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The fall of Damascus to overwhelming British imperial forces on October 1, 1918, was a crucial moment in the end of the Ottoman Empire. Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Charles Niquet Olden, born in Ballarat in 1881, lead the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) mounted soldiers into the city. Historian Amanda Bentley writes in “Ballarat & District in the…
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Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece Yesterday, conservative Skynews commentator Andrew Bolt discussed a proposal by you to consider introducing British style AI intelligence cameras to Melbourne. Mr Bolt asked his audience: “Do you want to be safer or do you want to be spied on?” and said that rising crime and terrorism is turning Australia into…
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I have long believed that Richard Nixon was the most seriously under rated American president in my lifetime. When John Lennon sang: “No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of Tricky DickyIs gonna mother hubbard soft soap meWith just a pocketful of hopeMoney for dopeMoney for rope” I had no effective retort to either the strength of this…
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When I was young and first became politically aware, (1966 – “All The Way With LBJ” – and afterwards), the peace lovers seemed to be on The Left – JFK and RFK and Gough Whitlam were three examples. To show how times and my perceptions have changed, I now present quotes from President Franklin Delano…
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