David Fagan
David Fagan is editor of The Courier-Mail, the main source of news and information in Queensland. He gets crankier each day at the failure of governments of all flavours to deliver meaningfully on anything they promise - whether it’s building a barbecue, a submarine or reshaping the health system. This is most exemplified by drugs policy which is destroying individuals and corrupting institutions. The Courier-Mail has been reporting heavily in recent months on the issue of amphetamines abuse, the harm it does and attempting to identify some solutions.
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Abolish Queensland ... the government, that is
WOULD Queenslanders ever agree to their state being abolished? No way, you might say, particularly in the season that the…... Read more
One simple way to take ecstasy pills off the street
Australians are the biggest per capita users of ecstasy in the world, a statistic no one in their right mind…... Read more
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La dole cheque vita is not so sweet on $16 a day
Your task is simple. Here is $115.50. It must last one week. You have no savings, no assets, but thankfully…
Those greedy ATMs gobble up more than your card
We’ve been talking a lot about interest rates this week. And the 30 per cent of us who have mortgages…
Wrap of the week: It’s the economy, stupid
There is a touch of Lleyton Hewitt about Julia Gillard. It is not merely that both are redheads or that…
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choice ringside rantings
From: Punch on: Open thread 09/02/2012
marley says:
I'm one of the older ones, so I've certainly seen a few changes in my time. When I started school I learned to write with a nib pen, dipped in an inkwell (no, I'm not kidding). My mother became a dab hand at getting inkstains out of my clothes. Flicking ink at one another in the classroom was an essential… [read more]From: I’d rather have a piece of toast than listen to crap lyrics
Erick says:
Led Zeppelin are responsible for my all-time favourite mixed metaphor: "There you sit, sit and stare, like a book on a shelf rusting." (Misty Mountain Hop) I laugh every time I hear it. Hmmm, I believe I've decided what to play on the way to work today. [read more]Gentle jabs to the ribs
No wuckin forries. These nuckin futs are tuckin fops
Well, puck me with a fitchfork. The F-word is apparently an acceptable part of Australian speech. That’s… Read more
