May 21, 2013 TOPICS loves animals. They’re great.  

May 22, 2013 THE new dean of Newcastle University’s law school, Professor Sandeep Gopalan, doesn’t pussyfoot.   

May 20, 2013 MOST Hunter voters believe the coalmining industry should be allowed to get on with its work unhindered by whingers, a major new survey has found.  

May 20, 2013 DAISY Mills isn’t pointing fingers at anyone but she suspects rugby league fans could be behind the devastating loss of two precious items from her front porch.  

May 19, 2013 IN a recent discussion on Australian debt levels I heard our government public debt described as 11per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), compared with about 200per cent for Japan and 160per cent for Greece.  

May 19, 2013 THAT’s a nice Australia shirt. We’ll take a dozen, thanks. Hang on a sec.  

May 17, 2013 These photos, scanned from magic lantern slides created by the late Herald photographer Milton Merrilees, show a boat carrying people to or from the ship, Melbourne Star.  

May 17, 2013 AS usual, Sporting Declaration's head has been overflowing with random thoughts this week.  

May 17, 2013 THIS week's budget news was the axing of the baby bonus, that Howard-era piece of largesse that was either a helpful boon or a wasteful nonsense, depending on your point of view.  

May 17, 2013 I'VE long suspected Lake Macquarie was a menace. Infested with sharks, overrun with razor fish, seething with mullet since they banned the pros.