ABC Radio – Royal Commission

"Well good morning to you all, my guest today is Professor Anita Lanton who sat on the recent royal commission into sexually explicit images being sent over digital networks, and lets call it as it is, as it is known publicly, the 'dic pic' royal commission. Anita welcome" "Thankyou PK, it's great to be here"...

Taboo

I couldn't make the time I told everyone I would so I pretended to trip and injure my leg. I did it because I was embarrassed to fail. It's better to loose by 100 points than by 1 right? I mean that it's easier to digest when you know you couldn't have won than having...

Youth and Beauty

I should start by letting you know that I have always been wealthy. I inherited a chain of sports goods stores from my father and have been more or less keeping the boat chugging along. For a lot of women a wealthy man is all they need to be. I thought it was that way...

Rubiales and The Football Swindle

I sometimes have trouble getting my thoughts straight when soccer executives come under fire. The example I'm thinking of the recent revolt against the Spanish football federation president Louis Rubiales, but equally applies to the Sepp Blatter downfall. My problem is, like everyone else it seems, I seem to hate these people because they are...

Q&A With a Houseless Man

"Tonight's first topic is homelessness and we are joined as usual by the Q&A panel. The first question comes from Terrence Jones" "Good evening ladies and gentlemen. My name is Terrence Jones, no relation Tony, and I have been on and off drugs for all of my adult life. I'm 55 now. Not sure how...

The Librarian

Chester Keybolt worked in the local library. He worked alone and kept it well. I was in there once as a child and over heard an old lady ask him about his wife. He flushed a little "Oh no I was never married. This job keeps me too bust for anything like that. And I...

The Hollywood Stink of Global Warming

I was listening to Riann Wilson on Bill Maher's podcast. I loved the bits where he was talking about 'The Office' but found him to be a little irritating otherwise. One thing he said has stuck with me was the 'issue' he has with right wing media types focusing on Hollywood celebrities private jet use,...

Greyhound North From Sydney

I met him on a bus ride north. I was heading to Port Macquarie to meet a girl. I don't know where he was headed. "I'm actually getting married this summer" he told me and took a manilla folder out of his bag. He passed me a photo of a sad looking girl and her...

Steel Toe Caps and Glassss

He can mingle with the high and low, the is the on site engineer. One minute explaining the nuances of load to a boardroom the next having a coffee and a chat with the labourer about the footy. His wife is Japanese and he voted yes. He even wears a shirt with an Aboriginal singer...

Cycles and Spirals

It's like using the torch on my phone to find the phone's charger. It's like a pipeline that creates itself as one of its tasks. A windmill that creates a strong breeze. A solar panel that emits heat during the night. It's the priest writing himself an indulgence. The member of parliament writing his own...