http://www.thepunch.com.au/tags/perth/ Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +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/He-drills-he-earns-he-spends-he-doesnt-apologise/ He’s a self-confessed “cashed-up bogan” earning $800 a day or more than $208,000 a year in Western Australia’s booming mining industry. Since dropping out of Mandurah Catholic College in year 10, James “Jimmy” Dinnison, 25, has earned more than a million dollars, bought a house at aged 18, but sees no problem in splurging most of his hard-earned on boy’s toys. Jimmy works extremely hard in tough, hot and dangerous conditions as a fly-in, fly-out driller working 12-hour shifts in the WA’s north-west, but he has also sparked fierce debate about the fall of the American economy, thanks to an intriguing profile in that country’s highest circulating newspaper, the influential Wall Street Journal. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/He-drills-he-earns-he-spends-he-doesnt-apologise/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/He-drills-he-earns-he-spends-he-doesnt-apologise/#item7209 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Returning home for summer is a continuing novelty for me. This may be explained in part by the fact the Melburnian summer exists only in myth, much like the unicorn or Dennis Lillee. Compared to the glorious and endless parade of 35-degree days in Perth, the southern capital is a pale and moody slouch.  Yes, it may be the cultural, sporting, and nightlife epicentre of the nation, but not even Events Victoria could poach a decent summer. Rain outside of winter does not make for happy tidings. As Thom Yorke croaked: “everything in its right place”. And that means, Melbourne, keep the damp in July and open up the summer goody bag sometime around December. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-real-city-rivalry-melbourne-perth/ Returning home for summer is a continuing novelty for me. This may be explained in part by the fact the Melburnian summer exists only in myth, much like the unicorn or Dennis Lillee. Compared to the glorious and endless parade of 35-degree days in Perth, the southern capital is a pale and moody slouch.  Yes, it may be the cultural, sporting, and nightlife epicentre of the nation, but not even Events Victoria could poach a decent summer. Rain outside of winter does not make for happy tidings. As Thom Yorke croaked: “everything in its right place”. And that means, Melbourne, keep the damp in July and open up the summer goody bag sometime around December. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-real-city-rivalry-melbourne-perth/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-real-city-rivalry-melbourne-perth/#item5002 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Returning home for summer is a continuing novelty for me. This may be explained in part by the fact the Melburnian summer exists only in myth, much like the unicorn or Dennis Lillee. Compared to the glorious and endless parade of 35-degree days in Perth, the southern capital is a pale and moody slouch.  Yes, it may be the cultural, sporting, and nightlife epicentre of the nation, but not even Events Victoria could poach a decent summer. Rain outside of winter does not make for happy tidings. As Thom Yorke croaked: “everything in its right place”. And that means, Melbourne, keep the damp in July and open up the summer goody bag sometime around December. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/adelaide.-its-ok-no-really/ The Property Council of Australia - in one of those surveys aimed at getting their name on every news service - has named Adelaide Australia’s most liveable city. ‘Liveable’ is such a beige term. Talk about damned with faint praise. They used a bunch of different characteristics such as traffic congestion and housing affordability to judge each capital city. The fact that Canberra came in second goes to show that having a rockin’ good time wasn’t a criterion. (Oh come on, the Holy Grail doesn’t count). penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/adelaide.-its-ok-no-really/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/adelaide.-its-ok-no-really/#item4954 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Returning home for summer is a continuing novelty for me. This may be explained in part by the fact the Melburnian summer exists only in myth, much like the unicorn or Dennis Lillee. Compared to the glorious and endless parade of 35-degree days in Perth, the southern capital is a pale and moody slouch.  Yes, it may be the cultural, sporting, and nightlife epicentre of the nation, but not even Events Victoria could poach a decent summer. Rain outside of winter does not make for happy tidings. As Thom Yorke croaked: “everything in its right place”. And that means, Melbourne, keep the damp in July and open up the summer goody bag sometime around December. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/perths-mining-boom-destroying-diplomacy/ A peculiar diplomatic exodus is taking place away from Australia’s economic heartland. Over the past year more than half-a-dozen Consulates based in Perth have either completely shut-shop or withdrawn key representative postings. What is Western Australian doing wrong? Foreign governments should be scrambling to court the state that is essentially driving the nation’s economic development. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/perths-mining-boom-destroying-diplomacy/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/perths-mining-boom-destroying-diplomacy/#item4270 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Returning home for summer is a continuing novelty for me. This may be explained in part by the fact the Melburnian summer exists only in myth, much like the unicorn or Dennis Lillee. Compared to the glorious and endless parade of 35-degree days in Perth, the southern capital is a pale and moody slouch.  Yes, it may be the cultural, sporting, and nightlife epicentre of the nation, but not even Events Victoria could poach a decent summer. Rain outside of winter does not make for happy tidings. As Thom Yorke croaked: “everything in its right place”. And that means, Melbourne, keep the damp in July and open up the summer goody bag sometime around December. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/apprentices-tale-mums-dont-lose-personality-in-birth/ I have four children. That’s not an easy thing for me to admit in public. It’s not that I am ashamed of it, far from it, but it brings with it an expectation from people about how I should be/have that I don’t always live up to. Let’s just say it’s one of many well-worn-out stereotypes I don’t do well. It bothers me though that I feel compelled to somewhat mask this side of my life, not out of privacy, but for fear that my own identity will be drowned out by the din of social constructs that requires one’s personality to drop out of your vagina when giving birth to your first child. I can’t believe that “motherhood” is still in need of an image shake-up in 2009, or we at the very least we need to extend the parameters of how we expect mothers to behave. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/apprentices-tale-mums-dont-lose-personality-in-birth/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/apprentices-tale-mums-dont-lose-personality-in-birth/#item1014 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Returning home for summer is a continuing novelty for me. This may be explained in part by the fact the Melburnian summer exists only in myth, much like the unicorn or Dennis Lillee. Compared to the glorious and endless parade of 35-degree days in Perth, the southern capital is a pale and moody slouch.  Yes, it may be the cultural, sporting, and nightlife epicentre of the nation, but not even Events Victoria could poach a decent summer. Rain outside of winter does not make for happy tidings. As Thom Yorke croaked: “everything in its right place”. And that means, Melbourne, keep the damp in July and open up the summer goody bag sometime around December.