Peter Dannock @peterdannock

Peter Dannock last shared their writing West Gate Bridge

When the partially complete West Gate Bridge collapsed in October 1970, thirty-five people were killed when one of the box-girder spans collapsed while the bridge was under construction.

The West Gate Bridge workers were a highly unionised workforce. Safety concerns over the construction method of the bridge, and disputes over workers'...

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Sore loser

I have lamented the downfall of my team, the Richmond Tigers, this year, and now it appears their decline is complete. In the must-win penultimate game of the season, the Tigers are down by fifty points and unlikely to win tonight's game. A loss tonight means they can't make the...

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Aussie NASCARs

Supercars is considered the premium motorsport category in Australia. Its heritage dates back to the early sixties when famous drivers like Bob Jane and Norm Beechey would drive production cars off the showroom floor and onto the track to race. If they won on Sunday, the dealers could sell on...

Louie the Groodle prefers kipping on his back

Our COVID puppy is starting to grow up. Louie the Groodle will be eighteen months old next month, and the fifteen months since we brought him home has just flown. He has such an affectionate nature, it is hard to imagine what our family life would be like without him.

Most...

Census night

Tonight is Census night. Every five years, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) counts every person and household in Australia. This activity is called the Census of Population and Housing, or Census for short.

The Census is the most comprehensive snapshot of the country and provides information about the economic, social...

Masking a problem

The pandemic has seen an enormous return to single-use items, and it is disappointing to see so much litter and the exponential growth in the use of single-use products, especially masks.
A report in the Environmental Science & Technology Journal stated that one hundred and twenty-nine billion face masks...

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Maurice Junior

The Australian Football league (AFL) Draft is one of the equalisation strategies. It is designed to help lower placed clubs get first access to the best new players to build a successful club in the competition. The Draft rules include the father-son selection, allowiing clubs to draft the son of...

A half empty nest

Just as I appreciated having my eldest daughter around the house this year, she decided that it is time she flew the coop and moved into a share house with three others.

This is not the first time she has left home. She had four and a half years away in...

CHOICE

CHOICE is an Australian not for profit consumer advocacy organisation. It is an independent membership-based organisation founded in 1959 that researches and campaigns on behalf of Australian consumers. It is the largest consumer organisation in Australia.

My wife and I have been members of CHOICE for many years. When we need...

Less family time

Where have the days gone when sitting around the television after dinner was the family way. After all, watching television can entertain, educate, and inform. The value of family life can increase when we spend time together. The ability of television to entertain supports this togetherness to happen.

Before the digital...

Happy Little Vegemites

Vegemite is an iconic and distinctively Australian food product, released in 1923 when the dark-brown yeast-based spread was released into the market. It was inspired by a shortage of the British based Marmite spread during and immediately following World War One. So food technologist, Cyril Callister, was given a brief...