Category Archives: Australian Story

Gerard Henderson’s Media Watchdog

Posted on 6:00 pm, August 4, 2017 by Rafe Champion

Friday 4th.

Posted in Australian Story, Rafe | 9 Comments

Uniting the non-left

Posted on 3:03 pm, July 20, 2017 by Rafe Champion

First drafted in July 1986 in response to a piece by Greg Sheridan in The Australian but not taken by that newspaper nor Age Monthly Review, or various other avenues until it ran years later in the Victorian student newsletter … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian Story, Philosophy, Rafe, Uncategorized | 38 Comments

Tribute to Bill Leak

Posted on 11:52 am, July 15, 2017 by Rafe Champion

RIP. Interesting, a student of the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney. h/t Jeff Grimshaw of LibertyWorks. “Trigger Warning” is available from Bill Leak prints and cartoons are available from

Posted in Australian Story, Rafe | 13 Comments

Beautiful pictures of Australia

Posted on 11:03 am, July 13, 2017 by Rafe Champion

From one of our commenters. Might as well advertise my own verbal commentary on Australiana as well. And more. The work of the late Kilmeny Niland, a brilliant and versatile artist and illustrator. She painted several different kinds of Australian … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian Story, Gratuitous Advertising, Rafe | 10 Comments

Sydney Institute papers on line

Posted on 10:34 am, July 13, 2017 by Rafe Champion

Issue 39.

Posted in Australian Story, Rafe | 2 Comments

Australia’s infrastructure “woes” as seen from Canada

Posted on 9:44 am, July 7, 2017 by Steve Kates

From the front page of today’s Globe and Mail: Infrastructure bank seeks to avoid woes of Australian peer. Politics is a clear dividing line in Australia when it comes to infrastructure. Since 2013, Australia has been led by the Liberal … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian Story | 15 Comments

WW2 code breakers

Posted on 4:58 pm, July 3, 2017 by Rafe Champion

I don’t want to abort the discussion but I am advised that PR for this publication is premature so I will regretfully delete the details. Will come back when it fits with the plans of the publisher and the author … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian Story, Books and writing, Rafe | 43 Comments

What a great story

Posted on 11:40 am, June 25, 2017 by Sinclair Davidson

From the Herald Sun: The Mordialloc-Chelsea Leader reported, beside tales of stolen purses and the like, that three men with iron bars “attempted to hijack” a late-model Commodore in a Bonbeach reserve on Sunday evening, June 4. “One man opened … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian Story, Rule of law, Tough on Crime, tough on criminals | 41 Comments

It’s not Red who is racist – it’s the ABC

Posted on 9:12 am, June 19, 2017 by Sinclair Davidson

This morning Red Symons offered an apology for last week’s ABC beat up. On his program this morning Mr Symons apologised, saying he was wrong in the way he conducted the interview and that it is “not who I am”. … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian Story, Shut it down. Fire them all. | 38 Comments

Remembering Alan McGilvray

Posted on 10:58 am, June 16, 2017 by Rafe Champion

The beginning of the end of the ABC was when Alan McGilvray and Johnny Moyes went off the air. And Blue Hills. He batted with Bradman, captained NSW and pioneered the art of faking “live” commentary from England using cable … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian Story | 22 Comments