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James Hughes
James Hughes is a freelance wrirer.
‘You have no idea how difficult you’ve made my life’: the brutal reality of being a food delivery rider
They’re everywhere in the inner capital cities – but who are those people whizzing past, and what do they really think about life on the road?
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It’s 40 years since 1986. Suddenly, I feel very old
Our peers knew us as the Headbangers. My mum joined People for Nuclear Disarmament. Every memory is a timepiece.
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- Cafe
Here’s jeers to the $6 cafe latte (from a coffee philistine)
Just to save a few sad coins, I confess I’ve been trying those coffee sachets – permanently half-price in supermarkets.
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When the 80-year-old woman dropped the c-bomb, I thought FFS
Right now, a national swear jar would plunder windfalls dwarfing iron ore royalties. Why is this happening?
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Other kids sometimes teased me about my dad’s job. But we enjoyed the spoils
I defended Dad, of course. But I didn’t exactly react with valour and pith.
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Let’s not get too snotty about Albo’s Tourette’s slip
In an era of unrestraint, partisan bombast and ritualised attention-seeking, the humble insult finds itself in a state of confusion.
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