Author: troydodds

Sometimes I think people protest or argue purely because they want to get angry about something no matter what it is. I think to myself, surely they have not looked at all of the information on hand about a particular topic and legitimately formed that point of view.

The water and summer tend to go hand in hand in Australia.

Browsing through the ABC website on the weekend – you know, the publicly funded broadcaster that’s supposed to allow us to escape the commercialism and clickbait that dominates news so much these days – I came across an interesting opening line to a story.

The path to home ownership is more difficult than ever, and ordering smashed avocados at local cafes isn’t totally to blame, but Bernard Salt’s column in The Australian did have a point and some truth.

Very few people become journalists because they have a desire to be liked.

  I was a pretty good student at school but one day I managed to get myself into a little bit of trouble – uncharacteristically, I swore at a teacher and landed in the Principal’s office.

No matter what you think of the decision to ban greyhound racing in New South Wales from July next year, there’s one thing you can be sure of: Mike Baird has plenty of guts.

A is for Alan Jones. One of the most influential broadcasters in the country and a vocal Tony Abbott supporter. Can the Liberals still count on his voice to be on their side during the campaign?

At 6.08pm on Monday night, the Transport Management Centre issued an email to the media saying that no trains were running between Parramatta and Blacktown due to urgent track repairs.

We all go about our business each day with the belief that we’ll arrive home in one piece that night.