Troubled Waters

Troubled waters
Having outgrown their original island, the Pitcairners had Norfolk almost to themselves until the 1960s, when a fledgling tourism industry prompted an influx of Australians and New Zealanders – "mainlanders" – attracted by the tax-free, carefree … Read more on Sydney Morning Herald

Heroic volunteers deserve to be Australians of the Year
Cricket Australia's hostile indifference to our alcohol problem is akin to Rod Marsh's head-in-the-sand argument back in 1981 that Benson & Hedges' sponsorship of Australian cricket would not influence youths to take up smoking. It reminds me of the … Read more on Sydney Morning Herald

Drug prohibition is a global folly
Among other findings, the report documents that inflation-adjusted and purity-adjusted prices of marijuana, cocaine and heroin have all decreased dramatically since 1990 in as geographically diverse areas as Europe, the United States and Australia. In … Read more on CNN