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Unfortunately, Lei is not able to be the Beagle any more due to ill health.
The Beagle will be available to view AS IS until 2nd April 2025 so all the articles can be accessed.
Lei would like to thank all the contributors and the community for all the stories, the advertisers and donations for keeping the Beagle afloat and, of course, the readers.
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ALL OF THE NEWS from around the region on One Page below for your convenience
The Beagle
Feb 15, 2019
Gadfly 62
I think we’re supposed to be grateful to the Morrison government for initiating the Royal Commission into the aged care system. The...
The Beagle
Dec 14, 2018
Gadfly 57
The suggestion for a women’s caucus among our female Members and Senators is a good one; but it’s only the beginning. The time has come...
The Beagle
Nov 30, 2018
Gadfly 56
One day last week America produced the perfect illustration of the forces that are tearing that country apart. US science achieved the...
The Beagle
Nov 16, 2018
Gadfly 55
The ABC let itself down very badly with its final Four Corners of the year where it attempted to throw some light on the imbroglio...
The Beagle
Nov 1, 2018
Gadfly 54
Australian cricket is in a mess. And last week’s no-show by spectators at the Prime Minister’s XI match against the South Africans really...
The Beagle
Oct 11, 2018
Gadfly 53
I’m sure I’m not alone when I say I’m sick to death of people saying sorry. When Kevin Rudd started it with his apology to the Stolen...
The Beagle
Sep 14, 2018
Gadfly 52
As the electors of Wentworth consider their options to replace Malcolm Turnbull as their MP, we might take a moment to note his legacy as...
The Beagle
Aug 31, 2018
Gadfly 51
From the moment Scott Morrison entered Federal Parliament, he nailed his religious colours to the political mast. Indeed, he devoted more...
The Beagle
Aug 25, 2018
Gadfly 50
If you think that the election of Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg as a ‘new generation’ of Liberal Party leaders ends the cataclysm...
The Beagle
Aug 16, 2018
Gadfly 48
No one wants to know about the war in Afghanistan. It was not always so. From the beginning in 2001 politicians on both sides of the...
The Beagle
Aug 11, 2018
Gadfly 47
Last week the eminent Australian historian Prof Henry Reynolds questioned the value of our ANZUS Treaty with Donald Trump’s America. In a...
The Beagle
Jul 19, 2018
Gadfly 44
In a world where climate change is spinning out of control, where plastic waste is destroying our oceans and political chaos is breaking...
The Beagle
Jul 13, 2018
Gadfly 43
I was waiting for a taxi outside an Adelaide hotel when a tall, relatively well dressed, young man approached and said, ‘Excuse me, could...
The Beagle
Jun 29, 2018
Gadfly 41
The cracks appearing in Bill Shorten’s leadership are bring greeted with delight by the Coalition. Defence Minister Christopher Pyne...
The Beagle
Jun 20, 2018
Gadfly 40 - SAS operatives in Afghanistan
The recent revelations of alleged war crimes by a small group of our elite SAS operatives in Afghanistan were deeply disturbing. The...
The Beagle
Jun 4, 2018
Gadfly 39
Way over here in our little corner of the world, it’s easy to underestimate the enormous struggle taking place among the global movers...
The Beagle
May 18, 2018
Gadfly 38
Some of my best friends are English. But honestly, what’s with our fawning over that marriage of a royal redhead to an American actor?...
The Beagle
May 2, 2018
Gadfly 37
Have you noticed how prosperous Tuross is looking lately - nearly every house nicely painted, spick and span, many with a new deck to...
The Beagle
Apr 20, 2018
Gadfly 36 by Robert Macklin
A letter from a nine-year-old Canberra girl (‘turning ten’) to the ACT Education Minister, Yvette Berry has really struck a chord with...
The Beagle
Mar 27, 2018
Gadfly 34
I guess it’s not the end of the world – not quite, anyway. It just seemed that way when the news broke that the Captain of Australia,...
The Beagle
Feb 10, 2018
Gadfly 31
No one wants to be holier-than-thou when ‘private’ behaviour suddenly gets thrust upon us, like Barnaby Joyce’s dalliance with his...
The Beagle
Jan 25, 2018
Gadfly 30
Well of course it is ridiculous to celebrate Australia Day on January 26, the day the First Fleet of British convicts and soldiers...
The Beagle
Jan 17, 2018
Gadfly 28
If 2017 revealed liberal democracy to be a delicate flower – as it surely did - then 2018 will decide whether its roots have reached deep...
The Beagle
Dec 20, 2017
Gadfly 27
I love the idea of Steve Smith as Captain of Australia. Sure, he’s just the captain of the national (men’s) cricket team, but he’s really...
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