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Wake in Fright riffed on Broken Hill’s lack of affordable transport. Some things haven’t changed since 1971

Penry Buckley visited the Silver City in the footsteps of the classic Australia movie. The 13-and-a-half hour train to Sydney proved more gruelling than glamorous

The Guardian - AU · Jan 1

Too often Australians weaponise the word ‘mate’ to mean the opposite of friendship

Seeing a road-rage exchange and reading Wake in Fright got me thinking how readily this word is used as a testosterone-charged pejorative

The Guardian - AU · Jul 9, 2023

CPAC Dallas is still Trump-centric, but Ron DeSantis is on Texans’ minds

DALLAS — The Conservative Political Action Conference is still very much a Donald Trump-dominated event, but ears perked up anytime another name was mentioned during the three-day event in Dallas.

Tribune News Service · Aug 6, 2022