Kevin Rudd

Australia Goes to the Polls.

28 July 2010 Life in Australia

But not quite yet. Back in England, although I am not overly political, I at least knew who I liked and who I disliked politically, as well as which party I wanted to win come general election time. Here in Australia, I’m not so sure. In three weeks and three days from now, on August [...]

Les Murray: An Australian Icon

28 June 2010 Entertainment Australia

On Friday I showed you a couple of clips from former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s farewell speech. The entire speech did go on a bit, way too long for anybody to have to listen to a politician. So that’s why I didn’t subject you to all of it. No, instead I chose to show [...]

Australian Politics: They Don’t Hang About Here…

25 June 2010 Life in Australia

I hope you have all read my Definitive Guide to Australian Politics post. It covers everything you need to know about how we run things here down under. But even though I am clearly an authority on the subject, I wasn’t prepared for what happened yesterday. First, let’s go back in time and switch continents [...]

Surfin’ Australia

17 April 2009 Australia vs UK

Today I want to talk about surfin’. Image Courtesy of monkeyc No, not that surfin’ – the other one! For some people, one of the first considerations when moving to a new home, let alone to a new country, is “can I get an Internet connection?” – so I thought this may be of interest [...]