The News Ltd-backed National Rugby League (NRL) is apparently planning to name its coach of the year award after coaching legend Jack Gibson who died last Friday aged 79. Gibson won five premierships, two of them at Easts (1974-75) followed by a record-breaking hat trick at Parramatta (1981-82-83). Without wishing to detract from the super coach’s iconic status, it should be noted that Gibson made his considerable early wealth as an illegal SP bookie. A daring punter in his own right, Gibson followed the nags with his good friend Ken Arthurson, a former boss of the Australian Rugby League (ARL). Gibson’s wife, Judy, is the daughter of the late Joe Taylor, who ran Thommo’s illegal casino in Surry Hills for almost half a century and owned Birthday Card, winner of the Golden Slipper in 1962. Gibson was a great coach and, by all accounts, a good bloke. However, the league hacks at News Ltd shouldn’t get away with turning him into a saint.
NSW minister Frank Sartor is one of those politicians whose websites are stuck in the past. His website lists him as Minister for Science and Medical Research and Minister assisting the Health Minister even though he’s no longer in these roles. There’s nothing about him being Minister for the Arts and it mentions Peter Debnam as Opposition leader.
I wondered how Tiger airlines could afford to sell tickets between Canberra and Melbourne for $39.00, but now I know. Sell the tickets but don’t let the passengers on the plane! My partner and some of her friends attempted to travel from Melbourne back to Canberra with Tiger on Sunday, they were at the ticketing desk 30 minutes before departure, and could see other passengers going through the boarding gate, but the extremely unfriendly Tiger staff wouldn’t give them a boarding pass, and told them to go and buy a ticket on the next available flight, two days hence.
One of the liquor manufacturers who specialised in the cheaper end unbranded RTDs is talking about a new product release in about four weeks — with all of us guessing it is a wine based version to access the preferential taxation treatment that wine gets.
In the wake of the Susan Chandler anti-semitism affair, which Victorian Liberal staffer and former aide to Robert Doyle is fond of referring to mysterious restaurant etc fires, as a “Jewish stocktake”?
Um, a guy did good as an SP bookie who also didn’t mind a punt on the nags. Oh, and his father-in-law owned a Golden Slipper winner. Perfect criteria for canonisation I ‘d say. (re The News Ltd-backed National Rugby League (NRL) ). Who are you to say News Ltd (or anyone for that matter) shouldn’t get away with turning him into a saint. You can leave your moralistic objections to an award being name after such an individual at the church door. Thanks
RE: Tiger Airways
Check-in closes 45 minutes prior to flight time.
Jetstar is 30 minutes. Seems $39 tickets come with conditions – Shock!
Jocular remarks about Jews or aboriginals are maybe in bad taste and/or racist,but the same type of jokes about ,say, the Irish are acceptable. I wonder why?
After all the Irish have suffered discrimination in the past in this country, and others.
Strange fires in highly insurable buildings have been referred to as Jewish stocktaking sales ever since my grandmother was a mere slip of a girl. As to how it has suddenly become worthy of being a rumour absolutely defeats me. If anyone decides that my comment is racist. Go suck your bum. Steve: I. Irish jokes are funny because most people believe that the Irish do, in fact, have a sense of humour. Which is more than can be said for all the political correct. 2. If it makes you feel any better there was a time when all the Irish jokes that we doing the rounds in Australia, ended up in England being told as ‘Australian jokes’.