By Warren on August 16, 2010
There has always been some limited knowledge of the role of two of my relatives in the First World War – that is the death of a great uncle and the service of one of my grandfathers. Inspired by watching an episode of the UK version of television’s Who Do You Think You Are?, I [...]
Posted in General | Tagged ANZAC, military history |
By Warren on August 15, 2010
With Australians going to the polls for the Federal Election on Saturday (August 21), it is important to use our brain and realise you get to choose preferences, not any political party. The issue of preferences has been particularly getting a lot of attention at this election because they could have a more than usually [...]
Posted in General | Tagged ALP, Coalition, Election 2010, Greens, Labor, Liberals, politics |
By Warren on August 11, 2010
New research which has been released on the level of alcohol abuse in Australia shows this country’s drinking culture is clearly out of hand. The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre has found 18 percent of Australians will suffer some period of problems with drinking in their life – four percent of us will become [...]
Posted in General | Tagged alcohol, drinking age |
By Warren on August 8, 2010
Surely the NINE Network can’t be surprised by the behaviour of Mark Latham when interviewing Prime Minister Julia Gillard? Latham was the proverbial ‘loose cannon’ as Labor leader, with idiosyncratic, self-absorbed and erratic behaviour and yet he was let loose in the role of election reporter. Nine’s chief executive, David Gyngell, has apologised to Julia [...]
Posted in General | Tagged ALP, Election 2010, Julia Gillard, Labor, Mark Latham, Nine Network |
By Warren on August 5, 2010
All the talk on US radio about the move to get rid of the ONE dollar note and replace it with a coin shows that – despite our ever changing world – human nature has a reluctance to change. I remember a VERY similar debate when Australia changed to the coin in 1984, followed a [...]
Posted in General | Tagged currency |
By Warren on August 2, 2010
Well, this site has been inactive for a long time. I have had warrenmoore.com for about 12 years, but for the last 5 to 6 it has been redirected to my quiz site. But the time has come to get back online with thoughts and opinions about – well everything!! Whether it is the music [...]
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