August  2008 
2008-475 18Aug08  Farmer's sunny day.
The excitement rain can generate after a long dry spell.
2008-492 25Aug08 Common Australian freshwater octopus.
Overuse of water from Australian rivers.
2008-490 22Aug08  New Ford personnel manager.
Recent Ford Job loses.
2008-485 21Aug08  Going for Olympic gold.
Huge financial rewards from sponsorship
deals for competitors who win gold medals.
2008-455 7Aug08  Economic lion tamer.
Difficulty in controlling inflation.
2008-478 19thAug08  Speed sign.
Practise by many Australians of marking points where their loved ones
have been killed in car crashes with commemorative crosses and flowers.
Many of the victims would have died due to speed.
2008-476 18Aug08  Robert Mugabe sharing power.
Robert Mugabe making only a token offer of power sharing.
2008-472 15Aug08  Those magnificent interest rates men.
High Australian bank interest rates.
2008-469 14Aug08  America and Russia finally agree.
Both Russia and America's willingness to use military
force but quick to condemn others using military force.
2008-467 13Aug08  Global hotting up.
Fighting in Georgia/South Ossetia and global warming.
2008-463 12Aug08  Going for broke.
High interest rates and the Olympic Games.
2008-461 11Aug08  Retrospective road sign.
Icy road conditions in Southern Australia.
2008-460 11Aug08  Water allocation this year.
Drastic cuts to water allocation for irrigators in the Murray Darling
river system while water pipes being constructed to urban centres.
2008-457 11Aug08  Getting angry about environmental degradation.
Pollution at the Beijing Olympic games.
2008-456  8Aug08  Olympic smog torch relay.
Comment of the Beijing Olympic Games smog.
2008-454 7Aug08  Man does not live by bread alone.
High cost of groceries.
2008-453 6Aug08  Rejuvenating the Coorong.
Federal Government admitting that they can't save the Coorong wetlands of the lower Murray river.
2008-448 5Aug08  The Reserve Bank assessing whether the economy is slowing.
The Reserve bank slow to react to the slowing economy.
2008-440 1Aug08  Carbon emissions trading Noah's ark.
Procrastination over how and when to introduce
a carbon emissions trading scheme to Australia.
2008-441 1Aug08  Economic fortune teller.
Subprime mortgage market woes.
2008-436 31July08  Great Wall of China today.
China imposing tough internet censorship for the Beijing Olympics.

 July  2008 
2008-435 30July08  Economy still going fast.
Esoteric look at the world economic slowdown.
2008-431 29July08  Aged car service.
Allegorical cartoon drawn in response to a spate
of neglect cases in Australian aged care homes,
2008-430 28July08  Qantas safety reputation.
Incident where a Qantas plan lost part of it's fuselage during a  flight.
2008-429 28July08 Retail price of petrol.
Petrol stations quick to pass on Wholesale petrol price rises to customers
but slow to to respond when the wholesale price of petrol falls.
2008-422 24July08 Easy to get a home loan.
Economic musings in light of so many people defaulting on home loans in recent times.
2008-421 14July08 Generation Y steps.
Australia's Generation Y staying home longer than the Baby Boomers did.
2008-420 23July08 Fuelling the inflation fire.
Rising inflation rate primarily fuelled by the rapidly rising price of petrol.
2008-416 22July08  Man climbs back into the trees.
An somewhat esoteric look at impending rising sea levels  due to  global warming.
2008-415P 21July08  The new Myer cosmetics counter.
Pocket cartoon that went with AAP story about Myer planing to open a store in Dubai.
2008-411 18July08  CCTV Big Brother is watching you.
Lighter comment on the widespread rollout of CCTV.
2008-410 18July08  The Government's environmental Green Paper.
Allegations that the Government's environmental Green Paper has been compromised by the coal lobby.
2008-404 17July08  Australia's greenhouse gas reduction strategy.
Australia unwilling to reduce coal exports to tackle global warming.
2008-403 16July08  Interest rates on hold.
Australian banks raising their interest rates despite the
Reserve Bank putting official interest rates on hold.
2008-398 15July08 Like looking a crosses.
The powerful sexual drive of young people and World Youth Day.
2008-397P 14July08  Bigger Brother.
Pocket cartoon that went with AAP story about the axing
by Channel Ten of the reality TV show Big Brother.
2008-393 14July08  Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
The two largest home finance companies in America on the brink of collapse.
2008-387 11July08  Greenhouse emission reduction targets.
Most countries that have set greenhouse are failing to meet them.
2008-383P 10July08  The disappearing cash in the wallet trick.
Pocket cartoon that went with AAP article on the rapidly rising price of petrol.
2008-382 10July08  The Murray River's Father Time.
Time running out to save the lower parts of the Murray River.
2008-371 7July08  The water allocation Scales of Justice.
The water allocation process is often not fair.
2008-379P 7July08  Tasmania's preferred map of Australia.
Pocket cartoon that went with AAP article about
Tasmania wanting to get an AFL football team.
2008-376 8July08  Today's priorities.
News of movie star Nicole Kidman having a baby
seeming to get a higher priority then the G8 Summit.
2008-374P 7July08  Barry's Hall.
AFL footballer Barry Hall repeatedly suspended for striking.
2008-372 7July08  Nouvelle cuisine.
Soaring world food prices.
2008-369 4July08 Officialdom responding to global warming.
Inadequate response by most governments to global warming.
2008-366 4July08  River snags.
Excessive pumping of water from rivers impacting on environmental flows in the rivers.
2008-365 2July08  Mugabe power sharing.
Call by the African Union for Mugabe to accept a power
sharing agreement with the Zimbabwean opposition.
2008-363P 1July08  Giving police more powers.
Pocket cartoon that went with AAP story about  police getting extra
arrest powers for the Catholic Church's World Youth Day in Sydney.
2008-361 1July08  Carbon emissions trading scheme graph.
Confusion and indecision about how to set up a carbon emissions trading scheme.
2008-357 1July08  Child protection safety net.
Recent failures by child protection authorities to protect children at risk.

 June  2008 
2008-352 27June08  Different views of the world.
The economy is not everything.
2008-351 27June08  Sports star mirror.
The rosy image that many sports stars have of themselves.
2008-349 26June08  Mugabe's grip on power.
Robert Mugabe's human right's abuse.
2008-347 25June08  Future vehicle transport.
Rising price of petrol causing economic hardship for
most and massive profits for oil producing countries.
2008-345P 24June08 Super environmentally friendly petrol.
Pocket cartoon that went with AAP story on Caltex calling for people to use less petrol.
2008-344 24June08 Modern version of The Man from Snowy River.
Inflation becoming a problem in Australia.
2008-343P 23June08  Australian scales.
Pocket cartoon that went with article about the obesity epidemic in Australia.
2008-342P 23rd June  Don Chipp Democrats.
Pocket cartoon that went with article about the Australian Democrats considering changing their name.
2008-341P 23June08  Zimbabwean Presidential run off.
Pocket cartoon that went with article on Morgan Tsvangirai pulling out
of the Presidential run offs because of violence by the Mugabe regime.
2008-339 23June08  Why Saudi Arabia can't produce more oil.
Urgings for Saudi Arabia to produce more oil to alleviate the pressure on the price of oil.
2008-335P 20June08 Richard Pratt's boxes.
Pocket cartoon that went with article about Richard Pratt facing
criminal charges over price fixing. Pratt's company makes boxes.
2008-332 20June08 Iguana Joe.
Fallout from the fracas between Iguana Joe's nightclub staff and Belinda
Neal continues while the Prime Minister takes a very low profile.
2008-331P 19June08 Kidman ultrasound.
Went with article on Nicole Kidman's ultrasound of her unborn baby.
2008-330 19June08  Training for the Beijing Olympic games.
High air pollution levels in Beijing a risk to Olympic athletes.
2008-328 18June08  Charting Peak Oil.
Musing on the practical impact of Peak Oil on motorists.
2008-327P 17June08  Performance enhancement at the Beijing Olympic.
High pollution levels in Beijing causing health problems for Olympic athletes.
2008-325 17June08  Brendan Nelson's impersonation of Moses parting the Red Sea.
Opposition Brendan Nelson's implying that he
has the answers to stem the rising price of petrol.
2008-323P 16June08  Irrigators'  water allocation this season.
Pocket cartoon that went with story that Murray river
irrigators in SA are to get just 2% of their water allocation.
2008-321 16June08  Robert Mugabe's ballot box.
Mugabe using force to usurp the democratic process in Zimbabwe.
2008-319 13June08  Modern vacuum cleaners.
High price of petrol a great strain on many people.
2008-317 12June08  The piercing look.
Body piercing by teenagers and the generation gap.
2008-316 11June08  Retrospectively fitted hybrid car.
Petrol electric hybrid cars.
2008-314P 10June08  The hybrid car that will never be made.
Pocket cartoon that went with article on the announcement
that Toyota Australia will be making a hybrid car.
2008-308 5June08  Kevin Rudd tackling global warming.
Prime Minister Rudd tentative response to global warming.
2008-309 6June08  Signs that the price of petrol is beginning to bite.
Rising price of petrol beginning to bight economically.
2008-310 6June08 Tony Mokbel's escape.
Tony Mokbel's daring escape from Australia in 2006 and his celebrated
toupee that he was wearing when he was caught in Greece.
2008-311P 6June08 The weapon of choice for Christine Nixon and Paul Mullett.
The introduction of automatic pistols to the Victoria police and the animosity
between police commissioner Christine Nixon and police union president Paul Mullett.
2008-306 5June08  Save the over consumption wallies.
The environment and over consumption.
2008-305 4June08 Declaring the Democratic presidential nomination winner.
The bloody and prolonged battle for the Democratic presidential nomination.
2008-298 2June08  The new Cold War.
Global warming expressed as a reference to the Cold War.
2008-297 2June08  The lost tribe's first contact with civilization.
Alleged discovery of a lost tribe in the Amazon and censorship of art.
2008-293 30May08  When art was strictly censored.
A look at art and censorship in general.

 May  2008 
2008-289 29May08  Hoon burnout in a post oil world.
Looking at the looming world oil shortage through the eyes of hoons
2008-288 28May08  Desert islands.
Speculating on the future for motorists without an abundant oil supply.
2008-284 27May08  Bringing down the price of petrol.
Kevin Rudd ineffectual in controlling the price of petrol.
2008-281P 26May08  Nazi memorabilia that's never been for sale.
Pocket cartoon that went with article on protest over
Nazi memorabilia being sold at a Victorian market.
2008-279 26May08  Photo of a nude child.
Series of photographs by the photographer Bill Henson depicting nude
pubescent  girls  have been confiscated and banned by the NSW police.
2008-275 23May08  The law and order arms race.
Speculating that calls for Victorian police to be armed with automatic pistols instead
of old style revolvers may simply be another step in an arms race that police can't  win.
2008-273 22May08  The new Apartheid in South Africa.
South African rioters targeting citizens from other countries living in South Africa.
2008-272V 22May08  The Scales of Justice today.
Greed creating a very unjust world.
2008-259 16May08 Cloud over solar power.
The powerful coal lobby allegedly stifling the emerging solar power industry.
2008-270 21May08  Not sure about global warming.
Denial about global warming despite overwhelming evidence.
2008-269P 20May08  Down to earth Kevin Rudd.
Pocket cartoon that went with an article on the latest opinion
poll showing a very high approval rating for  Kevin Rudd.
2008-267 20May08 Technological edge over a criminal.
Debate over whether the service revolvers carried by
Victoria's police should be replaced with automatic pistols.
2008-264P 19May08  Journalist going for a leak.
Pocket cartoon that went with article about political leaks within the Liberal Party.
2008-262 19May08  Installing solar panels.
Changes to solar power rebates by the Australian Government threatens
to force many solar power installation companies out of business.
2008-260 16May08  Drug dealer's sales pitch.
Raising of the tax on alcopop drinks by the Government in an attempt to stop teenagers
drinking them.  This has the potential to make illegal drugs seem more affordable and palatable.
2008-254P 15May08 Heavy taxation.
Pocket cartoon that went with article on the increased tax on alcopops
- sweet alcoholic drinks that are popular amongst younger people.
2008-252 15May08 Have to put the plasma TV on lay-by.
The Australian Government's Baby Bonus to be paid in instalments instead of a lump sum.
It's widely believed that many people were using the money to buy luxury goods such as
plasma TVs instead of on their babies.
2008-251 14May08  Department of spin.
Dig at the ubiquitous government spin doctors.
2008-250 13May08  Ordinary people discuss the Federal budget.
Ordinary person's view of the bringing down of the Australian Federal budget.
2008-249P 12May08  And 100% of pregnant looking men drink.
Pocket cartoon that went with an article that claimed
a high  percentage of pregnant women drink alcohol.
2008-247 12May08  Westpacman.
Proposed merger of Westpac and St. George banks.
2008-242 9May08  Inflation control parachute.
The Reserve Bank's use of  interest rate rises to reduce
inflation hitting many ordinary people quite hard.
2008-238 8May08  Olympic torch relay protests.
Human rights violations in China and the Olympic torch relay.
2008-236 7May08  Country baby bonus.
The Australian baby bonus and prolonged drought in south Eastern Australia.
2008-234P 7May08  Wayne Carey turning over a new leaf.
Footballer Wayne Carey up on another assault charge despite vowing to mend his ways.
2008-232 6May08  Pegging down inflation.
Inflation still rising despite efforts to reign it in.
2008-230P 5May08  K9s for Troy Buswell.
The leader of the opposition in Western Australia in trouble
over sniffing the chair of a female Liberal Party staffer.
2008-227 5May08  Treasure map today.
Water becoming increasingly valuable.
2008-226P 2May08 The right to divorce.
Campaign by Australian gays for the right to marry and
the high diverse rate amongst heterosexual couples.
2008-223 2May08  Above average rainfall.
Consistently below aver age rainfall
2008-219 1May08  The globe isn't warming.
Global warming and the cooling of the economy.
2008-218 30April08  The Statue of Liberty today.
Speculating that part of America's current economic woes
are a result of the massive economic drain of the Iraq war.

 April 2008 
2008-217 29April08  Passing the hat around for the water buyback scheme.
Record low flows in the Murray river and
the Government's water buyback scheme.
2008-212 28April08  Modern binge drinker.
A look at how long binge drinking has been a part of society.
2008-207 24April08  Safe investments today.
String of investment companies going broke but not before
directors had syphoned money off into their own accounts.
2008-209P 24April08  Terrible odds, not so terrible odds.
Pocket cartoon that went with article on ANZAC Day commemorations.
2008-198 21April08  Environmental campaigns.
Government dragging it's feet when tackling environmental problems.
2008-205 23April08  Protest free Olympic torch relay.
Beijing Olympic torch relay dogged by incessant protests.
2008-203P 22April08  Liberal party fortune telling.
Pocket cartoon that went with article on the parlous state of the Australian Liberal Party.
2008-202 22April08  Support for a Republic.
Talk of a Republic in Australia and Prince Charles still waiting to become King.
2008-191 18April08 The Government getting ride of plastic bags.
The Australian Government's reluctance to take action to reduce the number of plastic shopping bags.
2008-197 21April08  The Dog on the Tuckerbox today.
Drought in Australia and the drift from the country to the city.
2008-190 18April08  The economy still growing rapidly.
The faltering economy and rising levels of obesity.
2008-189P 17April08  I'm very rich!
Pocket cartoon that went with an article about Australians becoming richer.
2008-171 10April08  The 2020 Summits.
Using the 2020 Summit to highlight the economic
hardship being experienced by many families.
2008-186 16April08  Fill her up?!!
Biofuels made from food crops reducing food stocks available to third World countries.
2008-182 15April08  Market forces in the Third World.
Unrest in many Third World countries over rising food prices.
2008-177 14April08  Women shouldn't be in power.
Quentin Bryce appointed Australia's first female Governor-General.
2008-180P 14April08  Brendan Nelson's listening tour.
Opposition leader Brendan Nelson on a listening tour around Australia while
at a the same time there is talk within the Liberal Party of dumping him as leader.
2008-178P 14April08  Barry Hall at football training.
AFL player Barry Hall suspended for striking another player.
2008-176 14April08  Socially responsible poker machine.
The destructive power of poker machines on the social fabric.
2008-174 11April08  Pokies spot the difference cartoon.
The Victorian Government's breaking of the duopoly on poker
machine licences will not alleviate the plight of gambling addicts.
2008-172P 10Aug08  Rudd's blunt comments about Tibet.
Pocket cartoon that went with an article on Kevin Rudd's
comments to the Chinese about human rights violations in Tibet.
2008-170 10April08  The Department to ensure we don't run out of water.
A dig at the management of water resources.
2008-169 9April08  A bull in a china shop.
Human rights protests targeting the Olympic torch relay damaging China's image.
2008-167P 8april08  Unhindered Olympic torch relay.
Protests over Chinese human rights violations hindering the progress of the Olympic torch relay.
2008-166 8April08  Rudd leaning towards a Republic.
Prime Minister Rudd's strengthening friendship with China and his
comments about Australia leaning towards becoming a republic.
2008-162 7April08  English rugby codes.
Repeated attempts by various protest groups to stop the Beijing Olympic Games' torch relay.
2008-161 7April08  Celebrity sportsman's podium.
Notorious celebrity sportsmen being rewarded for their misbehaviour with lucrative media deals.
2008-157 4April08  Mother nature.
Musing that Mother Nature might be harsh and unforgiving rather than nurturing.
2008-155 3April08  Mugabe stepping down.
Robert Mugabe's refusal to relinquish power.
2008-154 3April08  Davids and Goliath.
Geelong's football dominance.
2008-152 3April08  Reality TV today.
Global warming causing widespread drought.
2008-151 2April08  The real estate market that is cooling.
Falling Real estate markets and global warming.
2008-145 1April08  Successful loan applicant today.
Banks giving loans to high risk applicants.
2008-142 31March08  Beijing Olympic torch relay.
Human rights abuses in Tibet in the lead up to the Beijing Olympics games.

 March 2008 
2008-135 19March08 The Department for recording rainfall.
Prolonged drought in South Eastern Australia.
2008-137 20Mar08  Blood on their hands.
A comparison of civilian deaths in Tibet and Iraq.
2008-106 4Mar08  Reading about housing affordability.
Soaring cost of housing forcing people onto the streets.
2008-130 18Mar08 The impact of the Baby Bonus.
People spending the Baby Bonus on luxury items such as plasma TVs.
2008-126 17Mar08 Red China, red Tibet.
Recent bloodshed in Chinese controlled Tibet.
2008-125 17Mar08  A crash diet today.
Esoteric look at the obesity epidemic in affluent countries.
2008-121 13Mar08  Blind people.
The culture of binge drinking in sporting clubs.
2008-120 13Mar08  The tortoise and hare and fox race.
First home buyers being priced out of the housing market by investors.
2008-119 12Mar08  Earth hour.
The upcoming Earth Hour activity and the continuing drought conditions in Southern Australia.
2008-115 11Mar08  The rare spotted Cumulonimbus.
Rain clouds increasingly rare in Southern Australia.
2008-110 6Mar08  Battlers' rollercoaster.
Contrasting  share price fluctuations with the plight of battlers (poor people).
2008-113 7Mar08  2020 Summit vision.
Few females in key positions at the forthcoming  2020 Summit.
2008-111 6Mar08  The limit of tolerance in Australia.
Looking at religious tolerance through the age old Aussie practice of abusing  the umpire.
2008-109 5Mar08  Interest rates bowling balls.
Rising interest rates increasing the bankruptcy rate.
2008-102 4Mar08  Mr. Home Loan at the interest rate rises dentist.
Succession of interest rate rises causing a lot of pain for people with home loans.
2008-101 3Mar08  Prince Harry in Afghanistan.
Media frenzy resulting from  the discovery that Prince Harry was fighting in Afghanistan.
2008-098 1Mar08  Modern horror story.
Housing affordability plummeting to a point that most young people can't afford to buy a home.
2008-097 1Mar08  Cricket umpiring signals.
A look at the slanging match that has gone on between
the Australian and Indian cricket teams this Summer.

 February 2008 
2008-096P 28Feb08  Preparing for action in Iraq.
Went with article on Australian soldiers being sued by an Iraqi family for wounding them.
2008-093 28Feb08  Bursting bubbles.
Collapse of the ABC Learning Centres' share price.
2008-091 27Feb08 Inland waters fishing today.
The Federal Government's scheme to buyback water rights
from farmers  to bolster environmental water flows in rivers.
2008-088P 26Feb08  2020 Summit.
Complaints that only one of Co-Chairs of the 2020 Summit is female.
2008-086 26Feb08  Shock and awe in America.
Rising support for Barack Obama, who if elected president
will become the first coloured president of the United States.
2008-083 25Feb08  2038 Sorry Day.
Musing that in thirty years time today's generation will be saying sorry
to tomorrow's generation for the environmental degradation of the planet.
2008-080 22Feb08  Responding to global warming today.
Esoteric look at obesity and global warming.
2008-077P 21Feb08  Question time for Alexander Downer.
Pocket cartoon that went with an article about Alexander Downer having
lunch at a restaurant instead of attending parliamentary question time.
2008-074 21Feb08  Changes to Australian Workplace Agreements.
The scrapping of AWAs.
2008-073 20Feb08  The impact of another tax cut.
Concerns that the impending tax cut will push up the inflation rate.
2008-064 15Feb08  The part of the American economy that's still booming.
Spate of gun massacres in the US in the past few weeks.
2008-069P 18Feb08  As long as it's not Brian Burke.
Kevin Rudd distancing himself from any association with Brian Burke.
2008-068 18Feb08  Different levels of exposure.
Quirky look at exposure to the subprime mortgage market.
2008-063 15Feb08  The soaring eagle.
Interest rate rises negating any benefits from tax cuts.
2008-062P 14Feb08  Woman who hates Valentine's Day.
Pocket cartoon that went with article on Valentine's Day.
2008-059P 14Feb08  Haven't got any rotten tomatoes have you?
Pocket cartoon that went with article on the Victorian teachers strike.
2008-057 14Feb08  Valentine's Day this year.
The Sorry Ceremony coinciding with Valentine's Day
2008-056P 13Feb08  John Howard gone walkabout.
Went with article on John Howard being the only ex Prime Minister not to
attend the Sorry Ceremony to apologise to the Australian Aboriginal community.
John Howard was opposed to saying sorry.  Walkabout is an aboriginal term.
2008-049 13Feb08  Saying sorry to blacks.
Using the Sorry Ceremony to the Australian Aboriginal
community to highlight the deaths of innocent civilians in Iraq.
2008-053P 12Feb08  Happy to get laid off.
Pocket cartoon that went with an article on the
closure of the Mitsubishi car plant in Adelaide.
2008-052P 12Feb08  200 years late.
Pocket cartoon that went with article on Kevin
Rudd saying sorry to the aboriginal community.
2008-050 12Feb08  The hare and tortoise race that the hare won.
Rudd rushing to say sorry to the aboriginal community after years of Howard refusing say sorry.
2008-047P 11Feb08  Fragile protection.
Fighting in East Timor threatening it's democracy.
2008-045 11Feb08  Signs that it's been dry for a long time.
Prolonged drought in Southern Australia.
2008-043 8Feb08  You lot will have to tighten your belts.
Whenever there is an economic downturn it is the
people who can least afford it who suffer the most.
2008-042P 07Feb07  Kokoda trail mine.
Went with an article on protest by local villagers wanting
the opening of a copper mine next to the Kokoda trail.
2008-041 7Feb08  Separated not stolen.
Quirky look at the Liberal Party's use of the word  "Separated" instead of "Stolen"
when identifying those Aboriginals who were forcibly removed from their families.
2008-031 4Feb07  Clear mountain spring water.
Look at the marketing of  bottled spring water as fresh and
natural when it is in fact just another product made in a factory.
2008-036 5Feb08  Raising interest rates.
Governments' risk a voter backlash when interest rates are on the rise.
2008-034P 4Feb08 Drought bus coming.
Pocket cartoon that went with an article on the Government's Drought
Bus that has been touring drought stricken parts of country Australia.
2008-032 4Feb08  Kevin and interest rate rises.
Rising interest rates making it much tougher for the new Rudd government.
2008-028 1Feb08  If David Hicks sells his story.
Speculation that David Hicks, the Australian who was incarcerated in
Guantanamo Bay prison is about to sell his story for a large amount of money.
2008-025P 31Jan08  French slow food.
Pocket cartoon that went with an article on the Slow Food movement.
2008-022 30Jan08  Superannuation nest egg.
Stock market plunge wiping a lot of value of Super Funds.

 January 2008 
2008-021 30Jan08  The perfect media storm.
A lighter look at the media frenzy that's generated from
the shenanigans of Wayne Carey and Shane Warne.
2008-020P 29Jan08  Parents sending their kids back to school.
Pocket cartoon that went with an article on the high cost of sending children to school.
2008-017 29Jan08  The Indonesian military burying Soeharto.
A look at the culture of disregard for human rights that Soeharto cultivated.
2008-012 25Jan08  The annual economic cycle.
Quirky look at the economic cycle.
2008-013 25Jan08  Tidal fluctuations based on the Stock Market.
Esoteric look at the current Stock Market instability.
2008-008 24Jan08  Water restrictions.
Heavy flooding in Queensland in stark contrast to the drought conditions in much of Victoria.
2008-007 23Jan08  The Federal Reserve throwing off the gloves.
The US Federal Reserve's attempt to boost the
economy by lowing the interest rate by .75%.
2008-005 22Jan08 Why they need to dredge Port Phillip bay.
The Port Phillip Bay dredging controversy and Australia's high level of imports.
2008-004 22Jan08  Inflation and the economy.
The damaging effect of high inflation on the economy.
2008-002 21Jan08  Dangerous times for investors.
Subprime mortgage crisis and stock market plunge.

 December 2007 
2007-692   Aussie spirit of Christmas.
Have a great Christmas, Hanukkah and Eid-al-Adha.
2007-788 20Dec07  Ideal stocking filler for a farmer.
Long term drought conditions making farmers desperate for water.
2007-787 20Dec07  Aussie Christmas Carol.
Reflection on Australia's hot dry climate.
2007-775 14Dec07  Failing sex education.
Wry look at the importance of sex education.
2007-783 17Dec07  Exposed to the sub prime mortgage market.
The impact of the sub prime mortgage market collapse on small investors.
2007-782 17Dec07  Reaching Agreement at the Bali Climate Change Conference.
Failure to come to a clear agreement on greenhouse gas
reduction targets at the Bali Climate Change Conference.
2007-774 14Dec07  Kevin Rudd climate change.
Kevin Rudd backtracking on climate change commitments
made during the Federal election campaign.
2007-772 13Dec07  Need cash fast.
The US Federal Reserve desperately trying to shore up the American economy.
2007-770 12Dec07  Fluoridated or non fluoridated water.
Fierce debate ranging in a number of Australian Regional
towns over whether to add fluoride to the water supply.
2007-767 11Dec07 Alexander Downer comments on Julia Gillard.
A backwards look at Alexander Downer's famous fishnet stockings incident.
2007-763 10Dec07  Greenhouse gas reduction target.
The world falling well short of greenhouse gas reduction targets.
2007-758 7Dec07  Kangaroos up there Cazaly.
The AFL forcing the Kangaroos to relocate to the Gold Coast.
2007-759 7Dec07  Future Christmas tree?
Climate change causing dryer conditions in many parts of the world.
2007-755 6Dec07  Window dressing mannequins.
The sidelining of Peter Garrett (the Minister for the Environment) by Kevin Rudd.
2007-754 5Dec07 The democratic process in some countries.
Military control of the democratic process becoming
increasingly common in some parts of the world.
2007-750 4Dec07 Finally decided to ratify Kyoto.
Australia finally going to ratify Kyoto.
2007-741 30Nov07   Answer - A protest movement.
A look at the controversy that surrounds the genetic modification of food.

 November 2007 
2007-737 29Nov07 Modern fairytale.
The high cost of housing.
2007-719 22Nov07  Uncomfortable feeling.
Global warming changing habitats.
2007-732 27Nov07  Political Phoenix rising.
Need for the Liberals to make a clean break from the Howard legacy.
2007-727 26Nov07  Howard's legacy.
Jaded look at Howard's Iraq legacy.
2007-722 25Nov07  The political map of Australia today.
The complete dominance of Labor in Australian politics.
2007-718 22Nov07  Aussie desert island castaway.
Voter fatigue with the Australian Federal election campaign.
2007-717 21Nov07  Illicit reading.
John Howard's strong denial that the Coalition planned
to introduce a second phase of their Workchoices IR policy.
2007-708 16Nov07  Lake Dreams housing development.
Global warming, drought and development.
2007-707 16Nov07tense  Time of the year again.
Police apprehension over Schoolies Week.
2007-704 15Nov07  Applying the current level of violence in children's television to Play School.
Complaints that the level of violence depicted in children's' television is way too high.
2007-665 25Oct07  The little inflation engine.
Tax cuts proposed by both Labor and the Liberals tipped to drive up inflation.
2007-696 9Nov07  When it's definitely time to give up gambling.
Negative impact of gambling.
2007-70P 12Nov07  Crowd behaviour soccer ball.
Pocket cartoon that went with article on violence by soccer fans.
2007-699 12Nov07  Risky circus act.
The double whammy of inflation and interest
rate rises impacting on people with home loans.
2007-695 8Nov07  The interest rate rise moat.
Using the quote to "A man's home is his castle" to highlight the
threat rising interest rates pose to people with large home mortgages.
2007-694 8Nov07  Drug pushers today.
The recall of the children's craft bead toy called Bindeez due
to the drug like toxic reaction to the beads if  swallowed.
2007-689 5Nov07  Generation Rent.
Speculating that the generation that comes after
generation Y will be known as the Rent generation.
2007-691P 5Nov07  First home buyer today.
Pocket cartoon that went with article on housing affordability.
2007-693 7Nov07  Punters at the Interest Rates Stakes race.
The negative impact of the latest interest rate rise on the Howard government.
2007-688 5Nov07  Racing incentives.
Fear of the ever present threat of horse flu.
2007-682 2Nov07  The Kangaroos' up there Cazaly.
The AFL pressuring the Kangaroos to relocate from Melbourne to the Gold Coast.
2007-679 1Nov07   Australian culture Dog on the Tuckerbox.
The American Halloween celebration creeping into Australian culture.

 October 2007 
2007-678 30Oct07  Global warming evidence.
Ongoing drought making convincing many Australian farmers of the reality of global warming.
2007-673 29Oct07  Drought map of Victoria.
Reducing water flow in  the Murray river.
2007-669 26Oct07  Inflation balloons.
Rapidly rising price of vegetables in Australia.
2007-668 26Oct07  Future forest regrowth?
Deforestation and global warming.
2007-664 25Oct07  The worm and the python.
The damage interest rate rises do to John Howard's election campaign.
2007-663 24Oct07 The nurse patient ratio applied to the bed patient ratio.
Nurses dissatisfied with the poor nurse patient ratio.
2007-659 23Oct07   Today's body image.
Contrasting the body image of catwalk models with that of the general public.
2007-655 22Oct07  Giving and election speech.
Kevin Rudd's policies often not differing greatly from John Howard's policies.
2007-649 18Oct07  This year's Spring racing carnival.
Using horses to highlight the impact of drought.
2007-648 18Oct07  Making use of umbrellas today.
Umbrellas rarely used in the current drought conditions.
2007-647 17Oct07  Ben Cousins my hero.
Ben Cousins' drug problem making him a dubious sporting hero for young people.
2007-644 16Oct07  How tax cuts can protect you from global warming.
The latest proposed tax cuts will cut the funds available to fight global warming.
2007-642 15Oct07  Placing an each way bet on the Federal election.
Light hearted look at the similar  statures of John Howard and Kevin Rudd.
2007-638 12Oct07  Reconciliation marches.
Prime Minister Howard's somewhat late embracing of aboriginal reconciliation.
2007-633 11Oct07  Back to teaching Australian history the traditional way.
Prime Minister Howard's plan to implement a more
traditional Australian History syllabus for schools.
2007-632 11Oct07  Spot the Labor Party politician.
The gagging of ALP politicians to prevent them commenting on the death penalty debate.
2007-631 10Oct07 The start of the Federal election race.
John Howard postponing calling the Federal election until the last possible moment.
2007-629P 9Oct07  Making a pokies revenue donation.
Senator Julian McGauran's family hotel has been implicated in
withholding poker machine revenue money that  was meant to go to charity.
2007-624 8Oct07  Lots of dust to lots of dust.
A look at the plight of farmers effected by the ongoing drought.
2007-627P 8Oct07  Water price scale.
Ongoing drought impacting on the price of water.
2007-623 8Oct07  The last grain of sand.
John Howard postponing calling the Federal election until the last possible moment.
2007-620 5Oct07  The black arm ban view of history.
Look at the Government's suspension of of humanitarian immigration from Africa.
2007-616 4Oct07  A full field at this year's Spring racing carnival.
The impact of the horse flu outbreak on horse racing in Australia.
2007-615P 3Oct07 The Minister for immigration's in and out trays.
Pocket cartoon that went with an article on Kevin Andrews'
suspension of humanitarian immigration from Africa.
2007-612 3Oct07  The dog on the tuckerbox today.
Very Aussie look at the ongoing drought in Australia.  The Dog on
the Tuckerbox is a monument to the Australian pioneering spirit.
2007-610P 2Oct07  The Kevin Andrews citizenship test.
Pocket cartoon that went with an article on the Federal government suspending
humanitarian immigration from Africa.  Kevin Andrews is the Minister for Immigration.
2007-607 2Oct07  Modern Three Little Pigs.
A look at mortgage stress through the Three Little Pigs tale.

 September 2007 
2007-601P 20Sept07  Teacher's pet today.
Pocket cartoon that went with article on security
measures to protect teachers from violent students.
2007-582 13Sept07  The one sports club that isn't worried about the water shortage.
The water shortage effecting sporting clubs.
2007-596 19Sept07  Uranium for medical purposes.
Assurances by Russia that uranium sold to them by
Australia will only be used for medical purposes.
2007-593 18Sept07  Credit card size.
Large and ever increasing credit card debt.
2007-591 17Sept07  Green sportsground.
Ongoing drought in South Eastern Australia making
it very difficult to keep local sportsgrounds green.
2007-587 14Sept07  Victorian police line-up.
Alleged links between serving Victorian police and organised crime.
2007-586 14Sept07  John Howard team player.
Claims that Prime Minister Howard has now become a team player.
2007-581 13Sept07  Davids and Goliaths.
Speculating on how John Howard and Kevin
Rudd see themselves in relationship to each other.
2007-579P 12Sept07  Does anyone want a change?
Pocket cartoon that went with article about leadership change
speculation in the Liberal Party because of poor opinion polls.
2007-578 12Sept07 Driza-Bone bathers.
Using the iconic Aussie coat Driza-Bone to highlight the
ongoing drought conditions in South Eastern Australia.
2007-576P 11Sept07  Still in control.
Pocket cartoon that went with an article on Howard's leadership problems.
2007-574 10Septe07  Lower violence in Iraq.
The scale of the violence in Iraq and the effectiveness of efforts to reduce it.
2007-572 10Sept07  APEC shirts.
A look at President Putin's penchant for not wearing a shirt.
2007-564 6Sept07  I think it stands for 'Made in China'.
More recalls of Chinese toys because of safety problems.
2007-556 4Sept07  A full rain gauge today.
Shaping up for another dry Summer in South Eastern Australia.
2007-565 6Sept07 Farmers' Grim Reaper.
Destructive effect that drought has on farmers.
2007-561 5Sept07  The running of the Horse Flu Stakes.
Economic impact of the horse flu outbreak in Australia.
2007-555 4Sept07  APEC detention centre.
Comparing APEC security and detention centres.
2007-559P 4Sept07  Horses at this year's Melbourne Show.
Pocket cartoon on the banning of horses at this year's Melbourne Show due to the horse flu.
2007-550 31Aug07 Race calling today.
Rapid spread of the horse flu outbreak in Australia.
2007-546 30Aug07 The steeplechase hurdles this year.
Horse flu devastating the Australian racing industry.

 August 2007 
2007-545 30Aug07  Kevin Rudd's balanced industrial relations policy.
Both unions and business critical of Rudd's IR policy.
2007-537 24Aug07  The consultation process today.
Increasing tendency by governments to use a pseudo
consultation process to rubber stamp their programs.
2007-542 28Aug07  Reaction to the horse flu outbreak.
Sideways look at the effects of gambling on family life.
2007-540 27Aug08  The running of the Melbourne Cup this year?
Equine flu outbreak in Australia threatening the running of the Melbourne Cup this year.
2007-531 24Aug07  The interest rate rise lever.
Another interest rate rise would damage the Howard government.
2007-530 23Aug07  Pulp mill fiction.
The questioning the environmental impact assessment
process for the Gunns pulp mill in Tasmania.
2007-527 22Aug07  Dog on tuckerbox today.
Massive Federal government surplus.
2007-520 17Aug07  Stock market roller coaster.
The bumpy ride of the stock market in recent times.
2007-524 21Aug07  Pole dancing.
Quirky look at the Rudd strip club incident (there apparently was a pole dancer).
2007-522 20Aug07  Hot night on the town.
A look at Kevin Rudd's drunken night out at a strip club.
2007-514 16Aug07  Al Qaeda torture manual for fund managers.
Quirky look at the fear arising from the stock market downturn.
2007-515 16Aug07  Wedgie politics.
Kevin Rudd and John Howard joining forces against
Peter Beattie's council amalgamation plans.
2007-511 15Aug07  Outback Punch and Judy show.
Endemic violence in the Aboriginal community.
2007-507 11Aug07  Terrorist threat in Pakistan.
Speculating on Pakistan's reaction to Australia selling uranium to India.
2007-508 14Aug07  Horror today.
Panic over a particularly virulent strain of flu this year.
2007-505 13Aug07  The Stations of the Cross today.
Both major political parties clambering for the Christian vote.
2007-502 10Aug07  WorkChoices applied to Roman galley slaves.
WorkChoices is the the Federal Government's
program to further deregulate the labour market.
2007-455 19July07  Drugs in sport.
Quirky look at the use of performance enhancing drugs in sport.
2007-491 7Aug07  Aboriginal Dreamtime today.
Legislation that will take control of Aboriginal land from Aboriginals.
2007-495P 8Aug07  Interest rate rise to support.
Pocket cartoon that went with article
on the latest interest rate rise.
2007-490 7Aug07 Scares John Howard.
The threat that rising interest rates pose to John Howard.
2007-487 3Aug07  Definition of a green corridor.
Rising pressure to use land earmarked as green
corridors (open space) to developed for housing.
2007-486 3Aug07  The generation gap today.
The rising level of obesity in the younger generation.
2007-485 2Aug07 Modern scales of justice.
How the media is used to distort and manipulate cases before the courts.
2007-483 1Aug07  The lurking submarine.
The crisis in the US subprime mortgage market
and it's potential impact on the world economy.

 July 2007 
2007-479 31July07  Another suspicious person.
A look at the handling of the Mohamed Haneef case
by the Federal Immigration Minister, Kevin Andrews.
2007-478 30July07  Modern version of The Last Supper.
A look at over eating through Leonardo da Vinci's painting The Last Supper.
2007-473 27July07  AFL club boardroom.
Drawn in response to a spate of sackings of AFL coaches.
2007-474 27July07  Reaction to Premier Steve Bracks' resignation.
A look at the Costello Howard leadership battle via the resignation of Steve Bracks.
2007-472P 26July07  Tour de France road sign.
Pocket cartoon that went with article on the Tour de
France cycle race being dogged with drug taking scandals.
2007-471P 26July07  Paying off your mortgage.
Pocket cartoon that went with article on the high percentage
of total household income going to pay off the mortgage.
2007-469 26July07  Celebrating John Howard's birthday.
Long standing rivalry between Howard and Costello.
2007-458 20July2007   Australian convicts.
A housing shortage in Australia is having a crippling
effect on renters and people with mortgages.
2007-464 25July07  If Bracks and Howard were neighbours.
Steve Bracks and John Howard feuding over the
management of the Murray Darling river system.
2007-462 24July07  Rule Britannia.
Massive floods in Britain.
2007-461 24July07  Kevin Rudd's forest policy.
Kevin Rudd's Forrest policy primarily aimed at unseating John Howard.
2007-460 23July07  All is not well.
Publication of the last book in the Harry Potter
series.  "All was well" is the last sentence of that book.
2007-457 20July07  Janette Howard's influence.
Look at the relationship between Prime Minster Howard and his wife Janette.
2007-454 19July07  Four on the floor Ford Falcon.
600 jobs to go at the Ford engine plant.
2007-451 18July07  Driving and Australian made Ford car.
Closure of the Ford engine plant in Geelong.
2007-446 17July07  Letting Mohamed Haneef out on bail.
Terrorist suspect Mohamed Haneef detained in an immigration detention
centre by the Federal Government after he was released on bail by the court.
2007-444 16July07  John Howard really worried.
Speculating that Costello is unlikely to challenge
Howard for the leadership until after the election.
2007-438 11July07  Traditional quarter acre block in the future.
Urbanisation of Australia spelling the end of the traditional quarter acre block.
2007-440 12July07  Company bankruptcy domino effect.
A look at the impact on small investors when a company collapses.
2007-434 10July07  Housing affordability.
Owning your own home becoming increasingly more difficult for the younger generations.
2007-433 9July07  The Seven Wonders of the World.
The Bush government's obsession with oil.
2007-432 9July07  Listening to the Live Ear