Today marks the anniversary of the darkest day in Australian military history. On the evening of 19 July 1916, troops of the 5th Australian Division, in conjunction with the British 61st Division, launched an attack on the heavily fortified German line in front of the Aubers ridge. By the end
Richard Kelly Richard Kelly, a retired 60 yo, born and bred in Melbourne. He spent a couple of years as a mathematics teacher before moving into Insurance and Superannuation/Investments first as a trainee actuary and then as a business analyst with some of the largest institutions in Australia and
Alwyn Poole Alwyn Poole founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is now an in person private school for Year 11-13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1-13. alwynpoole.substack.com I
Thorsteinn Siglaugsson Thorsteinn Siglaugsson is an Icelandic consultant, entrepreneur and writer and contributes regularly to The Daily Sceptic as well as various Icelandic publications. He holds a BA degree in philosophy and an MBA from INSEAD. Thorsteinn is a certified expert in the Theory of Constraints and author of From
There’s a reason volleyball – especially its beach variety – and tennis are some of the most-watched women’s sports on television. Of course, the global ubiquity of soccer naturally translates to its top-ranking for televised women’s sports, but – let’s be honest here – men especially are tuning into beach
Hannah Viney Hannah Viney works for the Old Treasury Building Museum. This research was originally conducted for an upcoming exhibition at the Museum. lens.monash.edu There are roughly 22 million jars of Vegemite manufactured in the original Melbourne factory every year. According to the Vegemite website, about 80 per
Harry Palmer I’ve often read the phrase ‘that’s what they want us to do’ written by commenters in response to suggestions that politicians have gone too far and won’t listen and so are provoking a possible civil war. That phrase suggests that if ‘the authorities’ are looking
Lawrence W. Reed fee.org Lawrence W. Reed is FEE’s President Emeritus, Humphreys Family Senior Fellow, and Ron Manners Global Ambassador for Liberty, having served for nearly 11 years as FEE’s president (2008-2019). He is author of the 2020 book, Was Jesus a Socialist? as well as Real
Thank you for your service. Under fire and squeezed into the front turret of an Arvo Lancaster, Eddie Chapman knew he had to get the escape hatch open. It was June 1944 and the 21-year-old was part of the Royal Air Force’s No. 207 Squadron. He and six others
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com On Wednesday, I was sent a statement which read: “On 9 July, an FTA [Free Trade Agreement] between Aotearoa and the European Union was signed. As part of our mandate, we prepared a Te Tiriti o Waitangi assessment of the FTA. We found that: ‘The Crown
Rebekah Barnett brownstone.org ‘30 minutes of truth bombs’ is how one Twitter user described Liberal Democrat John Ruddick’s maiden speech to the New South Wales (NSW) Parliament, last Wednesday 28 June. Indeed, Ruddick, who left the Liberal Party in 2021 after public disagreements over the Party’s handling
Dave Patterson National Security Correspondent at LibertyNation.Com. Dave is a retired U.S. Air Force Pilot with over 180 combat missions in Vietnam. He is the former Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Comptroller and has served in executive positions in the private sector aerospace and defense industry. libertynation.
Having a late read of the July 2nd Sunday Star Times, I came across an article written by a young lady by the name of Gabrielle McCullough. I’ll refrain from calling her a journalist in the true sense of the word as reflective of the so-called profession she is
Thomas Cranmer Thomas Cranmer is a lawyer with over 25 years’ experience in some of the world’s biggest law firms. He divides his time between the UK and NZ. He writes on Substack exploring issues facing NZ under his nom du plume, Cranmer. commonroomnz.com New Zealand’s parliamentary
It’s a common claim of porch atheists that ‘Hur, hur, Jesus never existed.’ They claim that there’s no evidence of his existence – which is an obvious lie. The evidence may be scant, but it is all the more remarkable that it even exists. It’s hard for modern
