John Mikkelsen
A career journalist, former editor of regional daily The Observer in Gladstone. John is now a freelance writer and columnist featuring regularly in websites and regional papers.
Articles by John Mikkelsen
Something’s really fishy in the Gladstone waters
It’s official. The water quality in Gladstone Harbour is fine despite one of the world’s biggest dredging programs. Sick fish…... Read more
Back off, scammers, you’re barking up the wrong tree
Have I got SUCKER tatooed on my forehead? Or a big bulls-eye and the words “easy target” pinned to my…... Read more
Telling the Government to go and get trucked
“Breaker, breaker Rubber Ducky, looks like we’ve got us a convoy… “. Well, actually we’ve got eight of them now…... Read more
Verbal battle lines drawn on carbon tax
“We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and…... Read more
The Climate Commission report is full of it
It should come as no great surprise that the Federal Government’s Climate Commission has produced a new report with dire…... Read more
This specific dingo did not eat any babies
Political correctness rules our lives and while I’m all for equal opportunity, why not extend it to some of the…... Read more
REWARD: Take the climate change challenge
Pssst – want to make an easy ten grand? Believers in the science of global warming, you now have the…... Read more
Laws of the land create an unjust environment
Justice may be blind, but many Australian farmers find the scales are tipped against them as they struggle to come…... Read more
Gas, gas, gas, it’s actually no laughing matter
Australia’s burgeoning liquified natural gas industry is no laughing matter for Central Queensland farmers faced with falling property prices and…... Read more
The farmers’ revolution against climate bureaucrats
What started as a ripple is now growing into a powerful protest wave sweeping across our great nation. In the…... Read more
Green movement’s next big thing: the Clima-Sutra
Good news for all the eco warriors out there – sex is the new green when it comes to saving…... Read more
Killing cane toads with love
OUR major trading pals the Chinese are about to celebrate the Year of the Tiger, but one Queensland businessman would…... Read more
It’s El Alamein revisited as climate war heats up
Our American friends remember The Alamo, we see Gallipoli and North Africa among defining moments in national pride and self-sacrifice…... Read more
What you don’t see can’t hurt you, unless it’s a big shark
Well it’s the silly season and sharks are in the news again, big time. This summer in central Queensland, they…... Read more
A real man’s bloody awesome non-latte sipping barbecue
MANLINESS or the right to be the opposite has been THE hot topic up here in Central Queensland lately, so…... Read more
This is close to brainwashing kids on climate change
IF YOUR job involves one of Australia’s major export industries such as mining or manufacturing, then you probably return home…... Read more
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Who would work in an abattoir? Most of us have done jobs we didn’t want to do because we needed…
Friday Dilemma: child cruelty or harmless fun?
Parenting. It’s the new oneupmanship. Ah, how quaint the days now seem when parents could raise…
Hipsters with hip replacements
Someone once told me that when people reach a certain age they begin dressing in the manner they did…
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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
