Blue's Blog


  • The language of freedom of expression

    8 August 2012

    Just over 60 years ago I started school and my writing instrument was a slate and a 'pencil'. But no...

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  • Legacy of reform

    20 June 2012

    Clive Morton ponders the Prime Minister’s proposed education reform and questions just how good the ...

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  • Free-range turkeys

    20 June 2012

    What is our collective future when common-sense is over-ridden by personal ideologies and pithy part...

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  • Big brother

    14 February 2012

    Local governments and media need to support and credit non-tourism industries that bring wealth to p...

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  • Batting an eyelid

    14 February 2012

    A horse contracts Hendra virus in rural North Queensland and the Gold Coast becomes the venue for po...

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  • Everald Compton

    14 February 2012

    There’s a body of people — among them experts in their field — who believe dams in the Top End can k...

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