Joshua Dowling
Joshua Dowling is News Ltd’s National Motoring Editor and has been a motoring journalist for 20 years, covering the industry locally and overseas. He is also one of two World Car of the Year judges in Australia. Unlike most motoring hacks in Australia, Joshua buys his own cars, including several locally-made models. He has the requisite passion for Supercars but is also a closet fan of small hatchbacks and workhorse utes. He once drove a Nissan Micra to Bathurst instead of an Audi R8 V10, and also once drove a tiny Smart car from Sydney to Perth and survived!
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Desperately Holden on to Aussie hearts and wallets
Is Holden about to change its advertising slogan to “Football, Magpies, Kangaroos and Holden cars”, a nod to its 1970s…... Read more
Our auto industry is falling apart piece by piece
The sad reality is we can expect many more closures similar to the collapse this morning of Australian car manufacturing…... Read more
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Will Pope Francis have the vision to tackle this?
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Advocating risk management is not “victim blaming”
In a world in which there are still people who subscribe to the vile notion that certain victims of sexual…
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From: Hasbro, go straight to gaol, do not pass go
Tim says:
They should update other things in the game too. Instead of a get out of jail free card, they should have a Dodgy Lawyer card that not only gets you out of jail straight away but also gives you a fat payout in compensation for daring to arrest you in the first place. Instead of getting a hotel when you… [read more]From: A guide to summer festivals especially if you wouldn’t go
Kel says:
If you want a festival for older people or for families alike, get amongst the respectable punters at Bluesfest. A truly amazing festival experience to be had of ALL AGES. And all the young "festivalgoers" usually write themselves off on the first night, only to never hear from them again the rest of… [read more]Gentle jabs to the ribs
Superman needs saving
Can somebody please save Superman? He seems to be going through a bit of a crisis. Eighteen months ago,… Read more
