Tag Archives: australia

If this ain’t a bubble…

A little worker’s cottage in Coppin Street, Richmond, just sold for $1 million. It’s a pretty good indication that there is a massive bubble in the Australian residential market at the moment. Ponder this: The house sold for $1 million at auction on Saturday, almost double the $533,000 its owners paid just five years ago […]

Ashes to Ashes, England to Dust

The only thing that will save England from a great walloping in the 1st Test is if the heavens open and large buckets of water descend onto the ground in an disorderly fashion for a decent part of the 5th day. Not the prettiest way to save a Test match, but England has clearly decided it’s […]

Crimes Against Australianity?

Yglesias appears to be upset that he doesn’t get to see Nicole Kidman play an Australian in the latest Baz Luhrmann blockbuster, Australia.  When I saw that she was going to be starring in a movie called Australia, however, I just took it for granted that she’d be playing an Australian. But no! …and if you’re going to make […]