The weather has finally turned warm, Australia have a good chance of winning the Boxing Day Test, and everybody is in a bad mood because they have to return to work.  Australia Day must not be too far away. In 20 days Australians will celebrate the landing of the First Fleet at Port Jackson on [...]

Overcrowded trains, skyrocketing rents, increased traffic congestion, record numbers of people coming to Australia.  These things go together like birds and bees, coffee and cream, beer and nuts. Well, not quite.  Articles such as Train crush load limit set to triple, Rents will rise regardless of rates and Sydney’s transport behind Mumbai all fail to [...]

The federal government has gone back to the future and created a multicultural advisory council that will advise on multicultural affairs. The council is to advise on ways to promote social cohesion and overcoming racism and intolerance, which is ironic given that these are some of the very aspects that multiculturalism brings to Australian communities. [...]