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Sydney, don't let uppity Melbourne become No.1
Sydney, we must not give Melbourne the satisfaction of winning the demographic race
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Broadcaster and co-founder of The Chaser and Giant Dwarf
Sydney, we must not give Melbourne the satisfaction of winning the demographic race
Only Cory Bernardi can claim to be the Australian Donald Trump. Only the Liberal Senator for South Australia shares the president's gift for representing those on the margins despite being an insider for decades.
Whether you consider yourself one of 'Trump's Aussie Mates' like Mark Latham, or view the president-elect as one of the Four Businessmen of the Apocalypse, one thing cannot be denied about Donald J. Trump. Of all the candidates who ran in the US election, he was undoubtedly the most entertaining.
There are few sadder sights during a Sydney summer than rain on the third day of the Test. It's supposed to be the highlight of our sporting calendar, but a downpour renders it as depressing as spending New Year's Eve huddling under a poncho.
The list of the icons that we've lost this year reads like a morbid update of We Didn't Start the Fire.
This morning, some exciting news ricocheted around the nerd community. After weeks of being sold out everywhere, this Christmas' hottest gift, the NES Mini, went back on sale on Target's website. Geeks like me who grew up in the 1980s haven't been this excited since the Ghostbusters reboot.
The current regime offers no incentives for restraint. Instead, to the contrary, there's an incentive to smash bevvies before the nanny state sends you home.
Have you ever found yourself in a polling booth, pencil poised above the ballot paper, wishing there were more options?
We seem to be rejecting both mass-market fast food and upmarket fine dining, and instead compromising on upmarket fast food.
JK Rowling has a disconcerting habit of tinkering with the world she's created.
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