Edited by Lee Duffield
Freedom and Truth
Thursday, January 7, 2021, 8:44 am
Lee Duffield closely watching the elections in the United States, had no illusions about how Donald Trump would react to getting beaten. But watching rioters break into the Capitol Building in Washington, not too surprised, he decided to place some blame and penned this message to the man behind it all.
Thursday, November 12, 2020, 9:36 pm
Labor’s win in the Queensland State election on Saturday confirmed its “safety-first” policy managing the pandemic and set it up for another four years of government with an increased majority.
Not long after 10 pm on election night the Premier, Anastacia Palasczcuk, was able to claim victory with at least 47 seats in the 93 member parliament – and six seats in doubt.
Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 10:49 pm
What difference does $600000 a day in political advertising make in deciding who wins the federal election?
Lee Duffield picks up this question in the first of his articles about campaigning in 2019 – and also he checks out the far right-wing in mainstream news.
Monday, December 24, 2018, 11:00 pm
Winding down at year’s end is bringing the traditional mix of devotional observances, silly season and anxiety about what’s likely to come next.
Lee Duffield writes.
Tuesday, November 13, 2018, 11:24 pm
It came to France, scene of the epic battles of the Great War (1914-18), to host the celebration of its centenary on 11 November. Lee Duffield says it also fell to the French President, Emmanuel Macron, to post a reminder about the ideal of civilisation which the savagery of that war had jeopardised. VICTORY, PEACE, […]
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Pandemic Games 2021: Queensland and WA as Fortress Football offer refuge to teams and a semblance of normality
Saturday, October 9, 2021, 11:12 pm
Reported by Lee Duffield
Dodging the world disease in Australia almost proved too much for sports industries trying to keep up elite entertainment for thousands of spectators and save their multi-million dollar balance sheets.
The major codes – AFL, NRL and international Rugby Union – resorted to moving their players in sealed-off ‘bubbles’, holding them in camps away from home and locating them in at least nominally safe stadiums at short notice.