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As a holder of a motorbike licence since 1969, I know a thing or two about motorbikes. Motorbike owners are required to register their bikes. All registered bikes are required to have a rear number plate. Motorbike riders have to undergo stringent testing before they're given a licence. My...

My contribution to gastronomy is the cucumber and Vegemite sandwich. Yum! Don't knock it till you've tried it.

I'm glad I was able to broaden your knowledge by giving you the impetus to do some research. By your own admission you knew little of this situation and Jacinta until today, yet you tell me, involved in this for years, that your view is more valid than mine. However, it's become obvious that...

It was patently obvious to anyone with a modicum of intelligence, that you were referring to Jacinta Nampijinpa Price as that tired old term 'coconut'. The point I was making was that the supermarkets are not the ones gouging prices in remote communities. Do you really believe that there is a...

I rely on the information and experience of those who've lived their entire lives in communities all over the NT and WA. Admittedly one of my friends has only lived in a remote area of the Kimberleys for 57 years, so what would she know? You quote your lived experience of 'a few weeks' as the...

Her name is JacinTa. At no time did I write that the Big Men and the supermarkets are colluding. As to your 'Uncle Tom' reference, I'll treat that with the contempt it deserves. If you're going to slag people off, provide evidence for your remarks. You appear to be very fond of asking others...

Friends who've lived and do live and who've worked and do work in remote communities. I have friends in remote communities in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. We're in daily contact. Jacinta Nampijinpa Price is my skin niece. Her mother Bess was born under a tree. Her father Dave...

A little known fact about indigenous communities is the concept of the 'Big Men'. Most of these communities have these men in charge of everything coming in. Because of the kinship law, the Big Men are expected to look after family first. Once the families of the Big Men and their kin have as...

Bit disrespectful. If that's the problem, why would you not have the intestinal fortitude to say so? I can't cook for nuts, but I'm good at lots of other things, including respecting people's feelings. I have two possible solutions. Instead of the host doing all the cooking, have family...

I saw no mention of Millers, Rivers or Katies in the article. These three are what many seniors depend on on, not JayJays, Portmans or other stores mentioned in the article. Not only that, but I saw no mention of any of the Myer takeover stores going into liquidation.

Goodness knows. It's probably not what they had in mind for him, but he's an adult now, so there's not a lot they can do. If indeed they want to do anything.

Look, don't care who hooks up with whom! Go for it, life's short. There is a big difference though, between the couple in the article and your friends. If they've been together for four years, they would have been 46 and 67 when they met. Both were mature adults with lots of life experience...

I believe the biggest problem has nothing to do with age. The biggest problem is the diametrically opposed cultures.

Do these women not watch TV? There are literally dozens of programs on YouTube showing three or four different women in each episode who go to North African or Middle Eastern countries on holiday and meet young men who sweep them off their feet. As soon as they marry, these men do a 180° turn in...

Shopping trolleys, not carts. This is Australia, not the US.

I worked for a Plastic - NOT cosmetic - Surgeon for four years. I loved my job, but I didn't believe in surgical body modification when I started, and I still didn't believe in it when I left. It's easy to understand young people with all their insecurities wanting to change their bodies, but...

I love it when I read a well constructed sentence free of foul language and insults. You see, I don't mind which side of the fence people sit on any issue, but when they come at me all guns blazing, I state my point in somewhat forceful language. Thankfully, I have a vocabulary sufficient to...

You were right the first time. It is Governors General. Thank you for a well written and intelligent comment.

I was born in Goulburn and grew up in Wingham and Dorrigo. The Old Bailey is the court complex in London. I've never been there, so it would be difficult to return to it.