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  • Mon 17 December 2018     I’ve always loved Jersey granite and the sunsets at St Ouen’s, but Uluru is a rock to rival our own 
  • Mon 14 January 2019         A serious question that we’ve yet to address with sufficient urgency  (Dried-up Murray-Darling River) 
  • Tues 12 February 2019        No need for this kind of scrutiny over here (Royal Commission on Banking and the Finance industry) 
  • Tues 12 March 2019             It’s not just Jersey that is wary of political parties  (The rise of Independent candidates) 
  • Mon 8 April 2019                   Winx has won Australia’s heart, but will she win her 33rd race this weekend?  (Horse racing) 
  • Mon 29 April 2019                 Two Australian national holidays that mean as much as Liberation Day  (Anzac Day) 
  • Fri 10 May 2019                     Words from the heart… from a future Prime Minister of Australia  (Aust. Political history & 2019 Election) 
  • Mon 3 June 2019                    How do the opinion pollsters continue to get election results wrong?  (Federal Election result) 
  • Mon 17 June 2019                  Australians idolise their sporting heroes – until they fall from grace (Steve Smith & David Warner) 
  • Mon 1 July 2019            Singapore and Hong Kong seem to have been drastically over-developed 
  • Mon 15 July 2019           Traditions among bus-drivers vary, depending on which country you are in 
  • Mon 29 July 2019           Summer months in a town full of friendly ghosts and old friends
  • Mon 12 August 2019      After the repressive straitjacket of school, uni life was blissful liberation
  • Mon 26 August 2019       Declaration of a climate emergency puts Jersey ahead of most nations 
  • Mon 9 September 2019   Elizabeth Castle seems to float, supreme and confident, in St Aubin’s Bay
  • Mon 23 September 2019  Hong Kong: It’s as if the UK had agreed to ‘give back’ Jersey to France 
  • Mon 7 October 2019     The kids are right – it is time action is taken to tackle climate change    
  • Mon 21 October 2019    The truth is stranger than fiction at the Wharf Revue
  • Mon 4 November 2019   Sculptures by the Sea – a communal experience that Jersey could adopt 
  • Mon 18 November 2019   A tree was on fire, like a gigantic torch, about 30m high and 1km off  
  • Mon 2 December 2019   Meddling in the affairs of other countries is all the rage at the moment  
  • Mon 16 December 2019   The bleakest midsummer anyone can remember – but still they pipe carols  
  • Mon 30 December 2019   In the 2020s, I am not proud, but ashamed, of my Australian nationality
  • Mon 13 January 2020   No smoke without fire in the current crisis that is engulfing Australia  
  • Mon 27 January 2020   Time for truth-telling on the past and present for Aboriginal Australians  
  • Mon 10 February 2020   Tennis and ‘rorts’ are among the Australian national sports  
  • Mon 24 February 2020   Challenging times for Australia in the aftermath of the bushfires
  • Mon 9 March 2020   Combing the beach brings back memories of vraicing in Jersey
  • Mon 23 March 2020   2020 is in need of a reboot – it’s definitely not working properly  
  • Mon 6 April 2020   We’re all in this together  
  • Mon 20 April 2020   Coronavirus: the triumph of hope over doom and gloom
  • Fri 1 May 2020   If Covid-19 has been sent packing in New Zealand, it vindicates the decision to ‘go early and go hard’  
  • Mon 18 May 2020   Bondi Beach is great – but it can’t compete with St Ouen’s at sunset  
  • Mon 1 June 2020    Living in big brothers’ shadows  
  • Mon 15 June 2020   Black Lives Matter movement resonates loudly in Australia  
  • Mon 29 June 2020   Going the distance in spite of the coronavirus lockdown  
  • Mon 13 July 2020    Islands have a strong edge but the coronavirus still fights back 
  • Mon 27 July 2020    Palace papers reveal details of the ‘Dismissal’ – 45 years later  
  • Mon 10 August 2020   In spite of Melbourne’s COVID-19 ‘state of disaster’, maybe we are still the lucky country after all
  • Mon 24 August 2020   Like the playground bully welling up with crocodile tears, mighty Google has reacted with outrage  
  • Mon 7 September 2020   Australia’s exports include iron ore, bauxite, rapidly declining quantities of coal and defrocked prime ministers  
  • Tues 22 September 2020   Was Sydney’s five-ring circus the greatest show on Earth?  
  • Mon 5 October 2020   The struggle against the Covid pandemic could be just a mere skirmish in 21st century history  
  • Mon 19 October 2020   Is corruption a crime?  Many politicians use their positions of influence to enrich themselves 
  • Mon 2 November 2020   Democracy and its enemies come in many different forms  
  • Mon 16 November 2020   Bonk bans in a bonkers world as sensible centre comes back to life  
  • Mon 30 November 2020   ‘If you make China the enemy, China will be the enemy’ – the costly end of a good relationship? 
  • Mon 14 December 2020   Sex on the Great Barrier Reef – live on Australian television  
  • Sat 2 January 2021