Posts tagged "Queensland"
Campbell Newman Takes A Pineapple

Campbell Newman Takes A Pineapple

    In the National Year of Reading, Queensland’s new premier, Campbell Newman has decided to scrap the state’s literary awards. A curious manoeuvre for a state still struggling to shrug off the deep-north, block-headed stereo-type attributed to it four decades back. Newman’s rationale? To bolster frontline services, improve the cost of living for Queenslanders...
Greetings From The Gold Coast

Greetings From The Gold Coast

Not long back, you could prop in the Rainbow Bay Ale House and enjoy a good smoke with each cold beer. You could amble in after touch-down, or load-up prior to departure, confident in the knowledge that your petty vices would be genially accommodated. Positioned mid-way between the north and south wings of the long tin...