Heckler on Environment
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Dumping on those litterbugs
Heckler I HATE dumpers. I've never liked them. Who does? The other day, however, they went too far. I was disgusted. Disdain of dumpers escalated to hate.
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Waiting for some sense over weight
Heckler CHILDHOOD obesity is in the spotlight again, with Professor David Penington's suggestion that a child's weight be recorded on their primary school report.
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Reeling with rage over change
Heckler OK, THIS is the last straw. I want to take my kids to a movie at the weekend, and have just looked at the Herald's movie guide.
Gift for dad, the armed, drunk loner
Heckler IF ANOTHER catalogue comes through my letterbox around Father's Day urging my family to buy me a John Wayne, Dirty Harry or James Bond movie for dad, I'll spill my Milo.
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Off-the-rails hotels just don't wash with guests
Heckler I'M IN Washington, where there is a record heatwave. I'm in a hotel so wonderful I want to sell up everything and live here for the rest of my life. Well, perhaps not on a very hot July 4.
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Empire building nightmare
The Heckler ON JANUARY 21, 1930, in the middle of the world's busiest city, excavation for New York's Empire State Building began. Fourteen months later, on May 1, 1931, the building was officially opened.
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Councils throw out rule book
Heckler WHEN I was a little tacker my parents had a way of dealing with me if I overstepped the mark. If I asked for something and was told I couldn't have it, they wouldn't relent, no matter how many times...
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Mulch ado about grubs of this world
Heckler When did cigarette butts become de facto mulch? When did beer bottles, car batteries and pizza boxes become garden ornaments?
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Flight of the discords
Heckler An open letter to the magpies of Sydney: With spring just around the corner I believe it's time we got this sorted out once and for all.
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I'm single ... and I vote
Heckler IF I hear that working families are under financial strain one more time …
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At 38,000 feet it's all smiles
Heckler Recently I endured a series of international flights in cattle class. My onboard neighbours ranged from armrest hoggers and shoe-removers to passengers with verbal diarrhoea.
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Four easy steps to better email
Heckler EMAIL came upon us quickly. One minute we were sprinting to the letter box to catch the last post and suddenly it was fingers flashing across the keyboard and the click of a mouse.
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Stirred by the possum
Heckler HAVE you ever looked down upon a possum, those cute eyes staring back at you, and felt like kicking the little sods from here to Kununurra? I have.
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The market is definitely overheated
Heckler HERE in Australia, in the southern hemisphere, it is officially winter. It is therefore cold, and getting colder by the day.
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Let's declare a new pest
Heckler ARRIVING home from a trip overseas, I pulled the arrivals card out of the plane seat pocket and began to fill it in: name, nationality, occupation. Megabytes of information for Big Brother.
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Put everyone to the test
Heckler JULIA GILLARD'S intention to use NAPLAN tests to make teachers, principals and schools accountable might be the beginning of something really special.
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It's a lark, ascending
Heckler The escalator shows us everything that is wrong with humanity. You're in your local Westfield, browsing through the latest consumables.
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Hybrid hype goes too far
Heckler I'm an elitist. I frequently enjoy lattes, chardonnay, Surry Hills and leftism. These are all good things and should be partaken with a great degree of hubris.
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One born every minute
Heckler Commonsense is not common. An old saw but, like many, based in truth. Although I am a doctor (declaration of interest), one does not have to be to grasp the failure of commonsense implicit in two...
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Refuge and refuse in the gutter
Heckler THAT curse the kerb. It is a haven, we are told. The sensible place. Sometimes it even has a little bicycle painted on it. Sensible, safe, perfect.
