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The Hermit

Brisbane laughing all the way to the Brexit

Brisbane should be laughing after the Brexit vote in Britain.

Never since we last clean swept the Poms in the Ashes has Britain provided so much mirth as watching the Brexit vote. The self-imagined suffering of the London elites when put in their place by ordinary men and women is a joy to behold. The caterwauling does not stop.

Time to end the Anzac myths

Anzac Day

Many of the things we have come to believe about Gallipoli - for example, that Australians bore the brunt of the casualties - are untrue.

Parties won't learn from council elections

Lord Mayor Graham Quirk is greeted by LNP faithful as he claims victory in the Brisbane City Council election.

Unlike other areas of endeavour, politicians do a poor job of learning from success or failure. That's because winners think they are perfect, and losers usually try to blame someone else.

Brisbane's shameful secret past

The Queensland Debating Union knew about Desmond Sanderson's criminal record.

The media is currently turning itself inside out over Cardinal Pell's evidence in Rome, but we needn't look further than Brisbane to find high ranking people who have protected and enabled paedophiles.  

Innovation ain’t the answer, Malcolm

The call to innovation from a prime minister who is a technology millionaire sounds somehow hollow.

Innovation on its own will benefit the people who can afford to invest in it, and own it - thus potentially widening the gap between the rich and everyone else.