Australia’s recently elected federal Immigration Minister, Scott Morrison, has reportedly ordered his departmental staff to refer to asylum seekers coming by boat as “illegal” arrivals. Our nation is a signatory […]
It is no longer a matter of politics. Thankfully, that time has passed. But it is time to think seriously about why a full-speed National Broadband Network is essential to […]
A SHORT VIDEO TO WATCH AFTER several months of exceptionally dry weather, our district – like many others across Queensland – is again on a heightened bushfire watch. Living adjacent […]
It’s described as an extreme sport, one that combines aspects of wakeboarding, windsurfing, surfing, paragliding and gymnastics and there are at least eight different styles for its proponents to tackle […]
You know them. They’re everywhere. They’re the bigger-than-life adjectives we use in everyday language, often to emphasise the magnitude of our reactions to things. But many of them are not […]
You’re in a rush and you just can’t recall whether you need to use that or which in a sentence or, perhaps, your dilemma is choosing between who and whom. […]
One of the desks that nearly all reporters will work on at some point in their careers is police rounds (in the US this may be known as the crime […]
It’s an easy mistake to make, especially for those of us in countries that don’t have grizzly bears with which to contend. However, we do have irritable people, like cranky […]
Ever wonder why you see in print both the pair/couple is and the pair/couple are in print and ponder which is correct? Well, both are, and it is pretty easy […]
Writers need to be careful not fall into a simple visual trap when crafting their stories. That trap awaits writers, especially news writers, who sometimes start a string of sentences […]
