Author: Blake Jarrett

“Are we in the midst of the seven plagues?” asks a reader. “The drought, the bushfires, the COVID-19 pandemic and now a plague of little black insects. What next? An invasion from outer space?”

Sign of the times: One of the team at Tapscott’s Service Station posted a sign on the door – not warning about ‘no cash kept on the premises – but ‘no toilet paper.’ “You’d be surprised how many people think it’s a...

The Alcohol and Drug Foundation reports a study which shows 20 per cent of households reported buying more alcohol than they normally would. In these households 70 per cent reported drinking more alcohol than usual amid the...