On December 18, 2024, in view of Christmas Day and the holiday period, the Tasmanian Liberal-minority State Government decided to 'take out the trash'.
This strategy of "taking out the trash"—often cited by political aficionados thanks to the The West Wing—has been a long-standing practice of governments and corporations. They often drop unpopular news late on a Friday afternoon to avoid political heat as punters look forward to the weekend.
Read More‘Tis the Season to be Merry, but not for those in charge of the Spirit of Tasmania debacle which has already claimed the scalp of a Minister and Deputy Premier, a long-standing CEO, and, in turn, has put the minority state government on course with a political iceberg.
It’s difficult to think of a bigger bureaucratic bungle than the Spirit of Tasmania IV, but that’s the spirit(s).
Read MoreAnd what about : Phar Lap, Crowded House, Jimmy Barnes, John Farnham, Rebecca Gibney, Russell Crowe, Keith Urban, Jane Campion, pavlova, lamingtons, and ANZAC biscuits would you believe!
Read MoreLet me make this clear, Parliament has decided to review education in Tasmania, and they have absolutely no idea the purpose nor what they are supposed to be looking into. If you want an uneducated response, then this is it writ large. It's retrofitted decision-making with the only objective being political expediency.
Read MoreYet, as its more fulsome term, brainrot, describes "excessive consumption of TikTok content leads to decreased attention spans and mental fatigue."
It's fair to say, as parents, we don't always model the best of behaviours to our offspring.
The truth is, I'll be rewatching Bridgerton's episodes having missed so much due to distractions that are extremely difficult to control.
Read MoreThe Irish Census of 1901 and 1911 were the only two complete records to survive, which makes searching for family history far more complicated.
However, it was at this time that I came across my great-grandfather's service records; the first I have been able to locate although perhaps not even the first veteran in our family.
Frederick William Allen enlisted with Royal Irish Dragoon Guards on March 14, 1874. Remarkably, he was just 14 years and 10 months and would become an army trumpeter.
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