Latte Leftie – 216
Dear LL – As a leftist I’m terrified that the ALP might fall over the line come September 7. The past six years have been a nightmare for progressives and the prospect of a further […]
Opinion
Your Say: Should bikes be allowed on the footpath?
We ask riders, drivers and pedestrians what they think… “Yes, if it takes them off the roads. I only drive so I’m rarely on a footpath.” Andrea Barros. “I cycle on the footpath but if […]
Inner West Whispers – 216
• Poor Cedric Spencer’s candidate posters keep getting torn down. The Liberal candidate for Grayndler has taken to putting his posters up so high on telegraph poles they almost touch the electrical cables. This way […]
Your Say: Favourite Five Dock Businesses
With Ferragosto fast approaching Great North Road, we ask locals what their favourite Five Dock business is? “The charcoal chicken shop – I’ve been getting chicken, chip and gravy rolls their since my high school […]
Fruit from the ‘hood is good
Imagine the streets of Balmain, Rozelle, Lilyfield and Leichhardt lined with trees bursting with lemons, limes, apples, oranges, peaches, pears and plums. Where all the fruit is free and on public land and what’s not […]
Whispers – 215
New look Royal Hotel, money matters at the Forum and mud-slinging • The Royal Hotel on Norton Street is one of those pubs destined for gentrification. Known for its bad karaoke and equally poor food, […]
Latte Leftie – 215
Dear LL – While screaming, “Iranian-Sri Lankan fusion cuisine, yes; Lord of the Flies resettlement policies, no; westie-pleasing boatpeople policy has got to go!” and “Shame, Mr Rudd, shame; a true statesman never chases after […]
Rant: Children come out of vaginas but are not allowed to see them?
When the police visited the 101 Vagina Exhibition and Festival of the Vagina in Redfern a couple of weeks ago they suggested that we should be “keeping minors out” of the gallery. Why? Why should […]
Inner West Whispers – 214
• Long time Inner West institution, the Oxford Tavern, is about to be gentrified. Quietly perched opposite the police station at the top of Crystal Street in Petersham (just around the corner from Marrickville Council […]
Righteous Rightie – 214
Dear LL – Are you as delighted as I am to see Bob Carr outflanking the conservatives on the right, just like in the good old days of his glorious premiership? It seems that with […]