http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/garry-condoseres/ Garry Condoseres is a musician, writer and freelance stunt linguist with degrees in journalism and linguistics from the University of Queensland. He lives in Darwin, Northern Territory but doesn’t like fishing, beer or mangos. Go figure. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/theres-nothing-wrong-with-the-aussie-bogan-slogan/ Recently News.com.au published an article from Brisbane’s Courier-Mail and a poll calling for the banning of the Aussie sporting war cry “Oi! Oi! Oi!” on grounds that it’s embarrassing. When I last checked, the yeas were outnumbering the nays two to one and I find that distressing. I’m not remotely embarrassed to say I love the Aussie Aussie Aussie warcry. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Garry Condoseres) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/theres-nothing-wrong-with-the-aussie-bogan-slogan/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/theres-nothing-wrong-with-the-aussie-bogan-slogan/#item4343 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:35:46 +0000 Garry Condoseres | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/i-like-it-on-the-floor-too-but-not-for-an-entire-month/ Last night three of my female friends posted unusual updates on Facebook about where they “like it”. I wanted to know what was going on, so I Googled it (I often find this approach less stressful than talking to women). i-It turns out it’s a campaign to draw attention to October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It’s an idea along similar lines to last year’s effort which centred on posting your preferred bra colour on your favourite online social network. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Garry Condoseres) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/i-like-it-on-the-floor-too-but-not-for-an-entire-month/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/i-like-it-on-the-floor-too-but-not-for-an-entire-month/#item4207 Sun, 10 Oct 2010 19:50:44 +0000 Garry Condoseres | Author bios | The Punch