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    • Sep 20

    Extract from Issue 10 the LOCAL Cranky Lizard

    The words below are matters of opinion. No express criticism is implied or directed at the Queensland Police Service, any particular...
    • May 3

    Cranky Lizard speaks…

    The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance. Cranky Lizard is and has been an observer of the human condition for several years. For a...
    • Apr 5

    Cranky Lizard speaks…

    When Cranky Lizard began this adventure some years ago, it was clearly stated that public pomposity, public arrogance and incompetence...
    • Mar 7

    Cranky Lizard speaks

    When the Barbarians are at the Gates: Toxic Masculinity is welcome…. And so, the priorities of this weird world of Western Democracies...
    Cranky Lizard speaks…
    • Dec 14, 2021

    Cranky Lizard speaks…

    When politics loses its dignity… In a Parliamentary Democracy, functioning under the rule of law, such as Australia and its sovereign...
    • Aug 23, 2021

    Cranky Lizard speaks…

    We are not really all in this together…State Premiers say that we are… we are not! Cranky Lizard reckons, however, that there are a...
    • Jul 27, 2021

    Cranky Lizard speaks…

    AUSTRALIA: Burdened with arrogant, self-serving systems of government almost totally unsuitable to the current political demands of a...
    Cranky Lizard speaks… July 2021…
    • Jun 29, 2021

    Cranky Lizard speaks… July 2021…

    Cranky Lizard does not have much to say about events in this Nation this month; except this… The continuing media obsession with the...
    Thinking of Living in a Manufactured Home Park?
    • Jun 1, 2021

    Thinking of Living in a Manufactured Home Park?

    Development of manufactured homes (MH) and residential parks is increasingly becoming a lucrative venture for Queensland property...
    • Apr 7, 2021

    Cranky Lizard speaks… April 2021

    YOU KNOW YOU ARE ANNOYING THEM WHEN THEY RESORT TO PERSONAL ABUSE. Cranky Lizard has been writing about politics and current affairs for...
    • Feb 9, 2021

    A couple of things to think about… DO WE STILL NEED OUR STATES? And AUSTRALIA DAY…Oh Dear?

    Let us deal with Australia Day first. Cranky Lizard has created a list of the days set aside for all Australians to contemplate our...
    • Jan 12, 2021

    “ Quelle que soit la question – la response est non !! “

    Australia is now paying for 30 years of infantilising social engineering – Steve Waterson – The Australian-20/12/2020. Cranky Lizard...
    • Dec 16, 2020

    December 2020. The end of a fairly shocking year…Hasta La Vista…2020!

    On 01 January 2020, if someone had said to you that this year would be a year that will rip the fabric out of our lives and change the...
    • Oct 20, 2020

    The Queensland State General Election… Pandemic Politics = The Sludge still sloshes about…

    It is a rare moment to hear an elected State Premier speak the words…” I don’t make these decisions! “ To her shame, Premier Palachuzk...
    • Sep 22, 2020

    Cranky Lizard speaks… September/October 2020.

    Pandemic politics =The Sludge at the bottom of the barrel. Be aware: this article contains opinions from Cranky Lizard about this...
    • Jul 28, 2020

    "Demos "– "Kratos "– "Oh wherefore art thou?"

    [ Apologies to William Shakespeare.] [ Cranky Lizard acknowledges The Australian Inquirer, July 11, 2020, Author Peter Baldwin, A...
    • Jun 30, 2020

    WHO SAID WE CAN’T DISCUSS THIS ISSUE IN THE LOCAL PAPER?

    IT EFFECTS ALL OF US… AND WE ARE PAYING FOR IT… SO, WE SHALL DISCUSS THE FACTS SURROUNDING THE ISSUE. THE ISSUE IS : “ BLACK LIVES MATTER...
    • Jun 3, 2020

    Cranky Lizard speaks…

    A STATE GOVERNMENT WITH THE 'SPEED WOBBLES' Cranky Lizard believes that no political party should gain any advantage, or bear any loss...
    • May 7, 2020

    Cranky Lizard speaks…

    May 2020. Well…What the Hell can I do ?? For various reasons, all of which are important, Cranky Lizard has fielded numerous enquiries...
    • Apr 7, 2020

    Cranky Lizard speaks… Pandemic April 2020.

    ranky Lizard speaks… Pandemic April 2020. WHAT WILL IT LOOK LIKE WHEN IT IS OVER…? [ Cranky Lizard has referred to a number of sources...
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