalts.
For decades, Australians have explored their many cultures and suburban social mores through television and film. Why haven’t we found a modern-day Dame-Edna iteration for the 2020s?
I remain free to write whatever I like. The question – perhaps you could call it a mystery – remains: Why do they keep me on? Perhaps it’s just that they haven’t noticed I’m still here.
This story of the bra that changed lives made me cry.
We slaughter Australian trees in their millions. In Tasmania, a horror story is unfolding.
The latest Countryman is a maxi Mini battling an identity crisis.
There’s a time in the life-cycle when a particular word spills forth, quite involuntarily, from the parental mouth. That word is chaperone.
The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N doesn’t just look good, it’s faster than a Ferrari. Finally, here’s an electric car I love.
We may not top the Paris medal tally but our athletes will inspire a nation of kids to play sport. Just as Mexico City’s Olympics in 1968 inspired me as an 11-year-old.
Over 1,000 wattle species festoon our bushland, highways and gardens, and my heart always sings at the sight of that wintery gorgeousness.
I’ve long been interested in people’s last words – seeking inspiration for my own. Why was this town on England’s south coast the focus of King George V’s dying breath?
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