one fellow's political coverage, music ramblings and general hijinks across decades under a range of guises at several locations often in a state of awe.
Since his ascendency to general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in November 2012 and the presidency in March 2013, Xi Jinping has executed a sweeping anti-corruption campaign that has targeted hundreds of thousands of officials at all levels of government and state-owned industry.
Indonesia is facing several weeks of economic uncertainty and a set of potentially damaging price increases to the president’s re-election campaign next year.
The cake is baked, the bubbles chilled, the rings polished, the shoes deodorised, the ties windsored, the nails trimmed… could only mean one thing – and no, not a court appearance. A wedding.
When the World Cup rolls around every four years, it’s the host nation’s government that comes under extreme pressure to protect its own citizens, as well as the millions of tourists and billions of potential tourism income. In this report, Adam Connors looks at Germany’s security arrangements for the Cup.
Let’s now take a look at another of the countries experiencing their first World Cup, and the Australian community of fans who’ll be following their rise through the ranks. Ukraine became independent from the former Soviet Union in 1991 after more than 70 years of division between the USSR, Poland, Romania and Czechoslovakia.
It was no surprise that Euro-busker Joe Algeri was standing at the door with his trusty guitar as I walked into The Loft on this night. Heck, some would say that Superscope are fundamentally the remnants of his old backing band The Stonemasons, but I forthrightly disagree with this stylistic pop-snobbery after seeing this, the … Continue reading “Superscope (CD Launch), The Loft, October 7, 1995”
You are lying in bed, reading, and the light bulb blows overhead. Why not just float up and fix it? And unite the world’s religions at the same time. Hang on! I think you just might be asleep already.
BRISBANE–Wrote this in a flourish when dad died. Not quite right then, with so much detail, now found it makes sense.
A nice surprise in at work today, landing an award for a digital production collaboration with WA reporters on a feature titled ‘A quiet place’.
Engineers of the Soul: Ideology in Xi Jinping’s China by John Garnaut
