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A fortnight to go, but what to celebrate before then?
Tomorrow, January 26th, Australia and India have national days of celebration. For India it is their Republic Day, which commemorates...
lydiajulian1
Jan 25, 20219 min read


"It's all in the optics"
Many a reader has wondered about my linking of the world of politics to Grand Slam tennis. Well, more often than not, there are many...
lydiajulian1
Jan 19, 202111 min read


The Rules of Engagement
Today I ‘lockdown’ my lockdown writings. It seems an appropriate day to do so. Yesterday was the 23rd consecutive day of no new cases in...
lydiajulian1
Nov 23, 202011 min read


Joe, the crucial votes were in the mail, but in Australia, 'watch' how you do business!
Well, just when you thought when the weeks could not become even stranger, along came the past seven days! Irony, confusion, chaos and...
lydiajulian1
Nov 8, 202010 min read


Tick, tock, tick, tock-Listen, is that the sound of a lockdown being unwound?
This week the Victorian Premier acknowledged the growing volume of community anger against the duration and extent of his lockdown...
lydiajulian1
Nov 1, 20209 min read


"Your vote and watch are in the mail"
On 1st January 1901 Australia’s political structure was transformed. Six separate colonies became part of a Federal Commonwealth. Many of...
lydiajulian1
Oct 25, 20208 min read


"Being judged by the company you keep"
How fickle the fates! Paris enters a curfew only days after the French Open finishes. The City of Lights is to be dimmed to repel a...
lydiajulian1
Oct 18, 202010 min read
A pox on both candidates!
I have discovered that when searching for images to insert into articles, copying of certain photographs will result in a slightly...
Julian Dowse
Oct 4, 20207 min read


One strike and you are out! Six state borders and you are locked in!
On reflection I suppose that most people thought that the only way Novak Djokovic would not win the US Open was if he beat himself. And...
lydiajulian1
Sep 13, 202010 min read


A week to go in New York and Melbourne or so we thought...
One week of the US Tennis Open left in New York. One week left of the latest lockdown in Melbourne, but suddenly a two week extension…...
lydiajulian1
Sep 6, 20207 min read


Borders and pandemics should not be alibis for poor policy behind the 'Iron Ore Curtain'...
It is said that desperate times call for desperate measures. However, they should never be a reason for dishonourable and unprincipled...
lydiajulian1
Sep 2, 20203 min read


An 'F word' that matters...
As Australia's pandemic problems start to fracture our political system, it is important to remember how our Federal system of government...
lydiajulian1
Sep 2, 20207 min read


Very Few Borders have Soft Edges
As the US Open commences and the immovable side, service and baselines of tennis courts will determine players’ fates, it seems our nation’
Julian Dowse
Aug 30, 20209 min read


Playing the Percentages
I have always believed that 95% of people do the right thing 95% of the time.
Julian Dowse
Aug 2, 20207 min read


Gone with the Mob
England’s statues are falling down
Falling down, falling down
England’s statues are falling down
Why ,oh why, are we so angry?
Julian Dowse
Jun 13, 20206 min read

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