Raise a glass (or five) for Christmas

Posted: 09 Dec 10 | IT is well the office Christmas party happens but once a year. That way, you've got a full 364 days to rehabilitate your reputation if the worst happens. |

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Gav's rant: clubs need to find way to avoid uniform clashes

Posted: 13 May 10 | AFL boss Andrew Demetriou insists a uniform clash between Melbourne players and umpires did not affect the result of last Friday night's match against the Western Bulldogs at the MCG. |

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Billionaire needed to rescue club

Posted: 15 Apr 10 | THE English Premier League is hardly a league at all. |

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A whale sized problem

Posted: 19 Jan 10 | THE end justifies the means. It's a mantra rogues and fanatics have lived by throughout history. It is an attitude that has allowed totalitarian regimes, dictators and other monsters to justify all manner of crimes. |

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Deck the halls with boughs of folly

Posted: 03 Dec 09 | WHEN it snows, ain’t it thrilling, Though your nose gets a chilling We’ll frolic and play, the Eskimo way, Walking in a winter wonderland.’’ Could there possibly be a more stupid song to be singing in Australia in December? |

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A bit of national service would do 'em good

Posted: 01 Dec 09 | BRING back national service! It sounds like the kind of rally cry you’d expect from the RSL or maybe your grandpa, who’d like nothing more than to unleash a regimental sergeant major on some of today’s cocky kids. |

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Feeling flat after a smashing good time

Posted: 15 Oct 09 | SO MUCH good work has been done to promote Ballarat as this state’s cycle city. The council has done its bit by attracting a host of first class cycling events to town, as evidenced by ‘‘our’’ official launch of the Herald Sun Tour. |

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Gun amnesty bit of a misfire

Posted: 14 Oct 09 | ANOTHER year, another gun amnesty. And yet another photo op involving an earnest police officer looking serious and concerned in front of a pile of firearms. |

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There's nothing typical about your typical American

Posted: 24 Sep 09 | AMERICA: the world’s greatest superpower, or greatest scapegoat? Criticise the folk of most nations on the globe and you’ll be labeled a racist or a bigot. But take potshots at Americans and you’ve nothing to worry about. As far as the ‘‘Yanks’’ are concerned, it’s open season. |

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Party political promotion: a costly sign of the times

Posted: 11 Sep 09 | SOME of our elected officials seem to wonder why they are held in such contempt by so many Australians. Well, if they spent a tiny fraction of the money they waste on self promotion, on a mirror, perhaps they might get a hint why. |

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White elephants: they're roaming loose in Ballarat

Posted: 01 Sep 09 | BACCHUS Marsh used to have a lion park. Well, I reckon Ballarat could quite easily respond with our White Elephant tour. |

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The lure of the long Saturday night out

Posted: 06 Aug 09 | I WONDER how many thirty or forty-something married people have looked across the great social divide, seen the lights and heard the laughter on a Saturday night, and pondered just how green the grass is over there. |

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Dodging dog deposits no fun at all

Posted: 27 Jul 09 | I'VE had it with dogs. Man's best friend? Well, with one notable exception (you know who you are!), none of my best friends is in the habit of placing unpleasant surprises in my path that inevitably result in an unhappy whiff about my life as well as considerable embarrassment. |

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