Mental Notes August 2022: Mugabe, Habibe, Pohiva, dad, and I
BRISBANE–Wrote this in a flourish when dad died. Not quite right then, with so much detail, now found it makes sense.
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Award for ‘The stolen star’
My name’s on this gong for assisting with a few bits and pieces.
Mental Notes March 2020: The music one
BRISBANE–Okay, I’ve finally been suckered into the FB data collection twaddle contribution of ‘post yr fave albums’. While there’s no call for ‘why’, I do feel a bit of a need to vent.
50 years of guild: History of Curtin Student Guild’s magazine Grok
By former and current Grok staff The history of Grok Magazine, the official student publication of Curtin University, begins exactly 50 years ago, in April 1969, only a couple of months after the creation of the Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT) Student Guild.
Murray-Darling report lays bare ‘the system is sick’, say the people it affects
The Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission has cited gross maladministration, negligence and unlawful actions by Commonwealth officials as just a handful of the failures in its multi-billion-dollar effort to save Australia’s largest river system.
Engineers of the soul
Engineers of the Soul: Ideology in Xi Jinping’s China by John Garnaut
What people on the river think of the Murray-Darling revelations
What do people within the catchment actually think of the basin plan after Four Corners’ revelations?
The crowded Pacific: re-considering the sharp edge of broadcasting’s soft power
By Geoff Heriot Long before the ABC abandoned shortwave broadcasting to PNG and the Pacific, its programming for indigenous audiences (as distinct from Australian expatriates) had become risible. For those concerned with Australia’s status as the region’s principal security partner, this should matter.
What is white spot disease in prawns?
White spot disease (WSD) found in Queensland prawns is highly contagious, lethal to crustaceans and has reduced prawn farm productivity by up to 40 per cent overseas.
Who’s who in UK post-Brexit party battles
The race is on in the UK to find David Cameron’s successor as Conservative Party leader and prime minister, while Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has seen his own MPs pass a motion of no confidence in his leadership.
