John Longhurst

• John Longhurst is a former industrial advocate and political adviser. He currently works as an English and History teacher on the South Coast of NSW.

Articles written by John Longhurst (92)

• 27 September 2026 | Monty Python homage: What have migrants ever done for us?
• 4 October 2025 | Power to the people: Haggling with the energy giants
• 27 September 2025 | From bubble wrap to billy carts: When playtime met paranoia
• 16 August 2025 | From Hiroshima to Trump: The power and peril of language
• 9 August 2025 | Write, drink, repeat: A pub tale of literary ambition
• 2 August 2025 | The cold facts of convenient truths
• 26 July 2025 | Postcard from the People’s Republic: Albo woos Uncle Xi
• 19 July 2025 | Why acts of kindness still matter
• 5 July 2025 | The Cold War: Pub edition
• 28 June 2025 | Emperor Trump's new clothes
• 21 June 2025 | The Clyde Mountain rocking horse conspiracy
• 14 June 2025 | One man’s ballad is another man’s exit cue
• 16 May 2025 | Degrees, debt and denial: The starter pack for modern adulthood
• 10 May 2025 | Dutton dressed up as Angus
• 26 April 2025 | 'Game on' as the 2025 Election battle escalates
• 12 April 2025 | Beautiful? Or just plain tariff-ic
• 5 April 2025 | Dutton's guide to the cost of looking good
• 29 March 2025 | Trump problems? Lambie and Cash to the rescue!
• 21 March 2025 | The reunion: A tale of unrequited love
• 14 March 2025 | Let's not talk about Trump
• 2 March 2025 | Autumn dawns on a now volatile Trump world
• 23 February 2025 | Big policy ideas that pass the pub test
• 16 February 2025 | Time flies when talking tariffs
• 9 February 2025 | Picture of power or power of a picture?
• 2 February 2025 | Time Person of which year?
• 26 January 2025 | Tourism: Big ideas for big things
• 19 January 2025 | Postcards: a relic of holidays gone by
• 12 January 2025 | No, cyber seniors... Sat Nav is not a bloke from the office
• 22 December 2024 | When your family visits at Christmas — and doesn't go home
• 15 December 2024 | When you're not the voice
• 8 December 2024 | If the cap fits... maybe use it to pull one over on the boss?
• 1 December 2024 | When your best fiction writing is your daily to-do list
• 24 November 2024 | Trump's runaway trolley piling up with cuckoo captain's picks
• 17 November 2024 | There's no substitute for experience — tell that to online lifers
• 10 November 2024 | Rigging, robbery and rich men's resources
• 3 November 2024 | Trump triumph? It's the end of the world as we know it
• 27 October 2024 | Unsubscribing: It's easy! Said no one... ever
• 20 October 2024 | Twist of fate thwarts dream to wear the Baggy Green
• 6 October 2024 | Grand Final fever — the secret to a Panthers win
• 29 September 2024 | Mates, mud, mountains and pub meals — a mythical motorcycle tour
• 22 September 2024 | Trump voodoo versus Walz vision
• 15 September 2024 | Big policy ideas that improve lives — Tim Walz nails it
• 8 September 2024 | The case of the missing lawn mower
• 1 September 2024 | Reward cards — the real deal
• 18 August 2024 | Getting a beer from the fridge in record time — it's all about 'fluid' motion
• 10 August 2024 | Peter Dutton's 'nuclear policy': It's 'unclear' at best
• 4 August 2024 | Aussie antics in the swimming pool pure gold
• 28 July 2024 | The good the bad and the ugly
• 21 July 2024 | Passing the sniff test: 'Use by' dates for U.S. presidents
• 7 July 2024 | DIY nuclear: Bin night just got a lot harder
• 30 June 2024 | Welcoming the winter solstice
• 16 June 2024 | Farewell roast: Best to remember employees get the last word
• 9 June 2024 | Great Australian Dream a housing nightmare for young Australians
• 17 May 2024 | Thanks to double standards, men have got it good
• 27 April 2024 | Setting the story straight
• 15 April 2024 | She change
• 4 April 2024 | Out of time
• 30 March 2024 | Mainstream media steering us clear of the bigger issues
• 25 February 2024 | We should all embrace the Taylor Swift fever
• 11 February 2024 | Farmers should shed National Party and fight for their interests
• 21 January 2024 | Dutton should legislate on Australia Day and Woolies boycott
• 14 January 2024 | ABC's 'left-wing bias' upsets conservatives
• 10 December 2023 | The exhausting pre-Christmas period of parties and socialising
• 29 October 2023 | The dehumanising, modern-day shopping experience
• 15 October 2023 | Ignorance is not bliss: Including people with disabilities in Australian society
• 6 October 2023 | The expectations of being a 'bloke'
• 24 September 2023 | Saying 'no' halts progress and kills hope
• 12 September 2023 | Albo is bringing out Australia's feminine side
• 27 August 2023 | Climate change is upon us and denial is impossible
• 21 July 2023 | Grey nomads
• 16 July 2023 | Saudade
• 9 July 2023 | Culture wars: Roberts-Smith, Berejiklian and... the Australian cricket team
• 29 June 2023 | Re: Publican Movement
• 24 June 2023 | Real-life letters and the art of 'posting'
• 10 June 2023 | Wheels of fortune
• 22 April 2023 | Peter Dutton: A Humbug in the lolly shop of life
• 26 March 2023 | Pokies have destroyed Australia's live music scene
• 26 February 2023 | Times are tough for the average Australian
• 5 February 2023 | Debating the merits of being 'woke'
• 28 January 2023 | Getting good and vocal about a Voice to Parliament
• 15 January 2023 | Two mates discuss the Perrottet, and other, costume scandals
• 11 December 2022 | Looking to the past through letters and telegrams
• 27 November 2022 | Life and death and "not knowing"
• 20 November 2022 | A world without black and white
• 13 November 2022 | Ministries, makeovers and missing Scotty from Marketing
• 5 November 2022 | Fitness is an activity best done with mates
• 23 October 2022 | A reign that just won't end
• 15 October 2022 | Stage three tax cuts abandon the working-class
• 1 October 2022 | A conversation between a monarchist and republican on the Queen
• 3 September 2022 | Cutting costs in a sky-high economy
• 22 July 2022 | Life, the universe and State of Origin
• 21 May 2022 | Mayhem at the democracy sausage stall